Blues Jump Into Sixth Place

That extra point could go a long way for St. Louis in a tight playoff chase. It has already provided a big boost.

Pavol Demitra scored 2:29 into overtime to give St. Louis a 2-1 win over the Stars Wednesday night at Dallas. The victory pushed the Blues from the eighth place--which goes to the final playoff team--to sixth in the Western Conference standings.

The Blues already had earned a point by getting to overtime, but the extra point for winning pushed them past Edmonton and the Kings in the Western Conference. St. Louis has 88 points, one more than the Kings and Oilers.

Colorado 6, Atlanta 0--At Denver, Steven Reinprecht had three goals, and Patrick Roy posted his NHL-leading ninth shutout of the season and 61st of his career.

With five games remaining, Colorado moved three points ahead of San Jose in the race to be the No. 2-seeded team in the Western Conference.

Nashville 3, Chicago 1--At Chicago, former Blackhawk Steve Dubinsky recorded his first two-goal game in the NHL.

Denis Arkhipov scored his team-leading 20th goal for the Predators, who ended a winless streak at five games. In its last 15 games, Nashville is 2-10-3.

New York Islanders 1, Buffalo 1--The Islanders’ Shawn Bates, his face bloodied by a high stick, scored with 6:10 remaining at Buffalo.

Chris Osgood stopped 34 shots, improving to 5-1-1 in his last seven starts, as the Islanders maintained their sixth-place position in the Eastern Conference, one point ahead of New Jersey.

Washington 4, Tampa Bay 1--Sylvain Cote scored his first goal in 50 games, and Peter Bondra scored twice as the Capitals won at Washington.

The Capitals are tied with Montreal for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot.

New Jersey 3, Carolina 2--Jamie Langenbrunner’s 13th goal of the season was the game-winner as the Devils won at Raleigh, N.C.

Florida 3, Pittsburgh 2--Stephen Weiss and Eric Beaudoin each scored their first NHL goals for the Panthers at Sunrise, Fla.