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NHL Scores from Feb. 15; Vincent Lecavalier, Randy Robitaille, Teemu Selanne, and Milan Hejduk lead their teams to wins.
Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier scored in the shootout to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning (33-24-2) past the Washington Capitals (23-26-9) 3-2. Lecavalier added two goals in the second period, his 38th and 39th of the season, the first on a power play and then a shorthanded goal. Danius Zubrus had a goal and an assist for the Capitals.
The Toronto Maple Leafs (28-22-8) scored three times in the first period and went on to beat the Philadelphia Flyers (15-34-8) 4-2. Mats Sundin had a goal and an assist while Bryan McCabe had a pair of assist for the Leafs. Andrew Raycroft had 32 saves in the Toronto victory. Simon Gagne scored a goal and added an assist for the Flyers.
Three goals in the final half of the third period lifted the New York Islanders (28-22-8) to a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins (26-26-4). Randy Robitaille scored twice in the deciding period and Mike Sillinger scored the goal to put the Islanders in front 2-1. Sillinger also assisted on a first period goal from Jeff Tambellini. Rick DiPietro had 24 saves for N.Y.
The New York Rangers (28-24-5) scored three unanswered goals after the Carolina Hurricanes (29-24-7) tied the score at 1-1 in the first period and went on to win 4-1. Michael Nylander and Karel Rachunek each had a goal and an assist and Brendan Shanahan scored his 28th goal of the season in the win. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 23 shots on goal for the Rangers.
Daniel Briere scored the game-winner a minute into the overtime period to lift the Buffalo Sabres (39-15-4) past the Edmonton Oilers (28-25-5) 2-1. Shawn Horcoff gave the Oilers the lead 1-0 in the first period but Maxim Afinogenov equalized for the Sabres in the second. Ryan Miller had 27 saves in the Buffalo win.
Teemu Selanne scored two minutes into the overtime period to give the Anaheim Ducks (34-16-8) a 5-4 win over the Phoenix Coyotes (25-30-3). Selanne had a goal in the first period to give the Ducks a 1-0 lead but Phoenix scored four unanswered goals to take a 4-1 lead. Chris Pronger found the back to the net with 5 seconds remaining in the second period to cut the Ducks deficit to 4-2 and then Anaheim scored twice more in the third, the tying goal coming from Pronger.
Milan Hejduk recorded a hat-trick and the Colorado Avalanche (28-25-4) overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat the Calgary Flames (30-20-8) 7-5. Joe Sakic added two goals and three assists while Andrew Brunette had a goal and two assists in the Avalanche win. Calgary was up 4-2 with just under three minutes remaining in the second period but gave up back-to-back goals to Hejduk.
