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Gonchar stars as Pens dump Sabres
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March 4, 2010, Thursday
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SERGEI Gonchar, Pascal Dupuis and Ruslan Fedotenko all scored for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who returned from the two-week Olympic break with a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday in Pittsburgh.
Sidney Crosby, who scored Canada's gold-medal winning goal at the Vancouver Games had an assist, although his rematch with American goaltender Ryan Miller failed to materialize because Patrick Lalime started for the Sabres and made 25 saves.
Buffalo fell behind 2-0 before Toni Lydman, who played for Finland at the Games, put the visitors on the board.
Derek Roy added Buffalo's second goal at 14:21 in the third, three minutes after Fedotenko had given Pittsburgh (37-22-4) a 3-1 lead.
The Sabres (33-19-9) have now lost seven of their last eight contests and remain one point behind the Ottawa Senators for the Northeast Division lead.
"Physically it wasn't that big of a deal but maybe mentally it's a little more draining than a usual regular season game," Lydman said. "But you can't blame it on the break, they had some guys who played in the tournament, too."
Buffalo's Miller was rested after picking up MVP honors at Vancouver but is expected to start in Buffalo's next game against the Washington Capitals.
Crosby was limited to 17 minutes in his return to action but the Penguins were able to thrive without a big night from their star. Gonchar added an assist while notching the 200th goal of his career.
"It's not bad, (despite) going on a long flight and getting here and getting right back in the swing of things," Crosby said. "I'll try to manage my rest as we go along here, but I felt all right considering all that."
In other games, it was Kings 5, Stars 1; Rangers 4, Senators 1; Canadiens 4, Bruins 1; Thrashers 4, Panthers 2; Islanders 5, Blackhawks 3; Canucks 4, Blue Jackets 3, OT; Hurricanes 5, Maple Leafs 1; Flyers 7, Lightning 2; Predators 4, Oilers 3; Devils 4, Sharks 3; and Blues 5, Coyotes 2.
In Dallas, Alexander Frolov had a goal and two assists, and Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots as Los Angeles downed Dallas.
In Boston, Glen Metropolit tied the game early in the third period, and Maxim Lapierre scored the go-ahead goal for Montreal as the Canadiens scored four times in the final period to beat Boston.
Blackhawks lose
Mathieu Darche had a goal and an assist for Montreal, scoring to make it 3-1 with 2:30 left. Carey Price stopped 23 shots for the Canadiens, who had lost three of four before the Olympic break.
Tuukka Rask made 28 saves for Boston, which had won four straight before the Olympics.
In Uniondale, New York, Blake Comeau had his first career hat trick and sparked a four-goal, second-period rally to lift the New York Islanders over Chicago.
Comeau, Jon Sim and Richard Park scored three goals in a 4:39 stretch in the second, helping the Islanders win for the just the third time in 12 games.
US Olympian Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists. Brian Campbell and Dustin Byfuglien also scored, but the Blackhawks lost for the first time in five games.
Dwayne Roloson made 41 saves in his first win since January 21.
In Columbus, Ohio, defenseman Christian Ehrhoff scored 1:33 into overtime as Vancouver rallied to beat Columbus.
Kyle Wellwood scored the tying goal, his eighth, with 5:19 left in regulation.
Alexandre Burrows and Pavol Demitra also found the net for Vancouver. Andrew Raycroft finished with 27 saves, filling in for Roberto Luongo, who won an Olympic gold medal with the Canadian team.
Andrew Murray, Antoine Vermette and Derek Dorsett scored for Columbus.
Sidney Crosby, who scored Canada's gold-medal winning goal at the Vancouver Games had an assist, although his rematch with American goaltender Ryan Miller failed to materialize because Patrick Lalime started for the Sabres and made 25 saves.
Buffalo fell behind 2-0 before Toni Lydman, who played for Finland at the Games, put the visitors on the board.
Derek Roy added Buffalo's second goal at 14:21 in the third, three minutes after Fedotenko had given Pittsburgh (37-22-4) a 3-1 lead.
The Sabres (33-19-9) have now lost seven of their last eight contests and remain one point behind the Ottawa Senators for the Northeast Division lead.
"Physically it wasn't that big of a deal but maybe mentally it's a little more draining than a usual regular season game," Lydman said. "But you can't blame it on the break, they had some guys who played in the tournament, too."
Buffalo's Miller was rested after picking up MVP honors at Vancouver but is expected to start in Buffalo's next game against the Washington Capitals.
Crosby was limited to 17 minutes in his return to action but the Penguins were able to thrive without a big night from their star. Gonchar added an assist while notching the 200th goal of his career.
"It's not bad, (despite) going on a long flight and getting here and getting right back in the swing of things," Crosby said. "I'll try to manage my rest as we go along here, but I felt all right considering all that."
In other games, it was Kings 5, Stars 1; Rangers 4, Senators 1; Canadiens 4, Bruins 1; Thrashers 4, Panthers 2; Islanders 5, Blackhawks 3; Canucks 4, Blue Jackets 3, OT; Hurricanes 5, Maple Leafs 1; Flyers 7, Lightning 2; Predators 4, Oilers 3; Devils 4, Sharks 3; and Blues 5, Coyotes 2.
In Dallas, Alexander Frolov had a goal and two assists, and Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots as Los Angeles downed Dallas.
In Boston, Glen Metropolit tied the game early in the third period, and Maxim Lapierre scored the go-ahead goal for Montreal as the Canadiens scored four times in the final period to beat Boston.
Blackhawks lose
Mathieu Darche had a goal and an assist for Montreal, scoring to make it 3-1 with 2:30 left. Carey Price stopped 23 shots for the Canadiens, who had lost three of four before the Olympic break.
Tuukka Rask made 28 saves for Boston, which had won four straight before the Olympics.
In Uniondale, New York, Blake Comeau had his first career hat trick and sparked a four-goal, second-period rally to lift the New York Islanders over Chicago.
Comeau, Jon Sim and Richard Park scored three goals in a 4:39 stretch in the second, helping the Islanders win for the just the third time in 12 games.
US Olympian Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists. Brian Campbell and Dustin Byfuglien also scored, but the Blackhawks lost for the first time in five games.
Dwayne Roloson made 41 saves in his first win since January 21.
In Columbus, Ohio, defenseman Christian Ehrhoff scored 1:33 into overtime as Vancouver rallied to beat Columbus.
Kyle Wellwood scored the tying goal, his eighth, with 5:19 left in regulation.
Alexandre Burrows and Pavol Demitra also found the net for Vancouver. Andrew Raycroft finished with 27 saves, filling in for Roberto Luongo, who won an Olympic gold medal with the Canadian team.
Andrew Murray, Antoine Vermette and Derek Dorsett scored for Columbus.
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