Groin Injury Ends Jagr Scoring Streak

Jaromir Jagr’s season-long scoring streak ended because of a groin injury but the Pittsburgh Penguins still beat the Buffalo Sabres, 3-2, on Tuesday night at Pittsburgh.

Jagr, the NHL scoring leader with 33 points in 16 games, left because of a strained groin just after Pittsburgh scored three goals in a 3:04 span in the first period to chase rookie goalie Martin Biron.

Jagr missed four games of the Penguins’ first-round playoff upset of New Jersey last spring because of the same injury. His status for Thursday’s game at Tampa Bay was not known.

San Jose 4, Montreal 1--Former Canadien captain Vincent Damphousse assisted on Owen Nolan’s two goals as the Sharks won at Montreal.

Gary Suter and Alexander Korolyuk added goals, and Mike Vernon made 25 saves to help the Sharks end a four-game winless streak.

Phoenix 2, Calgary 1--Trevor Letowski ended the Coyotes’ power-play drought and Jeremy Roenick also scored in a victory over the Flames at Phoenix.

Bob Essensa made 34 saves for the Coyotes to improve to 3-0-1 as Mikhail Shtalenkov’s backup. Letowski’s goal was the Coyotes’ first in 17 chances with the man advantage.

NHL Notes

Montreal Canadien forward Saku Koivu could be sidelined up to three months because of a shoulder injury. Koivu will have arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder Thursday to determine the extent of a small tear that was discovered Monday. . . . Dallas Star defenseman Richard Matvichuk was put on the injured reserve list because of a sore knee, a move retroactive to Nov. 11. . . . The Nashville Predators picked up a conditional pick in the 2001 entry draft by trading forward Steve Washburn to the Philadelphia Flyers.