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TORONTO (AP) Phil Kessel, Niklas Hagman and a couple of good bounces helped pull the Toronto Maple Leafs out of another extended winless slide.

The Toronto forwards scored shootout goals in a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night, giving the Maple Leafs their first victory in six games.

It's the first time Toronto has won a game in extra time all season.

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DALLAS (AP) Defenseman Stephane Robidas had two goals and two assists, rookie Tom Wandell scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Saturday night.

The Devils trailed 3-1 after the first period, but drew even at 3 at 6:31 of the third period on Travis Zajac's power-play goal. Read More...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Jarome Iginla created effective scoring chances even when he sat in the penalty box.

Iginla scored a goal in each period to lead the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Read More...

NEW YORK (AP) A letdown would have been understandable one night after Nathan Horton and the Florida Panthers pulled out an overtime victory at Detroit.

Instead, it was the New York Rangers who finished the game with an empty feeling. Read More...

MONTREAL (AP) Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored on Detroit's first two shootout attempts to give the Red Wings a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Datsyuk, who netted one of Detroit's two power-play goals in the first period, deked and put a shot past Carey Price on the Red Wings' first shootout try. Read More...

ATLANTA (AP) Defenseman Martin Skoula wasn't thinking hat trick. In fact, he had never scored two goals in a game before Saturday night.

Skoula scored his goals - one in each of the first two periods - and the Pittsburgh Penguins held off the Atlanta Thrashers in a 3-2 victory. Read More...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) The Vancouver Canucks have cleared room for the return of high-scoring forward Daniel Sedin by sending forward Matt Pettinger to their AHL affiliate on Saturday.

Sedin has missed 18 games since his foot was broken by a teammate's shot in the fourth game of the season on Oct. 7. Sedin has led the Canucks in goals in each of the last three seasons. Read More...

OTTAWA (AP) Daniel Alfredsson had two goals and an assist and Filip Kuba had a goal and three assists to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 5-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

Chris Kelly and Milan Michalek also scored for the Senators, who have won three straight. Read More...

ST. LOUIS (AP) David Perron scored twice, and Patrik Berglund's first goal in 13 games proved to be the difference in the St. Louis Blues' 4-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Saturday night.

Eric Brewer also scored, and Chris Mason stopped 23 shots as the Blues won back-to-back games for the first time since beating Detroit in Sweden on Oct. 2-3. St. Louis is 3-2 on a six-game homestand. Read More...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Keith Yandle scored a power-play goal with 9:41 remaining to help the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 on Saturday night for their second victory in three games.

Matthew Lombardi had a power-play goal and an assist, and Shane Doan added an empty-net goal without putting the puck in the net for the Coyotes. Read More...