Avalanche, Roy Shut Down Devils

Patrick Roy admits he has added incentive when playing against Martin Brodeur and the New Jersey Devils.

Roy stopped 23 shots for his 60th shutout, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 2-0 victory over New Jersey on Monday night at Denver.

“You want to be at your best every time you play against a good goaltender like Brodeur,” Roy said.

Joe Sakic had a goal and an assist, and Greg de Vries added his career-best seventh goal of the season for the Avalanche, which completed a two-game sweep of New Jersey--the team it beat in the Stanley Cup finals last year.

Edmonton 3, Buffalo 0--Rookie Jussi Markkanen stopped 25 shots at Buffalo, N.Y.

The Sabres had a four-game home unbeaten string (3-0-1) end, and have gone 0-5-1 in their last six meetings against the Oilers.

Philadelphia 4, Boston 1--Jiri Dopita scored twice and Brian Boucher stopped 21 shots at Boston as the Flyers won in a matchup of the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.

Byron Dafoe stopped 26 shots for Boston, which is still looking for its first win in four games since the Olympic break. Flyer captain Keith Primeau strained his ribs in the second period and didn’t return for the third.

Calgary 5, New York Rangers 3--Jarome Iginla scored three goals and had an assist at New York to boost his NHL-best points total to 72.

It was Iginla’s first NHL hat trick.

Montreal 5, Atlanta 3--Oleg Petrov scored a short-handed goal with 1:35 left as the Canadiens recovered from blowing a three-goal lead at Montreal.

Pittsburgh 4, New York Islanders 2--Alexei Kovalev’s power-play goal 24 seconds into the third period capped a comeback as the Penguins rallied from a two-goal deficit at Uniondale, N.Y.

Toronto 3, Washington 2--Robert Reichel’s third-period goal capped the Maple Leafs’ comeback from a 2-0 deficit at Washington.

Corey Schwab (5-6-1) made 27 saves and evened his record at 1-1-1 since replacing Curtis Joseph (broken hand).