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The associated press - Published: November 1, 2009
BOSTON — Rookie Tuukka Rask turned aside 19 shots for his second shutout in eight NHL starts, and Vladimir Sobotka and Blake Wheeler set each other up for goals to lead Boston over Edmonton.
Rask was locked in a scoreless duel with veteran Nikolai Khabibulin until Wheeler converted on Sobotka's hard work 2:47 into the third period. Sobotka finished off a 2-on-1 at 7:02.
Daniel Paille assisted on both goals.
Rask, in his fourth start this season, gave Boston its third straight shutout of Edmonton and the Bruins' eighth win in a row over the Oilers, dating to 2000. He blanked the New York Rangers in his only start last season.
Canadiens 5,
Maple Leafs 4, SO
MONTREAL — Mike Cammalleri and Scott Gomez scored in a shootout to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a chippy 5-4 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs after they squandered a two-goal lead in the third period Saturday night.
The Canadiens led 4-2 midway through the third, but Alexei Ponikarovsky's second of the game and a last-minute goal from Tomas Kaberle tied it with 54 seconds left in regulation.
Both Montreal shooters beat Vesa Toskala in the shootout. Jaroslav Halak stopped Lee Stempniak and Kaberle in Toronto's first shootout of the season.
Kaberle added three assists, giving him 13 points in his last five games, including a five-point night against Anaheim on Oct. 26.
Wearing their brightly striped vintage jerseys from 1912-13, the Canadiens got goals from Glen Metropolit, Guillaume Latendresse and Hal Gill in the second period. Roman Hamrlik scored in the third.
Stempniak also scored for Toronto (1-7-4), which ended a five-game road trip with a 1-1-3 record.
Flyers 6, Hurricanes 1
PHILADELPHIA — Braydon Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a goal and two assists to help the Philadelphia Flyers snap a two-game losing streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight loss, 6-1 on Saturday.
David Laliberte, playing in his first NHL game, and James Van Riemsdyk each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, unbeaten in their last six regulation games at home against Carolina.
Brandon Sutter scored for the Hurricanes (2-7-3), off to their worst start since 1997 — the franchise's first season in Carolina — when they were 2-7-2. Carolina, winless on the road (0-5-2), is on an 0-5-3 skid overall.
Ray Emery, who stopped 28 saves in the Flyers' season-opening, 2-0 win over Carolina on Oct. 2, made 39 saves in the rematch.
Michael Leighton, making his first start for the Hurricanes, stopped 22 shots.
Thrashers 3, Senators 1
OTTAWA — Ondrej Pavelec made 50 saves, and Rich Peverley had a goal and assist for Atlanta, which broke a four-game losing streak by beating Ottawa.
Zach Bogosian and Maxim Afinogenov also scored for the Thrashers (5-4-1), who played without injured captain Ilya Kovalchuk. Atlanta snapped an 0-3-1 skid.
Mike Fisher scored the lone goal for the Senators (6-4-2), who lost their second in a row. Pascal Leclaire stopped 18 shots, but his teammates struggled to create any real offensive threat.
Devils 2, Lightning 1, SO
TAMPA, Fla. — David Clarkson scored the lone shootout goal in the fourth round of the tiebreaker and New Jersey extended its road winning streak to seven games.
The run at the start of the season equals the second longest in NHL history, matching Toronto (1940-41), Philadelphia (1985-86) and Detroit (2005-06). Buffalo holds the league record of 10 in a row, set at the beginning of the 2006-07 season.
Travis Zajac scored in regulation for the Devils. Martin Brodeur stopped 18 shots, but had his bid to tie Terry Sawchuk's NHL shutout record of 103 end just under 5 minutes into the third period.
Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos scored in his fifth straight game and backup goalie Antero Niittymaki made 37 saves. The Lightning dropped to 4-0-3 at home.
Islanders 5, Sabres 0
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Martin Biron earned his 200th NHL win and 26th career shutout, and Jeff Tambellini scored three goals for his first career hat trick as the New York Islanders routed the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 Saturday night to stretch their winning streak to three games.
Biron made 38 saves in his first victory with the Islanders since joining the club during the offseason. He was 0-3-2 in his first six outings with the team.
Tambellini, who never had a two-goal game in his first four NHL seasons, now has two in his last four games. The Islanders won for the third time in four days to improve to 4-4-5 this season. Richard Park and Josh Bailey added goals for New York, which also beat the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals this week.
Wild 2, Penguins 1
PITTSBURGH — Niklas Backstrom made 34 saves and the Minnesota Wild won on the road for the first time this season, beating the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night.
Kyle Brodziak and Eric Belanger scored for the Wild, who avoided being the first NHL team in 17 years to start 0-9 on the road. Including Minnesota's victory over the New York Rangers on Friday, the Wild won consecutive games for the first time this season.
Minnesota beat the Stanley Cup champion Penguins (11-3), who own the NHL's best record, despite being outshot 35-15. The Wild (5-9) are 3-0 against Eastern Conference opponents.
Backstrom, a Vezina Trophy finalist last season, allowed only a goal to Pascal Dupuis in the first period.
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