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EDMONTON – Marian Gaborik had a goal and an assist as the Minnesota Wild put themselves back into the playoff picture in the Western Conference, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday night

PHILADELPHIA – Tim Thomas made 45 saves for his career-high 32nd win, Milan Lucic scored two goals and the Boston Bruins held off the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Sunday night for their third straight victory

CHICAGO – Roberto Luongo made 26 saves to match his career high with seven shutouts, and Daniel Sedin had two goals and an assist in the Vancouver Canucks’ 4-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night

TAMPA, Fla. – Brian Elliott made 20 saves for his first NHL shutout, and Dany Heatley, Ryan Shannon and Jason Spezza scored in the Ottawa Senators’ 3-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night

FRISCO, Texas – The Dallas Stars recalled defencemen Dan Jancevski from Hamilton and Garrett Stafford from Grand Rapids on Sunday.The players, recalled under emergency conditions, will be with the team for the Stars’ two-game road trip to Phoenix and Los Angeles

DETROIT – Ryan Suter broke a tie on a power play with 4:36 left, and Pekka Rinne made 33 saves to help the Nashville Predators win their third straight game, 4-3 over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The prize is just around the corner, yet the St. Louis Blues won’t permit themselves to take a peek.Patrik Berglund had a goal and two assists and the Blues moved a step closer to a playoff spot with a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday

TORONTO – In a game rife with post-season implications, the Syracuse Crunch and Toronto Marlies needed a shootout to decide their fates in a 4-3 Crunch victory Sunday

WINNIPEG – Cory Schneider stopped 44 shots as the league-leading Manitoba Moose defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 3-2 in AHL action Sunday.Scheider was again the difference two days after making 35 saves in the Moose’s 2-1 overtime win against Hamilton

THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Lachlan MacIntosh scored three goals, including the winner midway through the third period, to lead the New Brunswick Varsity Reds past the Western Ontario Mustangs 4-2 in the Canadian university men’s hockey final

MONTREAL – Don’t count the Buffalo Sabres out of the Eastern Conference playoff race just yet.With goaltender Ryan Miller back from injury and a new sense of desperation in their play, the Sabres are looking to hunt down the Florida Panthers and Montreal Canadiens over their last seven games of the regular season and grab the eighth and final playoff spot

MONTREAL – The Parti Quebecois is suggesting the province’s beleaguered pension-fund manager consider buying the Montreal Canadiens.George Gillett, the team’s majority shareholder, is having financial firms in Canada and elsewhere look at how to maximize his holdings

Movements in the world of hockey Saturday:National Hockey LeagueWASHINGTON CAPITALS-Assigned F Keith Aucoin, F Oskar Osala and G Simeon Varlamov to Hershey (AHL)

Sabres 4 at Canadiens 3 (SO)First Period1. Buffalo, Mair 8 (Hecht, Lydman) 17:35Penalties – Lapierre Mtl (boarding) 2:52, Rivet Buf, Kostopoulos Mtl (fighting), Kaleta Buf, Lapierre Mtl (unsportsmanlike) 10:16, Moore Buf, Plekanec Mtl (roughing) 10:56, Kovalev Mtl (delay of game) 15:30, Lydman Buf (slashing) 18:36

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Joe Pavelski scored a power-play goal early in the third period, Tom Cavanagh netted his first NHL tally, and the San Jose Sharks moved back into first place in the league standings with a 3-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night

CALGARY – Jamie Lundmark had a goal and an assist, while Eric Nystrom notched the game winner to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night

ST. LOUIS – David Perron scored in the first extra round of the shootout to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night

TORONTO – It was a night to remember for three Toronto Maple Leafs players.For another Leaf, it was probably an evening he’d rather forget.The Leafs lost a wild 7-5 affair to the visiting Boston Bruins on Saturday night, but the hosts gave the hometown fans a few things to talk about on the way home

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Chris Minard scored twice and added two assists and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins had three third period goals to surge past the Toronto Marlies 5-2 in AHL action Saturday

DALLAS – Stephen Weiss and Nathan Horton each scored in the final minute of the second period, and the Florida Panthers beat the reeling Dallas Stars 6-3 Saturday night