Datsyuk scores as Red Wings rout Lightning

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Fri, 2011-02-18 20:03

Niklas Kronwall, Justin Abdelkader and Darren Helm also
scored for the Red Wings, who have won three in a row and seven of 11. Jimmy
Howard made 38 saves.
Tampa Bay got goals from Victor Hedman and Steve Downie.
The Lightning are 5-3-1 during a 12-game homestand.
It was the first time that new Lightning general manager
Steve Yzerman faced his old team. He played 22 seasons before spending five
more as a vice president with Detroit.
At Nashville, Tennessee, Nick
Spaling and Mike Fisher scored 49 seconds apart in the second period as
Nashville beat Vancouver for its third victory in four games.
Martin Erat had a goal and an assist, and Fisher's goal was
his first since he was traded to Nashville a week ago.
Pekka Rinne stopped 35 shots, improving to 15-2-1 when his
teammates score at least three goals.
Nashville evened the season series at a game apiece.
Vancouver, which leads the West, remained the NHL's top team
with 83 points.
Daniel Sedin scored a power-play goal for the Canucks, who
were playing their third game in four nights. Kevin Bieksa was a scratch due to
a broken bone in his left foot, their sixth defensemen out due to injury.
At New York, Henrik Lundqvist
knocked Anze Kopitar's shootout shot over the net to earn his 200th NHL win and
give the Rangers a victory over Los Angeles.
Erik Christensen and Mats Zuccarello scored on the Rangers'
first two shootout attempts before Jarret Stoll got a shot past Lundqvist to
send the tiebreaker into a third round. Jonathan Bernier poke-checked the puck
off Wojtek Wolski's stick to keep the Kings alive, but Lundqvist turned aside
Kopitar to give New York its second straight win after six consecutive losses.
Ryan Callahan had a goal and assist, and Marian Gaborik and
Artem Anisimov both scored in the third for New York.
Los Angeles captain Dustin Brown scored two goals and Matt
Greene had a rare one for the road-weary Kings, who haven't lost in regulation
since Jan. 20.
At Uniondale, New York, Tuukka Rask
stopped 34 shots and six Bruins scored as Boston snapped a three-game losing streak
with a victory over New York.
Blake Wheeler, Mark Recchi, Gregory Campbell, David Krejci,
Tyler Seguin and Milan Lucic scored for the Bruins.
New York's four-game winning streak came to a halt. John
Tavares scored twice to give him 23 goals on the season and Josh Bailey also
had a goal for the Islanders. Rookie Michael Grabner had his six-game goal
streak snapped.
At San Jose, California, Ryane Clowe
and Dany Heatley scored third-period goals to help San Jose beat Washington for
its 14th win in their last 15 meetings with the Capitals.
Joe Pavelski had a short-handed goal and Antti Niemi made 23
saves for the Sharks, who followed up last week's 2-0 win at Washington with
another victory over the Capitals.
Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom scored for the Capitals.
At Edmonton, Alberta, Ales Hemsky
scored twice to lead Edmonton over Montreal.
Jordan Eberle and Ryan Jones had third-period goals 15
seconds apart for the Oilers, who have won two straight at home following seven
consecutive losses in Edmonton.
Jeff Halpern scored for the Canadiens, who have lost five of
six. The Canadiens have dropped four straight and eight of nine in Edmonton,
where they haven't won since Nov. 22, 2003.
At Glendale, Arizona, Martin Hanzal
scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Keith Yandle had three
assists as Phoenix beat Atlanta for its sixth straight victory.
Phoenix, one victory short of its longest winning streak
this season, leads the Pacific Division with 71 points.
The Coyotes came back from a 3-2 deficit. Lauri Korpikoski
tied it with less than 5 minutes left in the second and Hanzal scored the
deciding goal with 26 seconds remaining in the period.
 

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