New York — It was a double loss for the New York Rangers. Not only did they fall to the Tampa Bay Lightning, they watched Eric Lindros limp off with another injury.
Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 42 shots, 22 in the third period, and Vincent Lecavalier scored on a breakaway as the Lightning earned a 1-0 victory Monday night.
Lecavalier's goal 3:27 into the third helped the Lightning end a three-game losing streak, and snapped the Rangers' winning run at three.
Mike Richter stopped 20 shots for New York, which scored 19 goals in its three previous games.
The Rangers lost Lindros midway through the second period when he mildly sprained a ligament in his right knee when he banged knees with Lightning defenseman Cory Sarich.
"Sure it's frustrating," said Lindros, New York's third leading scorer. "It seems to be the way it's going as of late."
Lindros, scheduled to play in the upcoming All-Star game and Olympics, missed three December games because of a sprained right knee, and seven others from Dec. 29-Jan. 3 after sustaining his seventh career concussion. He is day to day.
"It's really bad timing for our club right now," coach Ron Low said. "He was playing a big game tonight again. It's just unfortunate."
Lecavalier scored after picking up the puck at the blue line and breaking in on Richter. He moved to the top of the crease, pulled the puck to his forehand and beat Richter to the stick side.
Coyotes 4, Thrashers 2
Atlanta Daniel Briere scored the tiebreaking goal for Phoenix midway through the second period and Sean Burke had a fairly easy night in goal against Atlanta. Burke, who missed seven games with a groin strain, faced 16 shots and had to make only a handful of tough saves in his first appearance since a Jan. 9 loss to San Jose.
Bruins 2, Blackhawks 1
Boston Bill Guerin scored with 21.1 seconds left and Byron Dafoe made 26 saves for Boston. Josef Stumpel assisted on both Bruins goals. Jocelyn Thibault made 20 saves for Chicago, 6-2-2 in its last 10 visits to Boston. The Blackhawks are 10-12-5 on the road this season despite starting the night with the second-most points in the NHL.
Mighty Ducks 1, Blues 0
St. Louis Paul Kariya scored late in the second period, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 15 shots for his seventh career shutout to lead Anaheim. Giguere's third shutout of the season extended the Mighty Ducks' winning streak to a season-high four games.
Stars 4, Blue Jackets 2
Dallas Rob DiMaio broke a tie with 7:04 to play, leading Dallas past Columbus the Stars' first win under interim coach Rick Wilson. Scott Pellerin added an empty-net goal with 42.7 seconds left for Dallas, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Grant Marshall's second-period goal against his former team moved Columbus into a 2-2 tie.
Flames 3, Wild 2, OT
St. Paul, Minn. Jarome Iginla scored on a tip-in 46 seconds into overtime, leading Calgary to its second victory in nine games. Roman Turek held the Wild scoreless for the final 43 minutes and finished with 31 saves. In three victories over Minnesota this season, Turek has stopped 67 of 72 shots.
Kings 6, Avalanche 4
Denver Craig Johnson scored twice as Los Angeles snapped Colorado's six-game winning streak. After Joe Sakic ended a career-worst 18-game scoreless streak with two goals in the second period, Jason Allison put the Kings up 5-3. It was the first time in nine games the Avalanche allowed more than two goals.
Red Wings 1, Oilers 1
Edmonton, Alberta Tomas Holmstrom scored a power-play goal at 14:42 of the second period to lift Detroit into a tie with Edmonton. The Red Wings are unbeaten in six games (4-0-2). Dominik Hasek stopped 35 shots for the Red Wings.
Canucks 5, Predators 1
Vancouver, British Columbia Markus Naslund took over the NHL scoring lead with a hat trick for Vancouver. Matt Cooke and Trevor Linden also scored for the Canucks, who won a sixth straight game for the first time since the opening month of the 1993 season. The win allowed Vancouver, 12-3-0-1 in the last 16 games, to stay tied with Los Angeles for eighth place in the Western Conference playoff race.
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