NHL roundup
Stars outshine Avalanche in 7-5 win DALLAS (AP) – Philippe Boucher and Jere Lethinen each had a goal and an assist for the Dallas Stars, who set a season high for goals in a 7-5 victory Sunday over the Colorado Avalanche in a game neither starting goaltender finished.
Jeff Halpern scored on a rebound with 2:28 left for the Stars, who fended off three power plays with some nice saves by Mike Smith in the final 12 minutes to win their third straight game.
Blackhawks 5, Jackets 4
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Martin Havlat had a goal and two assists and the Blackhawks rode a three-goal spree in the first period. Havlat has seven goals and three assists in a six-game goal streak.
Lightning 4, Devils 1
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Nick Tarnasky and Vincent Lecavalier scored in a 48-second span to cap a three-goal second period for Tampa Bay.
Red Wings 7, Flames 4
DETROIT – Henrik Zetterberg had two goals and two assists and Joey MacDonald got his first career win in goal as the Red Wings outshot the Flames 50-20. Detroit also got a goal and an assist each from Tomas Holmstrom, Mathieu Schneider, and Jason Williams.
Pavel Datsyuk, and Johan Franzen also added a goal each. Nicklas Lidstrom and Dan Cleary each had two assists.
Roman Hamrlik had a goal and an assist for Calgary, and Alex Tanguay, Jeff Friesen, and Mark Giordano also scored. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 11 of 14 shots before being replaced by Jamie McLennan.
Detroit chased Kiprusoff with three first-period goals.