HOCKEY
By The Associated Press
All Times EST
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GAN.Y. Rangers 14 6 2 30 60 51Pittsburgh 12 4 3 27 62 52New Jersey 9 7 2 20 49 49Philadelphia 7 6 4 18 58 57N.Y. Islanders 7 9 2 16 46 56Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GABoston 12 3 4 28 62 45Montreal 11 5 2 24 56 48Buffalo 9 6 3 21 54 54Toronto 7 8 4 18 59 67Ottawa 6 9 4 16 44 50Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GAWashington 11 5 3 25 64 58Carolina 10 7 2 22 51 56Atlanta 7 9 2 16 53 64Tampa Bay 5 7 6 16 39 53Florida 7 10 1 15 42 52WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division
W L OT Pts GF GADetroit 13 2 3 29 68 55Chicago 9 4 5 23 66 52Nashville 9 8 1 19 56 61Columbus 8 8 3 19 58 65St. Louis 6 8 2 14 50 55Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver 12 6 2 26 63 49Minnesota 11 5 1 23 44 34Calgary 11 8 1 23 57 63Edmonton 9 9 2 20 53 62Colorado 8 10 0 16 45 53Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GASan Jose 16 3 1 33 73 49Anaheim 10 8 2 22 61 64Los Angeles 8 8 2 18 47 47Phoenix 8 8 1 17 42 44Dallas 6 9 3 15 51 68Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.Thursday's GamesPittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2New Jersey 3, Florida 1Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, SOVancouver 3, Minnesota 2Chicago 6, Dallas 3Detroit 4, Edmonton 3Calgary 1, Colorado 0Los Angeles 5, Washington 2Friday's GamesPhoenix at Carolina, 7 p.m.Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.Nashville at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Anaheim at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.Saturday's GamesVancouver at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 3 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Columbus at Atlanta, 7 p.m.Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m.Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.Anaheim at Dallas, 8 p.m.St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.Detroit at Calgary, 10 p.m.Washington at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.Sunday's GamesNashville at Carolina, 3 p.m.New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.
By The Associated PressAt Atlanta<B>Pittsburgh 1 1 1—3</B><B>Atlanta 1 1 0—2</B>First Period—1, Atlanta, Kozlov 11 (Kovalchuk, Schneider), 4:41 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Satan 9 (Dupuis, Crosby), 10:57.Second Period—3, Pittsburgh, Crosby 7 (Kennedy), 12:24. 4, Atlanta, Slater 2 (Perrin, Enstrom), 13:48.Third Period—5, Pittsburgh, Sykora 4 (Crosby, Malkin), 17:20 (pp).Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 8-16-7—31. Atlanta 5-6-12—23.Goalies—Pittsburgh, Sabourin. Atlanta, Pavelec. A—13,391 (18,545). T—2:22.
SCOREBOARDFriday, Nov. 21Florida at Boston (7 p.m. EST). Boston has won six straight at home and seven of its last eight games overall. The Bruins' last regulation loss was Oct. 30 in Calgary.<B>STARSThursday</B>• Jiri Hudler, Red Wings, scored two goals in Detroit's 4-3 victory in Edmonton.• Miikka Kiprusoff, Flames, made 18 saves for his second shutout of the season and 28th overall in Calgary's 1-0 victory over Colorado.• Petr Sykora, Penguins, redirected Sidney Crosby's slap shot on a power play with 2:40 remaining to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 victory over Atlanta, the Penguins' seventh win in their last eight games.• Curtis Sanford, Canucks, made 28 saves for his first win since Dec. 12, 2007, leading Vancouver to a 3-2 victory over Minnesota.• Alex Tanguay, Canadiens, scored on Montreal's fourth shootout attempt to give the Canadiens a 3-2 victory over Ottawa.<B>SPECIAL TEAMS</B>Detroit was 3-for-6 on the power play in its 4-3 victory in Edmonton on Thursday night to improve its NHL-leading conversion rate to 34.2 percent. St. Louis is second at 24.0. The Red Wings are 6-0-1 in their last seven games.<B>STATS</B>Mike Modano scored his 534th career goal in Dallas' 6-3 loss to Chicago on Thursday night, extending his record for U.S.-born players. ... Florida's Michael Frolik scored his first NHL goal in the Panthers' 3-1 loss to New Jersey. ... Vancouver beat Minnesota 3-2 to improve to 6-0-2 in its last eight games.<B>SURGERY</B>Anaheim defenseman Francois Beauchemin had surgery Thursday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He's expected to be sidelined about six months. ... St. Louis defenseman Erik Johnson, out for the season after injuring his knee during a preseason team golf outing, had surgery to fix a damaged ligament.<B>SCOUTING</B>Cory Schneider made 22 saves for his franchise-record 10th consecutive victory, and Mark Cullen scored three goals to help the Manitoba Moose (Canucks) beat the San Antonio Rampage (Coyotes) 5-2 on Thursday night in the AHL.<B>SPEAKING</B>"I just closed by eyes and shot it." — Florida's Michael Frolik on his first NHL goal, a power-play score in the Panthers' 3-1 loss to New Jersey on Thursday night.