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MONTREAL – Andrei Kostitsyn scored the go-ahead goal and added two assists as the Montreal Canadiens blew a three-goal lead in 59 seconds but recovered to defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-4 Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON – The Florida Panthers’ luck finally changed for the better.Florida was credited with a pair of goals that deflected in off Washington players and the Panthers earned their second straight victory by beating the Washington Capitals 5-3 on Tuesday night.

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. – Quebec provincial police divers have recovered the body of former NHL star Hubert (Pit) Martin, who drowned after the snowmobile he was riding on plunged into an icy lake near his home.

CALGARY – Sean Avery is in hot water again and his Dallas Stars aren’t about to pull him out.The Stars super-pest was suspended indefinitely by the NHL on Tuesday for conduct “detrimental to the league or game of hockey.

NEW YORK – Sidney Crosby is closing in on a trio of Montreal Canadiens in voting for the NHL all-star game.As of Tuesday morning, Habs players continued to lead all six starting spots on the Eastern Conference team, with Crosby having made up the most ground since last week.

MONTREAL – Young skaters Sergei Kostitsyn, Guillaume Latendresse and Ryan O’Byrne will sit out the Montreal Canadiens game on Tuesday night against the Atlanta Thrashers.

NEW YORK – Steve Mason’s first full month in the NHL ended in style.The Columbus Blue Jackets goalie was named the league’s top rookie in November after posting a 5-2-1 record.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Ron Wilson has been hired and fired by enough hockey teams to render him immune to any silly, sentimental longings for an old home or a lost opportunity.

Scoring summaries from Monday’s games:Canucks 2 at Blue Jackets 3First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties – Mitchell Vcr (interference) 1:03, Burrows Vcr (interference) 7:27, Modin Clb (hooking) 14:29, Mitchell Vcr (tripping) 18:08.

LOS ANGELES – Matt Stajan and Mikhail Grabovski scored power-play goals less than 1 1/2 minutes apart early in the third period and Vesa Toskala made 32 saves, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueNEW JERSEY DEVILS-Recalled F Pierre-Luc Letourneau Leblond from Lowell (AHL).OTTAWA SENATORS-Recalled C Cody Bass from Binghamton (AHL).

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Games between the Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche are usually low-scoring, grind-it-out affairs.Not this time. Paul Stastny had two goals and an assist, and the low-scoring Avalanche broke out for a 6-5 win over the Wild on Monday night.

DETROIT – Marian Hossa scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings held on to beat the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 Monday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Pekka Rinne made 30 saves for his first career shutout, Jason Arnott snapped a tie in the third period and the Nashville Predators beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 Monday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rick Nash made the play of the game. The rest was up to Steve Mason and the defence.Kristian Huselius scored off Nash’s blue-collar assist with 4:44 left and Columbus beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Monday night, giving the Blue Jackets their first win this season after allowing the first goal.

The Boston Bruins have recalled Johnny Boychuk and Matt Lashoff from their American League affiliate in Providence.
Boychuk, a 6-foot-2, 225 pound 24-year-old with a booming slapshot, leads all AHL defensemen with 23 points in 22 games.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Sabres captain Craig Rivet was held out of Monday’s game against Nashville because of an upper-body injury.The defenceman was on the ice when the Sabres skated Monday morning, then scratched later in the afternoon.

MONTREAL – Alex Kovalev is in a slump, but he has plenty of company on the Montreal Canadiens these days.The veteran right-winger, who led the team with 35 goals in 2007-08, has only five goals in Montreal’s first 23 games this season.

Sidney Crosby might be approaching an identity crisis.While the Pittsburgh Penguins captain is certainly used to being the hottest player in the NHL, his most recent surge has come in an unfamiliar way.

TORONTO – A hockey stick autographed by Sidney Crosby and jerseys signed by Nicklas Lidstrom and Saku Koivu are among the items being auctioned off in support of the Luc Bourdon Memorial Fund, the National Hockey League Players’ Association said Monday.