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Associated Press - Published: December 5, 2008
WASHINGTON — Donald Brashear scored his first goal of the season with 13:10 left to snap a tie for Washington.
Brashear, a rugged winger known more for his fighting than his skating, had gone 37 games without a goal before giving Washington a 3-2 lead.
Penguins 5, Hurricanes 2
RALEIGH, N.C. — Petr Sykora scored two goals, Sidney Crosby had four assists and the Pittsburgh Penguins routed Carolina 5-2 Thursday night to spoil the start of Paul Maurice's second stint coaching the slumping Hurricanes.
Pascal Dupuis scored an early goal and NHL scoring leader Evgeni Malkin added two assists, even as his NHL lead over Crosby dwindled to two.
Canadiens 6, Rangers 2
MONTREAL — Steve Begin and Maxim Lapierre each had a goal and an assist and Montreal celebrated its 99th birthday with a victory.
Andrei Kositsyn, Alex Tanguay, Robert Lang and Matt D'Agostini also scored to help the Canadiens improve to 3-0 on their franchise-record seven-game homestand.
Red Wings 6, Canucks 5
DETROIT— Jiri Hudler and Dan Cleary each scored twice and Detroit broke a tie with a three-goal outburst early in the third period.
Devils 3, Panthers 2, OT
PHILADELPHIA — Patrik Elias scored the tying and winning goals for New Jersey.
Elias scored the winner at 2:46 of the extra period.
Panthers 2, Sabres 1
SUNRISE, Fla. — Craig Anderson made 45 saves, and Gregory Campbell and Keith Ballard scored 35 seconds apart in the second period for Florida.
Campbell scored for the third consecutive game and also had an assist for the Panthers. Florida has won three in a row and is 4-0-2 in its last six.Ales Kotalik scored for Buffalo. The Sabres have lost eight of their last 10 and have scored only 19 goals during their slide.
Predators 3, Avalanche 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vernon Fiddler, Shea Weber and David Legwand scored first-period goals, and Pekka Rinne made 19 saves for Nashville.
Ryan Smyth and Wojtek Wolski had first-period scored goals for Colorado.
The Predators are 7-0-0 when leading after the first period and 10-2-0 when scoring the first goal. They're 8-1-0 when Weber scores.
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