HOCKEY

March 04, 2009 Last Updated: March 04, 2009 12:22 PM Scoreboard

By The Associated Press

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

New Jersey 42 19 3 87 199 155

Philadelphia 34 18 10 78 202 180

N.Y. Rangers 32 24 8 72 159 175

Pittsburgh 33 26 6 72 198 197

N.Y. Islanders 20 36 7 47 154 206

Northeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 42 13 9 93 217 146

Montreal 34 22 7 75 194 189

Buffalo 31 25 7 69 182 175

Toronto 25 26 13 63 193 230

Ottawa 23 29 10 56 155 182

Southeast Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 40 20 5 85 215 193

Florida 33 23 8 74 181 178

Carolina 33 27 5 71 174 188

Tampa Bay 21 31 12 54 165 207

Atlanta 23 35 6 52 191 225

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Detroit 42 14 8 92 239 187

Chicago 36 17 9 81 208 157

Columbus 32 26 6 70 173 180

Nashville 32 28 4 68 165 177

St. Louis 28 27 8 64 173 186

Northwest Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

Calgary 38 19 6 82 207 186

Vancouver 33 22 8 74 190 177

Edmonton 31 26 6 68 178 194

Minnesota 30 27 5 65 157 148

Colorado 28 35 1 57 171 204

Pacific Division

W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 42 11 9 93 206 152

Anaheim 31 28 6 68 182 191

Dallas 30 26 7 67 183 192

Los Angeles 26 28 9 61 164 184

Phoenix 27 31 5 59 159 193

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss. Tuesday's Games

Florida 4, Atlanta 3

Philadelphia 4, Boston 2

Columbus 5, Los Angeles 4

Carolina 5, Washington 2

Calgary 6, Ottawa 3

New Jersey 3, Toronto 2,

OT Pittsburgh 3, Tampa Bay 1

Nashville 6, Edmonton 5,

OT Chicago 3, Anaheim 2,

OT Detroit 5, St. Louis 0

Vancouver 4, Minnesota 2

Dallas 4, San Jose 1

Wednesday's Games

Montreal at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Thursday's Games Phoenix at Boston, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

At Tampa, Fla. Pittsburgh 2 1 0—3 Tampa Bay 1 0 0—1 First Period—1, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 18 (Kennedy), 7:38. 2, Tampa Bay, Prospal 17 (Lecavalier, Malone), 12:23. 3, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 19 (Sykora, Malkin), 16:44 (pp). Second Period—4, Pittsburgh, Cooke 9 (Dupuis, Talbot), 12:26. Third Period—None. Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 12-13-8—33. Tampa Bay 11-11-11—33. Goalies—Pittsburgh, Fleury. Tampa Bay, Ramo. A—19,908 (19,758). T—2:20.

SCOREBOARD Wednesday, March 4 Detroit at Colorado (9 p.m. EST). The Red Wings, in a heated race against San Jose and Boston for the best record in the league, close out a three-game road trip. STARS Tuesday • Simon Gagne and Mike Knuble, Flyers. Gagne had two goals and an assist and Knuble had a goal and two assists to lead Philadelphia to a 4-2 victory over Boston. • Manny Malhotra, Blue Jackets, had two goals and an assist, scoring the winner midway through the third period to lead Columbus past Los Angeles 5-4. • Michael Frolik and Stephen Weiss, Panthers. Frolik scored two goals and Weiss had three assists to help Florida hold off Atlanta 4-3. n Cam Ward and Patrick Eaves, Hurricanes. Ward made 39 saves and Eaves scored twice in Carolina's 5-2 victory at Washington. • Martin Brodeur, Devils, remained unbeaten since returning to the New Jersey lineup, making 30 saves in a 3-2 overtime win at Toronto. He's 4-0 after missing 50 games because of elbow surgery, and moved within four wins of breaking Patrick Roy's NHL record of 551. • David Moss, Flames, got his first career hat trick in Calgary's 6-3 win over Ottawa. —Chris Kunitz, Penguins, had two rebound goals to help Pittsburgh improve to 4-0 with star center Sidney Crosby sidelined with a groin injury in a 3-1 win over Tampa Bay. • Chris Osgood, Red Wings, stopped 22 shots to earn his first shutout of the season and his 299th career victory with Detroit with a 5-0 win over St. Louis. n Alex Burrows, Canucks, who agreed to a four-year, $8 million contract extension before the game, scored two goals in Vancouver's 11th win in 13 games, 4-2 over Minnesota. • James Neal, Stars, scored two goals as Dallas snapped a five-game losing streak in the NHL's toughest arena for road teams, beating the Sharks 4-1 at San Jose. STATS Flyers forward Mike Knuble played in his 800th NHL game in a 4-2 win at Boston. ... A three-goal barrage in 1:55 of the second period by the Kings marked the fastest ever against the Blue Jackets. ... Alexander Semin scored his 100th career goal for the Capitals. ... Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff improved to 5-0 in six career appearances against Ottawa with a 6-3 win. ... In a 3-2 loss to New Jersey, the Maple Leafs tied the 2003-04 Edmonton Oilers' NHL record with their seventh consecutive overtime game. ... The Predators won their ninth overtime game, tying a franchise record, with a 6-5 win over Edmonton. STREAKS The Capitals' first-period scoring streak ended at 16 games, two shy of the team record set in 1988-89. ... The Flames kicked off a season-high seven-game trip with their fifth straight road win, 6-3 at Ottawa. ... Nashville won its fifth consecutive game, the hottest streak in the league, 6-5 in overtime against Edmonton. ... With a goal and assist in a 3-2 overtime victory against Anaheim, Martin Havlat took over the Blackhawks' scoring lead with 57 points. He has a nine-game points streak, with four goals and 11 assists in that span. ... Minnesota has lost its last four. SCORING Evgeni Malkin assisted on a goal in Pittsburgh's 3-1 win at Tampa Bay for his NHL-leading 93rd point. Malkin has eight assists and 13 points during a nine-game point streak. SIDELINED Marian Hossa, the Red Wings' leading scorer with 34 goals and 61 points in 62 games, was hospitalized for observation after slamming headfirst into the boards early in the first period following a check by the Blues' Roman Polak. But Hossa was scheduled to make the team flight to Colorado. ... Capitals goalie Jose Theodore was a late scratch against Carolina because of the flu and Capitals defenseman Tom Poti was a late scratch because of a groin injury. ... The Sharks also lost big before their loss to Dallas when they acknowledged they'll be without veteran forwards Miek Grier and Jeremy Roenick for perhaps the rest of the season due to injuries. TURNAROUND Three days after absorbing their worst loss of the season, an 8-0 rout by the Predators, the Red Wings romped past St. Louis 5-0. WEAK AT HOME Atlanta fell to 11-18-2 at Philips Arena for an NHL-low 24 points at home with a 4-3 loss to Florida. ... Although the Southeast Division-leading Capitals own the Eastern Conference's best home record, they have lost four of their last six games in Washington after a 5-2 loss to Carolina. SPEAKING "When I came back I was 100 percent healthy with my arm. It's just a question of testing it right now. The last four games I've done everything I can in a lot of different situations and my arm has held up pretty good." — Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, who missed 50 games after elbow surgery before rejoining the team last week, and is 4-0 since. He stopped 30 shots in a 3-2 overtime win at Toronto to move within four wins of breaking Patrick Roy's NHL record of 551.