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MONTREAL – Christopher Higgins scored his first career hat-trick and Carey Price made 28 saves for the shutout as the Montreal Canadiens downed the Ottawa Senators 4-0 Tuesday night.

DETROIT – Johan Franzen returned to the Detroit Red Wings’ lineup Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins after missing five games with a sprained left knee.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Steve Mason has worn the Maple Leaf on his chest with pride in the past. But the Columbus Blue Jackets rookie goaltender showed little mercy for teams from his homeland last week.

TORONTO – The wait may have ended for Glenn Anderson but any of the other bubble boys hoping to get into the Hockey Hall of Fame are likely looking at another couple years before they get the call.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Daniel Briere gave the Flyers a second-period lead before leaving with another injury, and Martin Biron made 35 saves to lift Philadelphia to a 3-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Tuesday.

By Murray Pam

The Philadelphia Flyers did not start the season the way they expected to. So GM Paul Holmgren chose to shake the tree this week by trading under-achieving defenseman Steve Eminger and problem-child right winger Steve Downie to the Lightning for defenseman Matt Carle.

Movements in the world of hockey Monday:National Hockey LeagueNHL-Suspended Montreal F Tom Kostopoulos three games for being assessed a game misconduct during Saturday night’s game against Toronto.

Scoring summaries from Monday’s NHL games:Oilers 3 at Rangers 2 (SO)First Period1. Edmonton, Cole 3 (Pisani, Horcoff) 3:27Penalties – Visnovsky Edm (holding) 7:32, Stortini Edmonton, Orr NYR (fighting) 17:26.

NEW YORK – Ales Hemsky scored the only goal in the shootout and undefeated rookie goalie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers made 40 saves for the Edmonton Oilers, who ended their longest road trip of the season with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night.

WASHINGTON – Olaf Kolzig got a warm welcome from the crowd in his return to Washington.His former teammates weren’t so accommodating.Tom Poti, Mike Green and Eric Fehr scored in the first period, Alex Ovechkin added his first goal in 10 games and the Washington Capitals beat Kolzig and the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday night.

TORONTO – Jeff Chynoweth said his late father was aware that he was going to be nominated for induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame before he died last spring.

MONTREAL – An ugly 6-3 loss in Toronto prompted the Montreal Canadiens to hold their first meeting of the season on Monday.The coaches met with the players for an hour at the Bell Centre, mostly going over film of the many mistakes made in Toronto on Saturday night.

NEWARK, N.J. – The New Jersey Devils placed defenceman Paul Martin on injured reserve with upper back soreness on Monday.Martin is the sixth Devils player on the injured list, joining goalie Martin Brodeur, centres Brian Rolston and Bobby Holik, winger Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond and defenceman Andy Greene.

TORONTO – Tom Kostopoulos says he’s sorry but that still didn’t stop the NHL from suspending the Montreal Canadiens’ forward for hitting Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Mike Van Ryn from behind during a game Saturday night.

TORONTO – It was one final assignment that Ray Scapinello wouldn’t have missed for the world.The former NHL linesman was a member the Hockey Hall of Fame’s class of 2008 that officially took its place with the legends of the game on Monday.

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Blues are responding to tight economic times with a fan bailout plan.The team announced Monday that at every remaining Saturday home game beginning Nov.

NEW YORK – Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo was named the NHL’s first star of the week Monday after posting three straight shutout victories.

Scoring summaries from Sunday’s NHL games:Oilers 2 at Devils 1First PeriodNo Scoring.Penalties – None.Second Period1. Edmonton, Souray 5 (Hemsky, Visnovsky) 7:192.

Movements in the world of hockey:National Hockey LeagueCOLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Assigned F Alexandre Picard to Syracuse (AHL).EDMONTON OILERS-Assigned D Theo Peckham to Springfield (AHL).

ANAHEIM, Calif. – David Booth scored three straight goals for his first NHL hat trick, and Craig Anderson made 44 saves to help the Florida Panthers end a six-game winless streak with a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.