SCOREBOARD
Monday, Jan. 7
Minnesota at Dallas (8:30 p.m. EST). The Stars are mired in their first four-game losing streak since dropping five in a row during the 2003-04 season.
STARS
Saturday
-Antero Niittymaki and Mike Richards, Flyers. Niittymaki made 54 saves and Richards scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:51 left to help Philadelphia hold off Toronto 3-2.
-Ty Conklin, Penguins, stopped all 35 shots he faced in Pittsburgh’s 3-0 win over Florida.
-Mike Green, Capitals, scored 1:27 into overtime to give Washington a 5-4 win at Montreal.
-Mike Fisher, Senators, scored 3:17 into overtime and Ottawa topped Tampa Bay 4-3.
-Marek Svatos, Avalanche, scored 2:05 into overtime to give Colorado a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders.
-P.J. Axelsson, Bruins, had a goal and two assists to lead Boston past New Jersey 4-3.
-Lee Stempniak and Manny Legace, Blues. Stempniak scored the only goal of the game and Legace made it stand up with 26 saves and St. Louis outlasted Carolina 1-0.
-Patrick Rissmiller, Sharks, had his first career two-goal game in San Jose’s 3-2 win over Columbus.
AYE, CAPTAIN
Jarome Iginla scored for the 19th time in the past 17 games and added two assists to lead Calgary past Los Angeles 6-4 on Saturday night. The Flames are 16-4-3 this season when he scores.
BYE BYE BEEZER
Dominik Hasek recorded his 375th victory to move into 11th place on the all-time list and 78th career shutout in Detroit’s 2-0 victory at Dallas on Saturday. Hasek broke a tie with John Vanbiesbrouck and moved within 10 wins of Mike Vernon for 10th.
OPPOSITE DIRECTOINS
Calgary has won five straight and 11 of 14 after outlasting Los Angeles 6-4 on Saturday night. The Kings have lost 10 of 13 and have just 15 wins, their fewest through 43 games since they had 13 during the lockout-shortened 1994-95 campaign and finished 16-23-9.
LUCKY SEVEN
Ty Conklin has won all seven of his starts for Pittsburgh after making 35 saves in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Florida. The Penguins have won six straight, eight of 10 and 15 of 20 while posting a five-game winning streak at home.
TROUBLE IN TAMPA
Tampa Bay’s losing streak reached a season-high seven games after falling to Ottawa in overtime 4-3 on Saturday night. The Lightning are a league-worst 3-14-2 on the road.
STRAIGHT SHOOTERS
Edmonton won its league-leading 11th shootout of the season after a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday night. Sam Gagner had only goal in the shootout, his fourth of the campaign. … Peter Mueller had the only goal in the shootout to give Phoenix a 3-2 victory over Anaheim.
FOUR SCORE
J.P Dumont stretched his goal-scoring streak to four games in Nashville’s 4-1 win over Minnesota on Saturday night.
WESTERN WOES
The New York Rangers has lost all seven of its games against Western Conference opponents following a 3-2 shootout defeat at Edmonton on Saturday night.
SNAPPED
San Jose snapped its five-game home winless skid and improved to 12-0-1 in franchise history at HP Pavilion against Columbus with Saturday night’s 3-2 victory. … St. Louis halted a four-game home losing streak with Saturday night’s 1-0 victory over Carolina.
UNHAPPINESS AT HOME
Montreal fell to 7-8-4 at home and has lost eight of its last 10 games at the Bell Centre after a 5-4 overtime defeat to Washington on Saturday.
SPEAKING
“I’m getting that question asked an awful lot lately and pretty soon he’s going to be pretty well known. I think he leads the league in goals for defensemen now and he’s getting better and better offensively.” – Washington coach Bruce Boudreau on Mike Green, who scored in overtime to give the Capitals a 5-4 win at Montreal on Saturday. It was Green’s 11th goal of the season.