Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes scored in a shootout to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-4 comeback win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL on Monday. Storming back from an early 3-0 deficit, the Blues tied it at 4 at 4:21 of the third period on Paul Kariya's backhander to set up the dramatic finish in the only meeting of the season between the teams. Manny Legace stopped Nik Antropov, allowed a goal to Nikolai Kulemin and then stopped Pavel Kubina in the shootout to win it for St. Louis. Maple Leafs goalie Vesa Toskala was beaten by both St. Louis shooters. Sabres 7, Islanders 1: At Uniondale, New York, Thomas Vanek scored twice and Ales Kotalik and Jason Pominville each added a goal and two assists as Buffalo crushed New York. Jochen Hecht, Adam Mair and Clarke MacArthur also scored for the Sabres. Three of Buffalo's goals came on the power play, and they also added a short-handed goal. Patrick Lalime made 23 saves for the Sabres. Trent Hunter had the only goal for New York. Capitals 5, Canucks 1: At Washington, Alexander Semin scored twice and Michael Nylander netted a penalty shot as Washington limited Vancouver to only 10 shots on goal. Washington broke a franchise record for shots by an opponent, having never before allowed fewer than 11 in a game. Vancouver barely avoided breaking its franchise low of eight. Oddly, for the second consecutive game, the Capitals allowed an opponent to score on its first shot of the night but Washington's high-powered offense made up for that early miscue - taking a 5-1 lead on Nylander's goal with 3:24 left in the second period. The penalty shot was the first successful one for the Capitals since November 2005. Rangers 4, Devils 1: At New York, Brandon Dubinsky had a goal and two assists, and linemate Aaron Voros had two goals and three points while pestering Martin Brodeur in New York's victory over New Jersey. New York improved to 5-0, matching the team's best start established in 1983. Goalie Henrik Lundqvist was sharp, making 25 saves in going to 4-0. Devils goalie Brodeur stopped 20 shots in making his 44th consecutive regular-season start, but remained 11 wins behind Patrick Roy's NHL record for career victories. Red Wings 3, Hurricanes 1: At Raleigh, North Carolina,Tomas Holmstrom and Nicklas Lidstrom scored to lead Detroit. Ty Conklin added 27 saves to earn the win in his first appearance of the season, while Henrik Zetterberg added an empty-net score in the final seconds to seal it. Joe Corvo scored in Carolina's first lossthis season. Canadiens 5, Flyers 3: At Philadelphia, Roman Hamrlik and Michael Komisarek scored 44 seconds apart in the third period, helping Montreal rally past Philadelphia. Predators 3, Blackhawks 2, SO: At Chicago, Rich Peverley and J.P. Dumont scored in the shootout to lift Nashville over Chicago.
