NHL roundup
Lightning continue winning ways on the road RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Johan Holmqvist made 31 saves in his first NHL shutout, and the Tampa Bay Lightning extended their franchise-record, road-winning streak to seven by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-0 on Thursday night.
Ryan Craig and Doug Janik scored four minutes apart in the second period, and Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis each scored their 32nd goal early in the third.
Holmqvist won for the eighth time in 10 starts for the Lightning, whose previous six road games were all decided by one goal.
Tampa Bay overcame a 31-20 shot disadvantage to beat the Hurricanes for the second time in 13 days.
Sabres 3, Bruins 1
BOSTON – Chris Drury scored twice and Martin Biron made 33 saves to lead Buffalo over Boston.
Biron, starting in place of All-Star goalie Ryan Miller for the second straight game, beat Boston for the second time in three days. He had 25 saves in Buffalo’s 7-1 home win on Tuesday, helping the Sabres snap a three-game losing streak.
Biron has won five straight starts against Boston, and the Sabres are 5-0-1 against the Bruins this season.
Islanders 5, Thrashers 2
ATLANTA – Jason Blake scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Miroslav Satan had a goal and two assists to help New York beat Atlanta.
Devils 6, Flyers 5, OT
PHILADELPHIA – Brad Lukowich scored with 49.5 seconds left in overtime and New Jersey extended Philadelphia’s franchise-worst, home-losing streak to 12 games.
Rookie defenseman Alexandre Picard had five assists for the Flyers, who have the NHL’s fewest wins (12) and points (31).
Panthers 6, Capitals 3
SUNRISE, Fla. – Jozef Stumpel and Martin Gelinas each scored two goals, lifting Florida over Washington. Ville Peltonen and Juraj Kolnik also scored for the Panthers, 7-1-2 in their last 10 home games.
Chris Clark, Alex Ovechkin and Dainius Zubrus scored for Washington, 2-7 in its last nine. Ovechkin scored for the fourth consecutive game and extended his point streak to 13 games, the longest in the NHL this season. He leads the league with 33 goals.
The Panthers beat Washington for the third time in 19 days.
Ed Belfour stopped 27 shots and improved to 20-6-2 against Washington.