DALLAS (AP) -Dominik Hasek stopped 22 shots for his 78th career shutout, Brian Rafalski scored a first-period goal and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Dallas Stars 3-0 on Saturday.
Hasek also reached 375 victories to break a tie with John Vanbiesbrouck for 11th on the career list. Detroit has 31 wins, the most after 42 games in the franchise’s 82-year history.
Detroit scored on its first shot on goal when Rafalski struck on a one-timer from the slot off Dan Cleary’s setup at 3:44. Cleary also scored, beating Mike Smith with a sharp-angled shot at 10:08 of the third period. Johan Franzen added an empty-netter with 19.8 seconds left.
The streaking Red Wings are 16-2-2 in their last 20 games and moved to 5-0-1 against Dallas over the past two seasons. The Stars have lost four straight.
Capitals 5, Canadiens 4, OT
MONTREAL (AP) – Mike Green scored 1:27 into overtime for his third point of the game to lead Washington to its third win in four games.
Green, who also had two assists, redirected a pass from Michael Nylander past Carey Price for his 11th goal. Alexander Ovechkin had two goals and Nicklas Backstrom and Boyd Gordon also scored for the Capitals.
Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Kostitsyn scored to give Montreal a 2-0 lead early in the second, but Washington rallied to take the lead with 1:09 left in the period. Roman Hamrlik and Alexei Kovalev also scored for the Canadiens.
Penguins 3, Panthers 0
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Ty Conklin made 35 saves for his second shutout and seventh victory in seven starts this season, helping Pittsburgh win its sixth in a row.
Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and an assist, and Tyler Kennedy also scored an early goal for the Penguins, who are 15-5 in their past 20. Florida has lost four of five.
Kennedy gave Pittsburgh all the offense it would need by scoring his eighth of the season 4:26 into the contest. The goal tied Kennedy for fourth among NHL rookies.
Less than 2 minutes later, Malkin scored his team-high 19th of the season. Crosby’s goal came with only 2:41 left.
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