BUFFALO, N.Y. — Patrick Lalime made 39 saves, and Thomas Vanek and Clarke MacArthur scored in Buffalo’s victory over Chicago on Friday night.
Lalime, making just his third start of the season in favor of Ryan Miller, stopped 17 shots in the first period, and extended Buffalo’s shutout sequence to 139 minutes, 51 seconds before Patrick Sharp tapped in Patrick Kane’s pass at the top of the crease 30 seconds into the third period to make it 2-1.
Red Wings 3, Ducks 2 (OT)
DETROIT — Todd Bertuzzi tied it midway through the third period and beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere from the bottom of the right circle for a power- play goal 1:07 into overtime.
Oilers 5, Blues 3
ST. LOUIS — Gilbert Brule scored twice, Dustin Penner had a goal and three assists and Edmonton completed a perfect five-game trip for the first time in franchise history.
Capitals 4, Hurricanes 3 (OT)
WASHINGTON — Alexander Semin scored two goals, Mike Green connected with 3:44 left in overtime and Washington overcame a 2-0 deficit with 14 minutes elapsed.
Panthers 4, Devils 2
NEWARK, N.J. — Scott Clemmensen made 26 saves to beat his former teammates, Michael Frolik scored twice and Florida ended a four-game skid.
Stars vs. Sharks
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Late game.
Wild vs. Flames
CALGARY, Alberta — CALGARY, Alberta — Martin Havlat scored at 3:15 of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Friday night.
Havlat took a cross-ice pass from defenseman Marek Zidlicky and fired a shot behind Miikka Kiprusoff, who had no chance on the play.
James Sheppard also scored for Minnesota. The Wild have won two in a row and seven of their past eight games to improve to 15-13-3.
Aaron Johnson scored for Calgary.
Kiprusoff had a spectacular game, stopping 44 of 46 shots he faced to help earn the Flames a point. Fellow Finnish goalie Niklas Backstrom made 22 saves for the Wild to improve his record to 13-10-3.
The Wild carried the majority of the play in the first period, outshooting the Flames 19-3. Kiprusoff turned aside three shots each by Wild forwards Mikko Koivu and Guillaume Latendresse and defenseman Kim Johnsson.
NOTES: Calgary has scored the first goal in 24 of 31 games this season. … Calgary defenseman Jay Bouwmeester extended the NHL’s longest current consecutive games streak to 373.
Late game.
The Associated Press
