UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Garth Snow stopped 28 shots to lead the New York Islanders to a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

Oleg Kvasha, Mark Parrish and Jason Blake scored for New York, 7-2 at home. The Islanders are have a five-game home unbeaten streak against the Canadiens (4-0-1).

Flyers 4, Canucks 3

PHILADELPHIA – Simon Gagne scored 1:47 into overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to their fifth straight victory, 4-3 over the Vancouver Canucks.

Eric Desjardins, Michal Handzus and Mark Recchi also scored for Philadelphia, which remained unbeaten at home (6-0-2).

Devils 3, Panthers 1

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Patrik Elias scored on a power play to kick off a three-goal second period and the New Jersey Devils extended their unbeaten streak to eight games with a 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers.

Brian Gionta and Jay Pandolfo also scored for the Devils (6-0-2), who have not lost since Oct. 25.

Predators 4, Flames 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vladimir Orszagh scored the decisive goal, David Legwand had a goal and an assist and Tomas Vokoun stopped 29 shots in helping the Nashville Predators beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 Thursday night.

‘Canes 5, Thrashers 1

RALEIGH, N.C. – Erik Cole scored 26 seconds in, and Josef Vasicek and Rod Brind’Amour added key power-play goals to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday night.

Carolina snapped a nine-game winless streak against Southeast Division opponents, dating to Feb. 14, and extended its home unbeaten streak to four (3-0-1).

The Hurricanes came in next-to-last in the NHL with the man advantage, but were able to score three power-play goals.

Senators 5, Jackets 2

OTTAWA – Marian Hossa scored two of Ottawa’s team-record five power-play goals as the Senators overcame an early deficit and beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 Thursday night.

Radek Bonk, Zdeno Chara, and Wade Redden also scored for Ottawa, which allowed a short-handed goal to David Vyborny on its first power play. The Senators trailed 2-0 just 8:03 in.

Oilers 2, Wild 0

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Edmonton’s Ty Conklin made 22 saves to recorded his first career shutout Thursday night and the Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 2-0.

Edmonton needed just 74 seconds to take a 1-0 lead, scoring on their first shot. Ethan Moreau intercepted a pass by Minnesota’s Nick Schultz, then took the puck to the front of the Wild net. Moreau’s backhand shot sailed over goalie Dwayne Roloson’s right shoulder and in.

Coyotes 3, Avalanche 2

PHOENIX – Branko Radivojevic scored 1:51 into overtime, capping a frantic rally that lifted the Phoenix Coyotes to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.

Brian Savage and Ladislav Nagy also scored for Phoenix, which trailed 2-0 going into the third period.

Nagy also had two assists.

Sean Burke made 27 saves for the Coyotes, who have won twice and lost once in overtime since going 0-6-3 in a nine-game stretch.

Joe Sakic had a goal and assisted on one by Rob Blake, but rookie goaltender Phillippe Sauve couldn’t hold the lead in the third. After Sauve stopped the Coyotes’ first 15 shots, Savage solved him at 9:38, and Nagy tied it with 7:56 left in regulation.

Sauve (1-3-1), who beat Phoenix 2-1 on Nov. 6 for his only win, finished with 22 saves.

Burke was under pressure from the start, stopping good chances by Milan Hejduk and Teemu Selanne among his 11 saves before Sakic scored with 1:20 left in the first period.

Sakic, centering Colorado’s first line because of Peter Forsberg’s groin strain, cut across into the circle for a pass from Alex Tanguay and fired back through traffic. That might have obscured Burke’s view of the puck.

The Avalanche made it 2-0 at 5:52 of the second period, just three seconds into a power play.

Sakic won the faceoff with Daymond Langkow and sent the puck to Blake, whose slap shot went in between Burke’s arm and body.

Savage took a pass from behind the net and fired a rising shot that handcuffed Sauve and made it 2-1.

Nagy kept the rally going with his wrist shot from the circle to Sauve’s left, and the Coyotes held the momentum with a late power play when Colorado’s Derek Morris hooked Nagy to prevent a two-on-one rush with Radivojevic carrying the puck.

The Coyotes failed to score on the power play that began with 5:35 to go, but they had the only two shots in overtime.

Langkow, his back to the net at the far edge of the circle, flipped the puck back to Radivojevic on the other edge for a winning one-timer.

Notes: Tanguay’s assist added to his NHL leadership in assists (18) and points (24). … Forsberg, the defending NHL scoring champion and MVP, missed his second straight game and fifth this month. The Avalanche got LW Paul Kariya back for the first time since Oct. 21. He was out with a wrist injury.

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