NEW YORK, N.Y. - Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello fractured his left wrist when he was struck by a puck in the first period of New York's game against the Buffalo Sabres.

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Guillaume Desbiens's punch turns Matt Kassian into Walter Matthau during their Sunday night fight. No. 1 Star: Jose Theodore, Florida Panthers The Panthers needed this one, and Theodore gave it to them. Florida shut out the Carolina Hurricanes, 2-0 , as Theodore made 34 saves to snap a 2-game losing skid. Tomas Fleischmann and Marcel Goc had the goals. No. 2 Star: Brad Richards, New York Rangers Richards' three-point night snapped a three-game losing streak for the Rangers, as they defeated the New York Islanders, 4-3 in overtime. Richards scored a power-play goal on an end-to-end rush in the first period; again on the power play in the second; and then earned the primary helper on Marian Gaborik's power-play goal in overtime, following a Travis Hamonic tripping penalty.

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The New York Islanders headed into their four-game road trip likely needing 6 of 8 points to keep a playoff spot within the realm of possibility. They got three, their only win coming Saturday afternoon in a face-saving victory over the Boston Bruins to close the trip. The most heartbreaking loss had to be a 3-2 overtime collapse in Washington. With only four minutes to go in the game and the Isles leading 2-0, Troy Brouwer scored twice before the final horn and Alex Ovechkin won it in the extra frame. It was like a metaphor for the Islanders' entire season: close, but not close enough. If that wasn't deflating enough, the Islanders had the wind knocked out of them once again Thursday in Philadelphia, opening the scoring just over a minute into the first period only to surrender two straight goals, then tying the game up less than a minute into the second, only to surrender three straight goals. Their eventual 6-3 loss effectively ended even the longest of longshot hopes to make the postseason. But it's not like there's nothing left for this team to play for.

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Left wing James van Riemsdyk left the Philadelphia Flyers game in the first period after blocking a slapshot from New York Islanders defenseman Milan Jurchina with his left foot. The blocked shot garnered an ovation from the Wells Fargo Center crowd, but it also broke a bone in van...

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The Detroit Red Wings won an NHL-record 21st straight home game, beating the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Tuesday night. Henrik Zetterberg and Brad Stuart scored midway through the first period for the Red Wings, who broke the mark of 20 set by the Boston Bruins during the 1929-30 season, and matched by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1976.

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Angered by a check, Scott Hartnell got his revenge by scoring a goal and dropping the gloves immediately afterward, a first-period sequence that seemed to spark the Philadelphia Flyers. Claude Giroux later scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, helping the Flyers beat the...

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No. 1 Star: Todd Bertuzzi, Detroit Red Wings Todd Bertuzzi scored twice in this game -- once on a breakaway in the first period and again in the overtime frame as the Red Wings' edged the Chicago Blackhawks, 3-2. Bertuzzi's … Continue reading ?

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No. 1 Star: Craig Anderson, Ottawa Senators The Senators goalie made 34 saves to shut out the New York Rangers at MSG, 3-0, his first blanking of the season. He was outstanding in a scoreless first period; after that, Jason … Continue reading ?

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No. 1 Star: Joffrey Lupul, Toronto Maple Leafs Lupul's second 4-point night of the season helped propel the Leafs to a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Lupul answered Vinny Lecavalier's goal in the first period with his 18th … Continue reading ?

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Give the New Jersey Devils the man advantage, and good things happen … for the other team. Brandon Sutter's first period goal in the Carolina Hurricanes' 4-2 victory was the 11th shorthanded goal allowed by the Devils this season; then, … Continue reading ?

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