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Sillinger, Islanders' 3 Short-Handed Goals Down Carolina

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: January 23, 2008

RALEIGH, N.C. - Mike Sillinger scored two of New York's three short-handed goals Tuesday to lead the Islanders past the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3.

Richard Park also scored down a man, for the Islanders, who scored three short-handed goals for the third time in franchise history and first since 2000.

DEVILS 7, FLYERS 3: Low-scoring defenseman Johnny Oduya had a goal and three assists as New Jersey scored five times on the power play.

The Devils beat Philadelphia for the fifth straight time this season to move into first place in the Atlantic Division.

RANGERS 4, THRASHERS 0: Jaromir Jagr scored and had two assists on a newly created line, and Fedor Tyutin helped set up three goals for New York.

Sean Avery and Brandon Dubinsky scored first-period goals, Martin Straka added one in the second, and Jagr finished the surge in the third to provide plenty of offense.

PANTHERS 5, SENATORS 3: All-Star Tomas Vokoun stopped 43 shots, Tanner Glass scored his first NHL goal and Nathan Horton had four assists for Florida.

Jay Bouwmeester, Stephen Weiss, David Booth and Gregory Campbell also scored for the Panthers, who snapped a six-game losing streak against Ottawa.

CANADIENS 8, BRUINS 2: Tom Kostopoulos scored 14 seconds into the game and Maxim Lapierre got Montreal's fourth goal of the opening period with 3 seconds remaining, sending the Canadiens to a win.

Andrei Kostitsyn, who also scored in the first, got his second goal of the game on a power play 17:44 into the third as Montreal set a season high for goals.

BLUE JACKETS 4, STARS 2: Rookie defenseman Kris Russell scored his first two NHL goals, including the tiebreaker on a power play with 6:15 left for Columbus, which stopped the Stars' three-game winning streak.
Nikolai Zherdev had three assists, and Pascal Leclaire stopped 31 shots for the win.

PREDATORS 4, AVALANCHE 0: Dan Ellis stopped 39 shots and Martin Erat scored two goals to lead Nashville.

It was the fourth shutout of the season for Ellis, who improved to 11-5-1 and gave the Predators their third straight win.

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