NEW YORK, 17 February 2004 — Paul Martin scored at 3:53 of overtime to give the hosts New Jersey Devils a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.
New Jersey won its second straight after a three-game losing streak as the defending Stanley Cup champions moved within two points of Ottawa and Boston for fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings.
The Devils trailed 2-0 after 10 minutes but chipped away at the Kings to set the stage for Martin’s game winner.
Sergei Brylin, on a first-period power play, and Jamie Langenbrunner, at 7:00 of the second, also netted for the Devils.
Pavel Rosa, playing his first game of the season, opened the scoring on a backhand past New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur at 7:34. It was his first NHL goal in five years.
Tomas Zizka, in his eighth outing of the campaign, added his first career goal 2:26 later to put the Devils in a hole.
The Devils out-shot the Kings 35-26, including 6-3 in overtime.
Roman Cechmanek pulled off 32 stops for the Kings while Brodeur made 24 saves for his 27th victory of the season.
In St. Paul, Robyn Regehr tallied early in the third period to lead the Calgary Flames past the Minnesota Wild 2-1.
Jarome Iginla grabbed the other Flames goal while Miikka Kiprusoff made 15 saves for Calgary.
The win was the 30th of the campaign for the Flames, one more than they achieved last season.
Iginla has scored 11 times in his last 10 games to move within one marker of his fourth straight 30-goal season.
Sergei Zholtok replied for the Wild 5:10 into the second period, his sixth goal in as many games.
Calgary went 2-for-6 with the man advantage.
In Chicago, Olaf Kolzig made 38 saves for his second shutout of the season as the Washington Capitals blanked the Blackhawks 4-0.
Kolzig recorded the 33rd shutout of his career to end Chicago’s season-best three-game winning streak.
Peter Bondra, Stephen Peat, Matt Pettinger and Anson Carter netted for the Capitals.
In Nashville, Ethan Moreau scored 10 minutes into the third period to hand the Edmonton Oilers a 2-2 tie with the Predators.
Radek Dvorak also tallied as the Oilers remained 11th in the Western Conference standings.
Scott Walker and Andreas Johansson replied for the Predators, who went one point ahead of St. Louis for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West.
