Burke Has 40 Saves as Phoenix Wins, 4-1

The Phoenix Coyotes are a different team with Sean Burke in goal.

Burke made 40 saves and Ladislav Nagy had a goal and two assists as the Coyotes ended the Detroit Red Wings’ unbeaten streak at nine games with a 4-1 victory Friday night at Detroit.

“They’re not a young team, they’re a team of veteran guys,” Burke said. “You’ve got to force them to come from behind.”

It was Phoenix’s fourth consecutive victory since Burke returned from a sprained ankle.

Mike Johnson, Ramzi Abid and Daymond Langkow also scored for the Coyotes. Sean Avery had the goal for Detroit, which was 6-0-3 in its previous nine.

Nagy broke a 1-1 tie with 1:47 left in the second period when he put a rebound over Curtis Joseph.

Johnson made it 3-1 when he put in Nagy’s rebound 5:35 into the third. Langkow added a goal with 1:49 left.

“I didn’t think we gave them enough credit,” Detroit’s Brendan Shanahan said. “We came out like a team expecting an easy game.”

Burke stopped Sergei Fedorov on a short-handed breakaway with a little more than five minutes left in the first period.

Burke has a .970 save percentage since his return.

New York Islanders 8, Boston 4 -- Mark Parrish scored two of the Islanders’ four first-period goals and added a third at Uniondale, N.Y., as the Islanders stretched their winning streak to five. Former King Glen Murray scored twice for the Bruins.

Buffalo 6, Carolina 3 -- J.P. Dumont and Miroslav Satan each had two goals and an assist at Buffalo, N.Y., as the Sabres ended a franchise-worst losing streak at seven games.

New Jersey 2, Toronto 0 -- Backup Corey Schwab made 17 saves for the fifth shutout of his career to lead the Devils over the Maple Leafs at East Rutherford, N.J.

Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 1 -- Steve McKenna and Dick Tarnstrom scored 2:37 apart early in the third period to lead Penguins over the Thrashers at Atlanta.

Washington 2, Columbus 2 -- Sergei Gonchar scored his second goal on a power play midway through the third period at Washington as the Capitals salvaged a tie with the struggling Blue Jackets.

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