By The Associated Press

SCOREBOARD

Saturday, March 4

New York Rangers at New Jersey (7:30 p.m. EST). New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur is a win away from his record 10th straight 30-victory season.

STARS

Friday

Derek Roy, Sabres, had his first NHL hat trick to lift Buffalo to a 6-2 win over Toronto.

Erik Cole and Eric Staal, Hurricanes, each had two goals to help Carolina beat Florida 5-2.

Markus Naslund, Canucks, scored the only shootout goal and added two assists as Vancouver rallied for a 5-4 comeback victory over Chicago.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Mighty Ducks, made 36 saves in Anaheim's 4-2 victory over Minnesota.

SABRES SALUTE

The Buffalo Sabres retired former captain Pat LaFontaine's No. 16 on Friday night. LaFontaine, who had 158 goals and 385 points in 268 games with Buffalo, joined Gilbert Perreault (11), Rick Martin (7), Rene Robert (14), Tim Horton (2) and Danny Gare (18) in having his jersey retired to the rafters.

SIGNED

Dallas signed defenseman Philippe Boucher to a three-year contract extension Friday. Boucher, a 12-year veteran, already has career highs in goals (12), including three game-winners, and points (31) in 44 games this season. ... Minnesota goalie Manny Fernandez signed a multiyear contract extension. The 31-year-old Fernandez is 23-11-4 and his 2.20 goals-against average is the fifth best in the NHL.

SPEAKING

"You seldom see the fans cheer for a goal, then watch it on the video screen and cheer just as loud again. It obviously feels great to get the win." — Edmonton goalie Ty Conklin on teammate Ales Hemsky's winning goal with 1:07 left in the Oilers' 3-2 win over San Jose on Friday night.