Stars’ Morrow Breaks Up Shutout

Brenden Morrow had several breaks Friday night. The last one was the biggest.

Morrow, who broke two sticks in practice and missed two outstanding scoring chances earlier in the game, scored with 3:57 left in regulation to give the Dallas Stars a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Detroit.

“A couple of guys thought it would be funny to slap my sticks around and I broke a couple of them earlier on shots,” Morrow said. “I had to make up a couple of new ones just before the game and one of them happened to have a goal in it.”

Ed Belfour, who turned away 33 shots, picked up his fourth shutout of the season and fourth of his career against Detroit.

Florida 3, Columbus 0--Trevor Kidd made 30 saves and Pavel Bure, Len Barrie and Ivan Novoseltsev scored as the Panthers defeated the expansion Blue Jackets at Columbus, Ohio, to end their winning streak at four games.

Buffalo 3, Minnesota 1--Denis Hamel and Richard Smehlik scored five minutes apart to rally the Sabres over the expansion Wild at Buffalo, N.Y.

Washington 4, Montreal 3--Peter Bondra had two goals and an assist at Washington to help the Capitals extend their winning streak against Montreal to four games.

Toronto 2, Tampa Bay 2--Todd Warriner and Mike Johnson, both former Maple Leafs, scored at Toronto as the Lightning snapped a 10-game winless streak against Toronto.

Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2--Dan McGillis scored the winning goal with 3:59 remaining in overtime as the Flyers defeated the Thrashers at Atlanta for their fourth consecutive victory.

Chicago 3, Edmonton 3--Todd Marchant’s second goal of the game, a short-handed score in the third period, lifted the Oilers to a tie against the Blackhawks at Edmonton, Canada.

Vancouver 4, New York Rangers 3--Vancouver got goals from Matt Cooke, Markus Naslund, Daniel Sedin and Todd Bertuzzi to spoil the return of former captain Mark Messier as the Canucks defeated the Rangers at Vancouver, Canada.