Heatley Scores Goal in Thrasher Loss

Dany Heatley is scoring again. Now he’d just like to get a win.

On Tuesday night at Boston, the Atlanta forward scored his first goal since recovering from a car accident that killed teammate Dan Snyder, but the Bruins pulled out a victory, beating the Thrashers, 5-4.

“It felt good,” Heatley said.

“It would have been better to get a win. But, I’m back in the scoring column.”

Heatley was activated from the injured reserve list four games ago after sitting out 51 games because of the accident.

“The support from the hockey world has been great,” Heatley said. “That’s the reason I was able to come back this year.”

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Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3 -- Niklas Sundstrom and Saku Koivu scored after the Canadiens squandered a two-goal lead at Pittsburgh.

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New Jersey 2, Ottawa 1 -- At East Rutherford, N.J., Jeff Friesen scored with 6 minutes 13 seconds left to give the Devils their third win in four games against the Senators.

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San Jose 3, Florida 0 -- At San Jose, Nils Ekman, Alyn McCauley and Marco Sturm each scored a goal, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped 26 shots to help the Sharks avoid their first three-game losing streak.

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New York Islanders 5, Vancouver 4 -- Mariusz Czerkawski had a goal and two assists within 2:17 late in the third period, and Adrian Aucoin capped New York’s comeback by scoring 36 seconds into overtime at Uniondale, N.Y.

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Chicago 4, Toronto 1 -- The Blackhawks’ Steve Sullivan, Nathan Dempsey and Bryan Berard scored against their former team at Toronto.

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Washington 2, Tampa Bay 1 -- Anson Carter scored his first goal for the Capitals, and Maxime Ouellet made 38 saves at Washington.

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Detroit 4, Nashville 1 -- Brett Hull, Brendan Shanahan and Kirk Maltby each scored goals, and the Red Wings ended the Predators’ 11-game home unbeaten streak.

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Colorado 3, Carolina 1 -- David Aebischer stopped 37 shots, and the Avalanche bounced back from a sluggish start to beat the Hurricanes at Denver.

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Vancouver forward Magnus Arvedson will be out at least six weeks because of an injured right knee....Washington put defenseman Sergei Gonchar on the injured reserve list and recalled center Graham Mink from the minors.... Brian Rafalski will replace fellow New Jersey defenseman Scott Stevens on the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Voted in by fans as a starter, Stevens has sat out the last 12 games because of a concussion.