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TUESDAY'S GAMES

The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 20, 2008

Habs Overcome 5-Goal Deficit, Win In Shootout

MONTREAL - Michael Ryder scored three times and the Montreal Canadiens staged the biggest comeback in their storied history, rallying from five goals down to beat the New York Rangers 6-5 in a shootout.

Saku Koivu beat Henrik Lundqvist with a forehand deke on Montreal's second shootout attempt and Cristobal Huet stopped Brendan Shanahan, Chris Drury and Jaromir Jagr to the delight of the sold-out Bell Centre crowd of 21,273.

Montreal stormed back from a 5-0 deficit early in the second with five unanswered goals.

PENGUINS 3, PANTHERS 2: Ryan Malone scored twice in the final 3:20 as Pittsburgh erased a two-goal deficit in the third period.
Colby Armstrong also scored and Evgeni Malkin had two assists to take over the NHL's scoring lead for the Penguins, who tied idle New Jersey for the Atlantic Division lead.

BRUINS 3, HURRICANES 2: David Krejci scored in the third round of the shootout to lift Boston past Carolina.
Phil Kessel also scored in the shootout and Tim Thomas stopped the Hurricanes cold for Boston, which blew a late 2-0 lead by allowing two goals in the final 63 seconds.

SENATORS 3, FLYERS 2: Antoine Vermette had a goal in regulation and another in the shootout as Ottawa defeated struggling Philadelphia.
Jason Spezza scored the shootout winner, while Chris Kelly had the other regulation goal for the Senators, who ended a three-game winless streak.

PREDATORS 5, OILERS 4: Scott Nichol and J.P. Dumont each scored a goal and added a pair of assists as Nashville edged Edmonton.

Dumont scored the winner at 18:05 of the third period when he skated around the net and backhanded a shot past Mathieu Garon.

BLUES 5, BLACKHAWKS 1: Brad Boyes' 32nd goal put St. Louis ahead to stay and the Blues scored three power-play goals for the second straight game.
Manny Legace made 19 saves in his 17th straight appearance for the Blues, who are on a 4-0-1 run that has put them back into playoff contention.

CANUCKS 3, WILD 2: Daniel Sedin's overtime goal lifted Vancouver to a win over Minnesota. Sedin took a drop pass from his brother Henrik, and snapped a wrist shot past Minnesota goaltender Nicklas Backstrom.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, BLUE JACKETS 1: Vesa Toskala made 26 saves while starting for the 17th time in 18 games for Toronto. Carlo Colaiacovo, Nik Antropov and Chad Kilger scored for Toronto.

ISLANDERS: Defenseman Andy Sutton tore a hamstring and will be sidelined from four to six weeks.

TRADE: The Flyers acquired defenseman Jaroslav Modry from the Kings for a third-round draft pick in 2008.

The Associated Press

TUESDAY'S GAMES

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