Senators Shut Down by Roloson, Wild

Dwayne Roloson got his rhythm early against the NHL’s highest-scoring team and never let up.

Roloson stopped 28 shots to earn his second shutout in three starts and lead Minnesota to a 3-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night at Ottawa.

Richard Park, Lubomir Sekeras and Marian Gaborik provided goals for the Wild. Roloson made 12 saves in the first period as Minnesota took a 1-0 lead on Park’s goal despite managing only four shots.

“Any time you can get some shots early and get into a nice groove, it always helps,” Roloson said.

Ottawa, which leads the NHL with 203 goals and 39 wins in 64 games, had not been shut out at home since a 2-0 loss to New Jersey on Dec. 15, 2001.

Colorado 4, Edmonton 2 -- Alex Tanguay scored two goals and Peter Forsberg added three assists at Denver as the Avalanche extended its home winning streak to seven games.

Colorado captain Joe Sakic returned after sitting out 15 games because of a broken foot.

Vancouver 8, Atlanta 0 -- Markus Naslund had a goal and five assists as the Canucks extended their NHL-best unbeaten streak to 14 games at Vancouver, Canada.

Naslund’s first career six-point game gave him 10 points in two games and 83 this season, tying him with Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux for the NHL lead.

Philadelphia 2, Chicago 0 -- Roman Cechmanek stopped 25 shots for his second consecutive shutout and Kim Johnsson and Marty Murray scored at Chicago.

New Jersey 3, New York Rangers 3 -- Petr Nedved scored on a power play with 4:28 left in regulation and the Rangers salvaged a point at East Rutherford, N.J.

Brian Leetch and Tom Poti also scored for the Rangers, who remain five points behind Boston for the final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference.

Nashville 5, Columbus 0 -- Tomas Vokoun made 19 saves for his second shutout this season and five Predators scored at Nashville.

The Predators are 5-1 in their last six games.

Dallas 5, Boston 5 -- Brian Rolston scored two goals, and Glen Murray scored two, including a power-play tally with 1:40 remaining in regulation to lift the host Bruins to a tie.

Murray’s one-timer on a pass from Joe Thornton beat goalie Ron Tugnutt.

Toronto 5, New York Islanders 2 -- Mats Sundin of the Maple Leafs scored his 29th and 30th goals this season in the second period after misfiring on a penalty shot early in the period at Toronto.