Lightning’s Modin Gets Hat Trick

Fredrik Modin and the Tampa Bay Lightning broke out of scoring slumps in a big way.

Modin scored three goals, and the Lightning beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 6-1, Saturday night at Tampa, Fla.

“Obviously it’s a great feeling scoring a hat trick, especially in your own building,” Modin said. “The crowd really just goes nuts. It really feels great.”

Modin had not scored in his previous 13 games but rebounded for his second all-time hat trick.

Tampa Bay had scored only nine goals in its previous seven games. Vincent Lecavalier, Ben Clymer and Ruslan Fedotenko also scored for the Lightning, which won for the fifth time in 21 games (5-12-4).

The Lightning is 2-6-2 in its last 10 home games.

Ottawa 5, Washington 2 -- Daniel Alfredsson and Bryan Smolinski scored two goals each and the Senators extended their season-high unbeaten streak to nine games.

Alfredsson broke a tie at Ottawa with a power-play goal 4:53 into the third period. He put Ottawa up by two with his second goal of the game.

Smolinski, who tied the score in the second, got his second of the game with 1:21 remaining -- the first of two empty-net goals scored within 19 seconds.

New York Rangers 4, Pittsburgh 1 -- Mark Messier set up the Rangers’ first two goals, and Jussi Markkanen withstood a penalty shot and a sizable Penguin shot advantage (41-27) to win at Pittsburgh.

Two excellent passes by Messier set up goals by former Penguin forwards Dan LaCouture in the first period and Petr Nedved in the second to help the Rangers close a 3-1 road trip.

Montreal 5, Atlanta 1 -- Richard Zednik and Joe Juneau each had a goal and an assist to lead the Canadiens at Montreal.

Buffalo 3, Toronto 3 -- Matt Stajan scored the tying goal with 3:02 left in regulation and the Maple Leafs rallied to tie the Sabres at Toronto.

Down 3-1 in the third period, Toronto’s Mats Sundin scored a power-play goal before Stajan tipped Ken Klee’s slap shot past Martin Biron.

New York Islanders 3, Boston 3 -- Trent Hunter and Adrian Aucoin scored four minutes apart midway through the third period, helping the Islanders tie at Boston.

Florida 1, Columbus 0 -- Roberto Luongo stopped 42 shots for his third shutout of the season and Stephen Weiss scored the only goal in the Panthers’ victory at Sunrise, Fla.

San Jose 3, St. Louis 1 -- Backup goalie Vesa Toskala made 25 saves to lead the Sharks at St. Louis.

Toskala, who improved to 7-4-4, has allowed two goals or fewer in 12 of his 16 games.

Nashville 3, New Jersey 2 -- David Legwand scored two goals, one on the power play, and the Predators won at Nashville, Tenn.

Vancouver 3, Calgary 1 -- The Canucks scored three unanswered goals in the second period and Alex Auld made 31 saves in the Canucks’ win at Calgary.