Monday National Hockey League Capsules.
ST. LOUIS 5, TORONTO 4 (SO)
TORONTO Ryan Hollweg is making his presence felt for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but it is not the kind of impact the team had hoped for.
Hollwegs five-minute major early in the second period helped the St. Louis Blues rally from a three-goal deficit and defeat the Maple Leafs, 5-4, in a shootout.
Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes beat Toronto goaltender Vesa Toskala in the bonus format as the Blues, playing their third game in four days, overcame a slow start.
St. Louis netminder Manny Legace stopped Pavel Kubina on the Maple Leafs third shootout attempt to seal the victory.
During his two-plus seasons with the New York Rangers, Hollweg was known for his physical play but also his penchant for taking bad penalties.
BUFFALO 7, NY ISLANDERS 1
UNIONDALE, New York Thomas Vanek scored twice in a four-goal second period and Patrick Lalime stopped 23 shots in his debut with the team as the Buffalo Sabres coasted to a 7-1 victory over the New York Islanders.
Jason Pomenville and Ales Kotalik each had a goal and two assists for the Sabres, who wore down the Islanders in a game that featured three separate fights in a second period melee and a total of 150 minutes in penalties.
Lalime, who signed as a free agent to serve as the backup to Ryan Miller, had a relatively easy afternoon and did not allow a goal until Trent Hunter tallied early in the third.
Joey MacDonald started his third straight game in goal in place of All-Star Rick DiPietro, who underwent knee and hip surgeries in the offseason.
DETROIT 3, CAROLINA 1
RALEIGH, North Carolina After a surprising defeat on opening night, the Detroit Red Wings appear to have returned to Stanley Cup title form.
Defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom each recorded a power-play goals and Ty Conklin made 27 saves as the Red Wings handed the Carolina Hurricanes their first loss of the young season with a 3-1 triumph.
Henrik Zetterberg added an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left to seal the win.
On Thursday, the Red Wings raised their championship banner and promptly suffered a 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs to put a slight damper on the celebration.
But an impressive performance by Conklin in his season debut and a pair of successful chances with the man-advantage gave Detroit its second consecutive road win.
NY RANGERS 4, NEW JERSEY 1
NEW YORK Aaron Voros recorded two power-play goals and had an assist as the New York Rangers remained undefeated with a 4-1 triumph over the New Jersey Devils.
Brandon Dubinsky added a goal and set up two others another and Ryan Callahan added an empty-net tally with 58 seconds remaining for New York, which improved to 5-0-0 this season.
Henrik Lunqvist, who finished with 25 saves, has allowed just five goals in four contests this season for the Rangers.
John Madden scored and four-time Vezina Trophy-winner Martin Brodeur made 20 saves for New Jersey, which was bounced in the five games by the Rangers in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals last season.
MONTREAL 5, PHILADELPHIA 3
PHILADELPHIA Defensemen Roman Hamrlik and Mike Komisarek scored 44 seconds apart in the third period and Robert Lang tallied with 6:20 remaining in the session as the Montreal Canadiens recorded a 5-3 triumph over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Steve Begin added an empty-net goal with 35 seconds remaining in the third period and Andrei Kostitsyn also tallied in the second session for Montreal, which exacted a small measure of revenge after the Flyers eliminated the Canadiens in five games in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season.
Captain Mike Richards had a goal and an assist and Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne also scored for Philadelphia, which has lost its first two games of the season at the Wachovia Center. The Flyers dropped a 4-3 decision to the New York Rangers in their season-opener on Saturday.
With Philadelphia holding a 2-1 advantage entering the third period, Hamrlik tied the contest just 78 seconds into the session after depositing a goal-mouth feed from Alexei Kovalev past Martin Biron for his second goal of the season.
Just 44 seconds later, Komisarek wristed a seemingly harmless shot toward net, but the puck deflected off the stick of Scottie Upshall and over Birons left shoulder to give Montreal a 3-2 lead.
WASHINGTON 5, VANCOUVER 1
WASHINGTON Alexander Semin scored two goals and the Washington Capitals used a second-period surge to cruise past the Vancouver Canucks, 5-1.
Semin opened the scoring by converting passes from Michael Nylander and defenseman Mike Green just under three minutes into the contest. Alex Edler tied the game with a power-play goal 68 seconds later, but Capitals goaltender Brent Johnson was impenetrable the rest of the way.
With 3:49 remaining in the first, Green scored what proved to be the game-winner on the man advantage. In the second, Milan Jurcina and Semin tallied before Nylander beat Roberto Luongo on a penalty shot with 3:24 left in the session.
The Canucks recorded 10 shots on goal, allowing the Capitals to break a franchise record for shots by an opponent, having never before allowed fewer than 11 in a game.
NASHVILLE 3, CHICAGO 2 (SO)
CHICAGO J.P. Dumont scored in the second round of a shootout to help the Nashville Predators defeat the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2.
Rich Peverley also tallied in the shootout, while Nashville goaltender Dan Ellis denied Patrick Kane and Martin Havlat to secure the victory.
Patrick Sharp tied the game at 2-2 just 29 seconds into the second by converting passes from Havlat and Brent Seabrook and tapped it past Ellis for his first goal of the season..
Havlat opened the scoring on a power play 6:24 into the first, tipping in a pass from Kane while sitting on the doorstep. Nashville pulled even off a slap shot from defenseman Shea Weber on the man advantage, and took a one-goal lead when blue-liner Kevin Klein beat Cristobal Huet on a breakaway with 7:11 left in the session.