Friday, Nov. 13, 2009

Devils still rolling on the road

PITTSBURGH -- Niclas Bergfors had a goal and two assists and the New Jersey Devils closed within a victory of tying the NHL record of 10 consecutive road victories to start a season, beating the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Thursday night.

Zach Parise added a goal and an assist, Travis Zajac had three assists and Martin Brodeur made 25 saves as New Jersey improved to 9-0 on the road. The Devils can tie the road streak record Monday in Philadelphia.

New Jersey won its seventh in a row overall and, with 26 points, tied idle Washington for first place in the Eastern Conference.

First Period--1, Pittsburgh, Fedotenko 4 (Crosby, Bourque), 11:32. Penalties--Eaton, Pit (high-sticking), 15:39; Sestito, NJ (hooking), 18:23; Staal, Pit (hooking), 19:19.

Second Period--2, New Jersey, Bergfors 5 (Parise, Zajac), 13:50. 3, New Jersey, Greene 3 (Zajac, Bergfors), 18:50 (pp). Penalties--Guerin, Pit (interference), 17:28; Zajac, NJ (holding), 20:00.

Third Period--4, New Jersey, Parise 9 (Zajac, Bergfors), 4:43. 5, New Jersey, Clarkson 6 (Salvador), 19:58 (en). Penalties--Bergfors, NJ (closing hand on puck), 8:25; Crosby, Pit (holding), 9:29.

Shots on Goal--New Jersey 7-9-9--25. Pittsburgh 9-8-9--26. Power-play opportunities--New Jersey 1 of 4; Pittsburgh 0 of 3. Goalies--New Jersey, Brodeur 11-4-0 (26 shots-25 saves). Pittsburgh, Fleury 10-6-0 (24-21). Att.--17,005 (16,940). T--2:17. Referees--Frederick L'Ecuyer, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen--Steve Miller, Mark Pare.

(At) Philadelphia 5, Ottawa 1 | Ray Emery made 22 saves in his first start against his former team, and Danny Briere scored two goals to help the Flyers beat the Senators for their fifth straight victory.

First Period--None. Penalties--Lee, Ott (roughing), 6:17.

Second Period--1, Philadelphia, Betts 1 (Giroux, Pronger), 9:34 (pp). 2, Ottawa, Fisher 7 (Kovalev, Alfredsson), 14:59 (pp). 3, Philadelphia, van Riemsdyk 4 (Carter, Timonen), 16:23 (pp). Penalties--Carkner, Ott, major (fighting), 4:05; Laperriere, Phi, major (fighting), 4:05; Kelly, Ott (holding), 7:39; Betts, Phi (cross-checking), 14:47; Ruutu, Ott (hooking), 16:03.

Third Period--4, Philadelphia, Briere 6 (Carter, Timonen), 6:56. 5, Philadelphia, Powe 5 (Asham, Pronger), 11:47. 6, Philadelphia, Briere 7 (Coburn), 13:39. Penalties--Carkner, Ott (high-sticking), 4:48.

Shots on Goal--Ottawa 5-10-8--23. Philadelphia 4-10-13--27. Power-play opportunities--Ottawa 1 of 1; Philadelphia 2 of 4. Goalies--Ottawa, Leclaire 6-5-1 (27 shots-22 saves). Philadelphia, Emery 10-3-1 (23-22). Att.--19,321 (19,537). T--2:18. Referees--Tim Peel, Wes McCauley. Linesmen--Jonny Murray, Tim Nowak.

Florida 1, (at) Boston 0 | Tomas Vokoun stopped 40 shots for his third shutout of the season, and Cory Stillman scored in a shootout to give the Panthers a victory over the Bruins.

First Period--None. Penalties--Leopold, Fla (interference), 4:38; Marchand, Bos (tripping), 12:08; Chara, Bos (hooking), 12:58.

Second Period--None. Penalties--Boston bench, served by Ryder (too many men), :58; Ballard, Fla (tripping), 8:42; Allen, Fla, major (fighting), 11:34; Thornton, Bos, major (fighting), 11:34; Ballard, Fla (tripping), 16:08.

Third Period--None. Penalties--None.

Overtime--None. Shootout--Florida 1 (Reinprecht NG, Olesz NG, Weiss NG, Stillman G), Boston 0 (Wheeler NG, Bergeron NG, Chara NG, Ryder NG).

Shots on Goal--Florida 6-1-14-2--23. Boston 9-19-8-4--40. Power-play opportunities--Florida 0 of 3; Boston 0 of 3. Goalies--Florida, Vokoun 4-8-1 (40 shots-40 saves). Boston, Thomas 5-6-2 (23-23). Att.--17,074 (17,565). T--2:29. Referees--Justin St. Pierre, Kelly Sutherland. Linesmen--Jean Morin, Mark Wheler.

Atlanta 5, (at) N.Y. Rangers 3 | Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists in his first game back from a foot injury and Rich Peverley scored once and set up two goals in the Thrashers' victory over the Rangers.

First Period--1, Atlanta, Armstrong 3 (Kane, Peverley), :19. 2, N.Y. Rangers, Anisimov 4 (Gaborik, Del Zotto), 4:08. Penalties--Avery, NYR (cross-checking), 1:52; Boulton, Atl, major (fighting), 4:44; Brashear, NYR, major (fighting), 4:44; Bogosian, Atl, major (fighting), 6:59; Callahan, NYR, major (fighting), 6:59; Schubert, Atl (hooking), 11:12; Boyle, NYR (high-sticking), 13:56; White, Atl (high-sticking), 14:16; Staal, NYR (hooking), 15:20.

Second Period--3, Atlanta, Peverley 8 (Kovalchuk, Enstrom), 4:02 (pp). 4, N.Y. Rangers, Gaborik 13 (Del Zotto, Kotalik), 15:28 (pp). 5, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 10 (Kozlov, White), 17:41 (pp). 6, Atlanta, Kane 4 (Peverley), 18:06. Penalties--Del Zotto, NYR (slashing), 3:49; Armstrong, Atl (tripping), 14:54; Boyle, NYR (tripping), 17:13.

Third Period--7, N.Y. Rangers, Boyle 2 (Kotalik, Higgins), 6:18. 8, Atlanta, Afinogenov 4 (Kovalchuk, Antropov), 19:47 (en). Penalties--Bogosian, Atl (tripping), :38; Schubert, Atl (holding), 10:12; Peverley, Atl (hooking), 11:30; Del Zotto, NYR (diving), 11:30.

Shots on Goal--Atlanta 10-12-5--27. N.Y. Rangers 8-10-18--36. Power-play opportunities--Atlanta 2 of 5; N.Y. Rangers 1 of 4. Goalies--Atlanta, Hedberg 3-1-0 (36 shots-33 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 8-6-1 (26-22). Att.--18,200 (18,200). T--2:32. Referees--Kerry Fraser, Eric Furlatt. Linesmen--Vaughan Rody, Brian Murphy.

(At) Detroit 3, Vancouver 1 | Henrik Zetterberg scored midway through the third period and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves, giving the Red Wings a victory over the Canucks.

First Period--1, Detroit, Holmstrom 9 (Zetterberg, Datsyuk), 17:31 (pp). Penalties--Rypien, Van, major (fighting), 2:24; May, Det, major (fighting), 2:24; Lebda, Det (holding), 10:53; Burrows, Van (goaltender interference), 15:50.

Second Period--2, Vancouver, Raymond 8 (Bieksa, Kesler), 6:38 (pp). Penalties--Abdelkader, Det (high-sticking), 6:28; Stuart, Det (high-sticking), 8:18; Kronwall, Det (hooking), 9:59; Ehrhoff, Van (roughing), 18:37; Eaves, Det (roughing), 18:37; Cleary, Det (high-sticking), 19:26.

Third Period--3, Detroit, Zetterberg 5 (Stuart, Kronwall), 8:00. 4, Detroit, Kronwall 5 (Howard, Stuart), 19:04 (en). Penalties--Ehrhoff, Van (hooking), 10:45.

Shots on Goal--Vancouver 15-11-6--32. Detroit 5-13-11--29. Power-play opportunities--Vancouver 1 of 5; Detroit 1 of 2. Goalies--Vancouver, Luongo 6-7-0 (28 shots-26 saves). Detroit, Howard 3-2-1 (32-31). Att.--20,066 (20,066). T--2:32. Referees--Gord Dwyer, Dave Jackson. Linesmen--David Brisebois, Scott Driscoll.