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Jon Rohloff and Sandy Moger scored first-period goals 30 seconds apart and the Boston Bruins extended their unbeaten streak to seven games with a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils Wednesday night in East Rutherford, N.J.

The late-season playoff rush (6-0-1) moved the Bruins into a sixth-place tie with the Devils in the Eastern Conference, with Washington and Tampa Bay just one point behind with 74. All four teams have 12 games left in the regular season.

Bruins 2, Devils 1

Boston 2 0 0 - 2

New Jersey 0 1 0 - 1

First period-1, Boston, Rohloff 1 (Stumpel), 7:37 (pp). 2, Boston, Moger 11 (Reid, Sutter), 8:07.

Second period-3, New Jersey, Rolston 12 (Housley), 13:07 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-Boston 12-9-12-33. New Jersey 7-15-8-30.Power-play opp.-Boston 1 of 5; New Jersey 1 of 4.Goalies-Boston, Ranford 27-27-8 (30 shots-29 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 29-24-11 (33-31).A-15,940 (19,040).

Red Wings 4, Maple Leafs 3 (OT)

Toronto

Darren McCarty scored a power-play goal at 2:41 of overtime as Detroit beat Toronto.

Dino Ciccarelli, Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Kozlov also scored for Detroit, which beat Toronto in all five games this season. Tie Domi, Brandon Convery and Mike Gartner scored for Toronto.

Detroit 0 2 1 1 - 4

Toronto 0 1 2 0 - 3

First Period-None.

Second Period-1, Toronto, Gartner 32 (Schneider, Murphy), :55 (pp). 2, Detroit, Kozlov 33 (Larionov, Rouse), 16:55. 3, Detroit, Konstantinov 11, 18:50.

Third Period-4, Toronto, Convery 1 (Murphy, Schneider), 8:53 (pp). 5, Toronto, Domi 6 (Fairchild, Gill), 9:52. 6, Detroit, Ciccarelli 17, 14:39.

Overtime-7, Detroit, McCarty 11 (Coffey, Primeau), 2:41 (pp).

Shots on goal-Detroit 4-10-5-3-22. Toronto 5-10-11-0-26.Power-play opp.-Detroit 1 of 4; Toronto 2 of 6.Goalies-Detroit, Osgood 35-5-3 (26 shots-23 saves). Toronto, Beaupre 6-28-0 (26-22).A-15,746 (15,746).

Canadiens 3, Whalers 2

Montreal

Pierre Turgeon scored with 3:11 remaining in the third period to lead Montreal to a victory over Hartford.

Martin Rucinsky and Brian Savage also scored for Montreal. Adam Burt and Andrew Cassels scored for the Whalers.

Jocelyn Thibault, who stopped 31 shots, extended his unbeaten streak to six games.

Hartford 1 0 1 - 2

Montreal 1 0 2 - 3

First period-1, Hartford, Burt 3 (Ranheim), 14:06. 2, Montreal, Rucinsky 28 (Bure, Damphousse), 14:39.

Second period-None.

Third period-3, Montreal, Savage 25 (Wilkie, Koivu), 7:13. 4, Hartford, Cassels 17 (Sanderson, Shanahan), 10:28 (pp). 5, Montreal, Turgeon 34 (Fitzpatrick, Popovic), 16:49.

Shots on goal-Hartford 11-10-12-33. Montreal 8-11-10-29.Power-play opp.-Hartford 1 of 2; Montreal 0 of 3.Goalies-Hartford, Burke 25-24-5 (29 shots-26 saves). Montreal, Thibault 22-13-4 (33-31).A-21,255 (21,221).

Flames 3, Blackhawks 2

Chicago

Gary Roberts, Ron Stern and Michael Nylander scored as Calgary beat Chicago.

After taking a 2-0 lead by 35 seconds of the third period, the Flames held on for the win thanks to the solid goaltending of Trevor Kidd. Denis Savard and Eric Daze connected for the Blackhawks, whose three-game winning streak ended.

Calgary 0 1 2 - 3

Chicago 0 0 2 - 2

First period-None.

Second period-1, Calgary, Roberts 21 (Chiasson, Evason), 18:33 (pp).

Third period-2, Calgary, Stern 9 (Huscroft, Lemieux), :35. 3, Chicago, Savard 12 (Murphy, Black), 2:15. 4, Calgary, Nylander 12 (Torgajev), 15:46. 5, Chicago, Daze 29 (Smith, Chelios), 17:43.

Shots on goal-Calgary 3-10-8-21. Chicago 2-7-15-24.Power-play opp.-Calgary 1 of 2; Chicago 0 of 2.Goalies-Calgary, Kidd 13-18-8 (24 shots-22 saves). Chicago, Belfour 19-14-8 (21-18).A-20,367 (20,500).

Stars 2, Blues 1

Dallas

Mike Modano scored his 500th NHL point with his 33rd goal of the season and Andy Moog gained his 325th career victory as Dallas beat St. Louis.

Dallas moved within five points of the eighth-place Winnipeg Jets, 7-1 losers to the San Jose Sharks, in the race for the Western Conference’s final playoff spot.

St. Louis 0 1 0 - 1

Dallas 1 1 0 - 2

First period-1, Dallas, Modano 33 (Lehtinen), 19:53.

Second period-2, Dallas, Gilchrist 17 (Wood, Lawrence), 3:54. 3, St. Louis, Corson 18 (MacInnis, Gretzky), 15:55 (pp).

Third period-None.

Shots on goal-St. Louis 10-9-8-27. Dallas 14-12-8-34.Power-play opp.-St. Louis 1 of 5; Dallas 0 of 6.Goalies-St. Louis, Fuhr 30-25-12 (20 shots-18 saves), Casey (3:54 second, 14-14). Dallas, Moog 12-14-5 (27-26).A-16,924 (16,924).

Sharks 7, Jets 1

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Jeff Friesen scored three goals and former Jet Darren Turcotte had two points to lead San Jose to a victory over slumping Winnipeg.

Turcotte, obtained by the Sharks for Craig Janney on Monday, had a goal and an assist against his former teammates. Jan Caloun had two goals and Owen Nolan also scored for San Jose.

San Jose 2 2 3 - 7

Winnipeg 0 0 1 - 1

First period-1, San Jose, Friesen 12, 12:09. 2, San Jose, Turcotte 17, 16:32.

Second period-3, San Jose, Caloun 2 (Turcotte, Ragnarsson), 2:11. 4, San Jose, Nolan 31 (Kozlov, Dahlen) 15:37.

Third period-5, San Jose, Caloun 3 (Peltonen, Ragnarsson), 2:11. 6, San Jose, Friesen 13 (Sykora), 2:40. 7, San Jose, Friesen 14 (Turcotte, Racine), 18:42 (pp). 8, Winnipeg, Manson 6 (Tverdovsky, Stapleton), 19:22.

Shots on goal-San Jose 6-9-12-27. Winnipeg 11-8-8-27.Power-play opp.-San Jose 1 of 1; Winnipeg 0 of 5.Goalies-San Jose, Irbe 2-7-4 (27 shots-26 saves). Winnipeg, Khabibulin 20-17-2 (17-11), Roussel (2:40 third, 10-9).A-10,800 (15,393).

Avalanche 5, Kings 2

Inglewood, Calif.

Valeri Kamensky scored three goals for his second career hat trick and Peter Forsberg set up three goals as Colorado beat Los Angeles.

Colorado 1 2 2 - 5

Los Angeles 0 0 2 - 2

First period-1, Colorado, Kamensky 32 (Forsberg, Ozolinsh), 17:08 (pp).

Second period-2, Colorado, Kamensky 33 (Forsberg), 5:14 (pp). 3, Colorado, Lemieux 36 (Forsberg, Klemm), 16:54.

Third period-4, Colorado, Klemm 4 (Yelle, Leschyshyn), 1:35 (sh). 5, Los Angeles, Shuchuk 4 (Lacroix, Todd), 8:14. 6, Colorado, Kamensky 34 (Murray, Gusarov), 18:50. 7, Los Angeles, Khristich 22 (Boucher, Norstrom), 19:50 (pp).

Shots on goal-Colorado 10-13-15-38. Los Angeles 7-10-15-32.Power-play opp.-Colorado 2 of 8; Los Angeles 1 of 7.Goalies-Colorado, Fiset 21-5-7 (32 shots-30 saves). Los Angeles, Hrudey 5-14-9 (38-33).A-11,801 (16,005).