Satan Nets All Three for Sabres

Miroslav Satan recorded his second career hat trick and Olympic standout Dominik Hasek stopped 36 shots for his eighth shutout as the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Washington Capitals, 3-0, Sunday, at Washington, extending their unbeaten streak to 12 games.

Satan, who has a team-leading 20 goals and 37 points, opened the scoring on a power-play putback 2:51 into the game.

“I got lucky to get a good shot on the rebound,” said Satan, 23. “It’s so much better when we score the first goal. We know if we make some mistakes, Dominik will fix it.”

Hasek, who is tied with the Dallas Stars’ Ed Belfour for the league lead in shutouts and has 28 in his career, improved to 5-0-5 in his last 10 starts. He has allowed only 17 goals in his last 11 outings, in the midst of which he earned a gold medal tending goal for the Czech Republic.

Calgary 2, Ottawa 1--Calgary goaltender Dwayne Roloson made 46 saves to lead the Flames over the Senators at Calgary, Alberta.

Roloson was sharp from the game’s first minute when he made two great saves during a 1:53 two-man advantage the Senators received 37 seconds into the game.

Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 4--Steve Heinze and Tim Taylor scored goals 38 seconds apart early in the third period to break a tie and give the Bruins the victory at Uniondale, N.Y.

Taylor had two goals for Boston, which stretched its undefeated streak to three games (2-0-1). Jason Allison and Sergei Samsonov also tallied for the Bruins, who won only their second game on Long Island in their last eight tries (2-4-2).

Byron Dafoe stopped 24 shots for his career-high 20th victory.

Chicago 2, Dallas 2--Eric Daze and Greg Johnson took advantage of the Stars’ overly aggressive play to score on 5-on-3 power play as the Blackhawks earned the tie at Chicago

Pat Verbeek and Benoit Hogue scored for the Stars, who had their five-game winning streak ended but still pushed their NHL-leading point total to 85.