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OTTAWA – Sometimes the truth hurts.On Saturday night the Ottawa Senators needed to face the fact that they didn’t get the goaltending they needed.

MONTREAL – Saku Koivu and Andrei Markov each had a goal and an assist in a three-goal outburst in the first period as the Montreal Canadiens posted their fourth straight victory with a 3-2 NHL win over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Flyers activated centre Danny Briere from injured reserve Saturday, and expected to have him in the lineup Sunday in New Jersey after a 36-game absence because of groin injuries.

DALLAS – Corey Perry scored the tying goal in the third period, Teemu Selanne added the winner 1:31 later and the Anaheim Ducks handed the Dallas Stars their fourth straight home loss, 4-3 on Saturday.

TORONTO – Minnesota Wild forward Derek Boogaard has been suspended for five games without pay as a result of an elbowing incident during Friday’s game against the Calgary Flames, the NHL announced Saturday.

MONTREAL – Last time around, Patrick Marleau was invited to camp with the Canadian Olympic hockey team, but didn’t crack the lineup for the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.

BOSTON – Alexander Semin scored on a slap shot from just inside the red line only 22 seconds into overtime to give the Washington Capitals a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday in a matchup of the top teams in the Eastern Conference.

NEWARK, N.J. – With Marty Brodeur back in the lineup and the Devils fielding a healthy team for the first time since the start of the season, New Jersey is looking like a serious Stanley Cup contender again.

AHL Lake Erie 2 Toronto 0Manitoba 4 Peoria 0Rochester 4 Hamilton 1Binghamton 5 Hershey 4 (OT)Bridgeport 4 Philadelphia 1Chicago 4 Iowa 0Hartford 2 Manchester 1 (SO)Lowell 3 Springfield 2Milwaukee 3 Quad City 2Portland 2 Worcester 1Providence 3 Norfolk 2Rockford 6 Houston 1Syracuse 6 Grand Rapids 5Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4 Albany 3ECHL Elmira 4 Cincinnati 1Florida 4 Johnstown 2Dayton 4 Wheeling 2Gwinnett 6 Charlotte 3Phoenix 6 Ontario 4Stockton 3 Idaho 2Alaska 2 Utah 0IHL Kalamazoo 4 Muskegon 3Fort Wayne 9 Flint 2Port Huron 3 Bloomington 2Central Colorado 2 Bossier-Shreveport 1Arizona 1 Corpus Christi 0 (SO)Mississippi 5 Oklahoma City 4 (OT)Odessa 6 New Mexico 3Texas 5 Amarillo 3Laredo 4 Rio Grande Valley 1Rocky Mountain 4 Tulsa 2Wichita 4 Rapid City 2QMJHL Cape Breton 4 Halifax 3 (SO)Drummondville 7 Montreal 3Lewiston 2 Gatineau 1 (SO)Rimouski 6 Chicoutimi 5Rouyn-Noranda 4 Baie-Comeau 2Saint John 3 Acadie-Bathurst 2 (OT)Shawinigan 7 Quebec 4Victoriaville 4 Moncton 3OHL Brampton 6 Niagara 0Guelph 6 Ottawa 4Kingston 4 Peterborough 3London 2 Erie 1 (OT)Mississauga 7 Belleville 4Owen Sound 4 Sault Ste.

Canadiens 4 at Flyers 3 (OT)First Period1. Philadelphia, Lupul 18 (Hartnell, Carter) 0:282. Philadelphia, Richards 24, 8:143. Montreal, Plekanec 17 (Schneider, Kovalev) 16:25 (pp)4.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Steve Bernier ended his scoring drought at the right time Friday night.The Canuck winger’s goal midway through the third period gave the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning before the 245th straight sellout crowd of 18,630 at General Motors Place.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Steve Bernier’s goal at 9:26 of the third period gave the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday night.

Movements in the world of hockey Friday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-Suspended The New York Islanders D Brendan Witt five games for elbowing Toronto’s Niklas Hagman in the head in a Feb.

CHICAGO – Evgeni Malkin gave the Sidney Crosby-less Pittsburgh Penguins a full two points in the standings with one powerful shot.Malkin, the NHL points leader, scored on a power play at 1:36 of overtime to give the Penguins a 5-4 victory over Chicago on Friday night in the first game of a five-game trip.

CALGARY – Mike Cammalleri scored twice Friday night to lead the Calgary Flames to their fourth straight win, a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild.

WINNIPEG – Alexandre Bolduc scored twice as the Manitoba Moose breezed past the Peoria Rivermen 4-0 in AHL action Friday.Guillaume Desbiens and Dusty Collins also scored for the league-leading Moose who improved to 40-17-0-5.

HAMILTON – Michael Duco scored twice as the Rochester Americans beat the Hamilton Bulldogs 4-1 in AHL action Friday.Karl Stewart and Shawn Matthias also scored for last-place Rochester, which improved to 23-32-0-5.

CLEVELAND – Jason Bacashihua stopped 31 shots as the Lake Erie Monsters shut out the Toronto Marlies 2-0 in AHL play Friday.After two scoreless periods, Monsters forward Matt Hendricks broke the stalemate with a power-play goal at 10:22 in the third.

DETROIT – Chris Osgood made 30 saves in his return to Detroit’s lineup after a four-game break, leading the Stanley Cup champion Red Wings to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.

PHILADELPHIA – Mathieu Schneider scored on a power play at 3:21 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night.