NHL Capsules

 

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -Vitaly Vishnevski and Dainius Zubrus scored 4:15 apart in the first period, and the New Jersey Devils won their ninth straight game by beating the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday night.
Travis Zajac added a goal in the third period, and Martin Brodeur made 23 saves for the Devils, who matched their third-best winning streak.
Alexander Semin and Brooks Laich scored for the Capitals, who have an NHL-worst 20 points. Washington, playing after five days off, lost its fourth in five games and failed to record 30 shots for the first time in 10. Olie Kolzig finished with 19 saves.
Red Wings 5, Wild 0
DETROIT (AP) – Henrik Zetterberg had his second career three-goal game and Dominik Hasek stopped 19 shots for his 77th career shutout.
Johan Franzen also had a goal and an assist for NHL-leading Detroit, which won its fifth straight, and Jiri Hudler got the other goal. Pavel Datsyuk had three assists, and Tomas Holmstrom added two.
Josh Harding made 29 saves for Minnesota.
Panthers 3, Islanders 0
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Stephen Weiss and Nathan Horton scored power-play goals and Tomas Vokoun stopped 25 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Florida snapped a three-game skid.
Olli Jokinen added an empty-net goal with 12 seconds left. Florida outshot New York 41-25 while handing the Islanders their fifth straight loss.
Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro finished with 38 saves.
Thrashers 4, Rangers 2
ATLANTA (AP) – Slava Kozlov’s slap shot from beyond the left circle with about 5 minutes left in the game helped hand New York its third straight loss.
Eric Boulton, Pascal Dupuis and Marian Hossa also had goals for Atlanta. Hossa’s goal came with only 5.2 seconds left, after New York pulled its goalie for the final minute.
Johan Hedberg stopped 30 shots for Atlanta (14-13-1), which moved above .500 for only the second time this season.
Marcel Hossa and Chris Drury scored for the Rangers, and Stephen Valiquette made 18 saves for New York.