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ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues goalie Manny Legace left after one period Friday night with an injury that might have occurred when he tripped over the carpet placed on the ice for Republican U.

DETROIT – Marian Hossa had two goals and an assist, Henrik Zetterberg also scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3 on Friday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Cory Stillman had two goals and an assist, and Tomas Vokoun made 47 saves as Florida Panthers beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 Friday night.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – New York Rangers coach Tom Renney was hit on the head by a stick and briefly lost consciousness during the second period Friday night.

NEWARK, N.J. – With the team desperate for a win, Mike Richards showed why he is the Philadelphia Flyers’ captain.Richards had a career-high four assists and the Flyers became the last NHL team to break into the victory column this season with a 6-3 decision over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.

ST. LOUIS – Republican U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin dropped the ceremonial first puck at an NHL game for the second time this month.

OTTAWA – Todd Marchant scored a bizarre second-period goal Friday night and Ryan Getzlaf had the eventual game-winner during a power play later in the frame to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Nikolai Zherdev had a successful return to Columbus with a goal and two assists to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-1 victory over the Blue Jackets on Friday night.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Florida defenceman Bryan Allen is set to have surgery on his left knee Monday and will be out indefinitely.Allen, one of the Panthers’ three alternate captains, has been out since playing in the Panthers’ first two games of the season.

NEWARK, N.J. – Philadelphia Flyers centre Daniel Briere will be sidelined up to a month because of a torn abdominal muscle.”It’s definitely tough to take but what can you do,” Briere said Friday in a telephone conversation with a Philadelphia pool reporter.

TORONTO – The animosity and passion that used to be a staple of the Battle of Ontario is likely to be missing when the once fierce rivalry between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators resumes Saturday night.

ZURICH, Switzerland – The International Ice Hockey Federation said Friday it is investigating whether former NHL player Matt Murley broke transfer rules to play in the Russian league.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Mikkel Boedker and Peter Mueller scored four minutes apart early in the third period and the Phoenix Coyotes rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 Thursday night.

DENVER – Ian Laperriere scored his first goal of the season, Peter Budaj stopped 25 shots, and the Colorado Avalanche won their fourth straight, beating the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Thursday night.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jarome Iginla scored two goals and assisted on another, and Dion Phaneuf set up two goals as the Calgary Flames beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 Thursday night.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Derek Roy scored 44 seconds into overtime and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a late two-goal deficit to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH – Sidney Crosby and Ruslan Fedotenko scored 32 seconds apart during Pittsburgh’s four-goal third period and the Penguins overcame Carolina rookie Brandon Sutter’s first NHL goal to rally for a 4-1 victory over the Hurricanes on Thursday night.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Mike Ribeiro had a goal and a career-high four assists in the Dallas Stars’ 5-3 victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.

BOSTON – Anton Stralman scored with 9:14 left to break a third-period tie, and Vesa Toskala stopped 26 shots as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Thursday night and snapped a five-game winless streak.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Defenceman John Erskine signed a two-year contract extension with the Washington Capitals on Thursday.Erskine could have become an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season, his third with the Capitals and seventh in the NHL.