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NEW YORK – Patrick Kaleta banked in a rebound off goalie Henrik Lundqvist 2:22 into overtime and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Sunday night to snap an eight-game winless streak on the road

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The issue of headshots in hockey will be put under the microscope when the NHL’s 30 general managers gather together this week

TORONTO – Brendan Mikkelson came through with just two seconds to spare.Mikkelson lifted the Toronto Marlies to a thrilling overtime win, scoring with just two ticks left on the clock in the extra frame to down the Hartford Wolf Pack 3-2 in American Hockey League action Sunday afternoon

ATLANTA – Manny Legace never gets tired of winning shutouts.”It’s huge,” he said. “It’s what you dream about. It’s everything you want. In this league, it’s so hard to do

PITTSBURGH – The Boston Bruins left Pittsburgh with a loss and a whole lot of anger after losing one of their best players to what they felt was a cheap-shot hit

PITTSBURGH – Boston Bruins centre Marc Savard was carried off the ice on a stretcher after being levelled by Pittsburgh forward Matt Cooke with 5:37 remaining in Sunday’s game

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Despite being the career leader in goals against the Minnesota Wild, Jarome Iginla hadn’t scored one in 10 games.He certainly broke out of his slump in a big way

NASHVILLE – Another third-period deficit was no problem for the high-scoring Vancouver Canucks.Jannik Hansen scored the go-ahead goal with just under six minutes left in the third period to lead the Canucks to a 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday

CHICAGO – Pavel Datsyuk capped a five-goal second period and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to beat Chicago 5-4 on Sunday, spoiling a hat track by the Blackhawks’ Andrew Ladd

Scoring summaries from Saturday’s NHL games:Maple Leafs 2 at Senators 1 (SO)First Period1. Ottawa, Neil 8 (Spezza, Phillips) 17:03 (pp)Penalties – Kaberle Tor (hooking) 1:32, Stalberg Tor, Winchester Ott (roughing) 14:08, Lundmark Tor (roughing, hooking), Sutton Ott (roughing) 15:26, Orr Tor (roughing, fighting), Schenn Tor, Carkner Ott, Donovan Ott (fighting) 18:05

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Joe Pavelski scored with 4:40 remaining to cap the second straight third-period rally for San Jose and the Sharks won their 11th straight home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, 2-1 on Saturday night

LOS ANGELES – Brian Gionta scored in the first minute, Benoit Pouliot connected in the opening minute of the third period and Dominic Moore put Montreal ahead to stay with a short-handed goal in the second, leading the Canadiens to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Dan DaSilva picked up the game winner and Frank Doyle made 42 saves as the Worcester Sharks doubled up the Abbotsford Heat 2-1 in American Hockey League action Saturday night

DENVER – Chris Stewart completed his first NHL hat trick with a penalty shot, and Milan Hejduk scored twice in his return from a seven-week injury layoff to help the Colorado Avalanche beat the St

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Ilya Bryzgalov brushed off his latest milestone in typical fashion.Bryzgalov made 32 saves for his seventh shutout of the season and franchise-record 34th win of the season and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-0 on Saturday night

OTTAWA – It wasn’t the most meaningful game the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs have played over the years, but it was entertaining.The Leafs beat the Senators 2-1 Saturday night as Phil Kessel scored in regulation and in the shootout and Jonas Gustavsson stopped 22 shots

TAMPA, Fla. – Steven Stamkos got high praise from an NHL great.Stamkos extended his franchise-record points streak to 16 games, and Antero Niittymaki remained perfect against Atlanta, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Thrashers 6-2 on Saturday night

SUNRISE, Fla. – The Carolina Hurricanes’ unexpected winning streak came to an end at Florida on Saturday night.Michael Frolik and Kamil Kreps scored in a 1:11 span of the first period, Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves and the Florida Panthers beat Carolina 4-1 to snap the Hurricanes’ winning streak at seven games

WASHINGTON – Even when Alex Ovechkin is slumping, the Washington Capitals are capable of succeeding.Take, for example, NHL-leading Washington’s 2-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night, which stretched the Capitals’ club-record home winning streak to 13 games

OTTAWA – Daniel Alfredsson and Peter Regin were left out of the Ottawa Senators’ flu-ridden lineup Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs