This Night Belongs to Jagr as the Dominator Is Beaten

When Jaromir Jagr is on his game, he feels he can dominate any goaltender--even the Dominator.

Jagr figured in all of Pittsburgh’s scoring, setting up goals by new linemates Jan Hrdina and Kip Miller in a span of 1:12 late in the third period as the Penguins rallied to beat the Buffalo Sabres, 5-3, Tuesday night at Pittsburgh.

Jagr scored an empty-net goal with one second left and assisted on the four Pittsburgh goals against Buffalo goaltender Dominik Hasek--his Czech Olympic teammate a February ago--for a five-point night.

Jagr had two four-point games last week.

“Sometimes you feel you can do anything on the ice, sometimes you feel you can’t do anything,” said Jagr, who leads the NHL with 72 points. “Right now, I feel like I can do anything.”

The Penguins won their fourth in a row and became the first team this season to rally from a third-period deficit against Buffalo, which had been 19-0-0 when leading after two periods.

With the Penguins trailing, 3-2, with seven minutes to play, Miller said Jagr stood up on the bench and said, “We’re not going to lose this game.”

“After that, the way he was playing, it was all we could do to keep up with him.” Miller said.

Colorado 3, Boston 2--Milan Hejduk and Adam Deadmarsh scored third-period goals as the Avalanche beat the Bruins at Boston for a franchise-record ninth consecutive victory.

Jason Allison scored two second-period goals for the Bruins, whose winless streak was extended to six games. The Bruins are 0-5-1 in that stretch.

Colorado’s Joe Sakic, who had an assist on the game-winner, said, “This was a nice way to start out our trip.”

Trailing, 2-1, the Avalanche scored two goals in the game’s final five minutes.

Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 0--Bryan Berard and Sergei Berezin scored second-period power-play goals and Curtis Joseph stopped 23 shots as the Maple Leafs beat the Lightning at Tampa, Fla.

Joseph preserved his 21st career shutout and second this season by stopping Rob Zamuner from point-blank range early in the third period.

The Eastern Conference playoff race is so tight that the victory lifted the Maple Leafs from fifth to second place.

“It’s so competitive in our conference right now, we can’t afford to let any opportunity get away from us,” Toronto Coach Pat Quinn said.

“You get worried about this kind of game. In theory, we should beat this team, but theory doesn’t always go, especially if your team might look past them.”

Calgary 2, Phoenix 2--Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 34 shots and shut out Calgary’s high-scoring Theo Fleury, enabling the Coyotes to come away with a tie at Phoenix.

Fleury had nine points in his three previous games. He got none against the acrobatic Khabibulin, who later made a big mistake that allowed the Flames to tie the score on a goal by Jarome Iginla early in the third period.

Iginla scored on a shot from just outside crease. Khabibulin dropped to all fours, but lost control of the puck, and it slid just over the goal line.

Andrei Nazarov had the other goal for the Flames, who escaped a last-place tie with idle Vancouver in the Northwest Division by picking up a point on the road.

But the Coyotes extended their unbeaten streak against the Flames to five games (3-0-2) and held them scoreless in five power plays, extending Calgary’s streak to 25 advantages in which it has failed to score.

Phoenix’s Keith Tkachuk had a power-play goal and an assist.