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ST. LOUIS – Brad Boyes scored the lone goal early in the third period, and Chris Mason made 22 saves to shut out the Chicago Blackhawks for the second straight time in the St.

DALLAS – Joel Lundqvist gave Dallas the lead for good with his first goal of the season, and Marty Turco made 32 saves in the Stars’ 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Vladimir Dravecky scored the shootout winner as the Manchester Monarchs beat the league-leading Manitoba Moose 3-2 in AHL action Friday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Richard Zednik scored the only goal in the shootout, and Tomas Vokoun stopped all four New York attempts as the surging Florida Panthers beat the Rangers 2-1 on Friday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Derek Roy scored the decisive shootout goal, and had a goal and an assist in regulation in the Buffalo Sabres’ 6-5 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.

NORFOLK, Va. – Marc Denis made 43 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and second in less than a week as the Hamilton Bulldogs defeated the Norfolk Admirals 2-0 on Friday in AHL action.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Jason Williams scored with 6:55 to go to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory over Detroit on Friday night, ending the Stanley Cup champion Red Wings’ winning streak at six games.

NEWARK, N.J. – Scott Clemmensen had his second straight shutout after going nearly five years without one in the NHL, and Bryce Salvador provided a rare bit of offence as the New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 on Friday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo Sabres played the San Jose Sharks as scheduled Friday night, turning down an offer from the NHL to postpone the game a day after 50 people were killed when a commuter plane crashed into a house.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The San Jose Sharks placed centre Marcel Goc on injured reserve Friday because of a lower-body injury.Goc was hurt in San Jose’s 5-2 win in Boston on Tuesday night, and missed the Sharks’ loss Wednesday night in Pittsburgh.

In many ways, Mike Richards is no different than any Canadian hockey fan.He grew up watching the world junior championship every winter and still gets excited whenever he sees the national team play.

HARTFORD, Conn. – Forward Sean Avery is expected to play his first game with the Hartford Wolf Pack on Saturday.The Dallas Stars assigned Avery to the American Hockey League team on Tuesday.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Phoenix Coyotes forward Peter Mueller, who has missed the past seven games with a concussion, was activated from injured reserve Friday.

Former union presidents Troy Vincent and Trace Armstrong, along with lawyer DeMaurice Smith are the finalists to succeed Gene Upshaw as executive director of the NFL Players Association.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Blue Jackets activated goaltender Steve Mason off injured reserve on Friday and assigned Dan LaCosta to the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse.

AHL No Games Scheduled.ECHL Charlotte 5 Mississippi 4 (OT)IHL No Games Scheduled.Central No Games Scheduled.QMJHL Chicoutimi 1 Val-d’Or 0OHL Barrie 3 Owen Sound 2 (OT)Peterborough 7 Guelph 4Windsor 4 Sarnia 3 (OT)WHL No Games Scheduled.

Detailed summaries from yesterday’s games:.Senators 5 at Flyers 2First Period1. Ottawa, Heatley 23 (Alfredsson, Lee) 18:22Penalties – Kuba Ott (holding) 1:52, Hartnell Pha (interference) 2:44, Bell Ott (holding) 4:46.

LOS ANGELES – Miikka Kiprusoff made 36 saves, and Michael Cammalleri scored on a power play in the first period in the Calgary Flames’ 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Henrik Sedin capped a three-goal comeback with a power-play goal midway through the third period in the Vancouver Canucks’ 4-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Nashville Predators cut it about as close as possible.Jason Arnott tied it with three seconds left in regulation, and Steve Sullivan scored the only goal in a shootout to give Nashville a 4-3 victory over the St.