Again, Garnett Is Stellar in Goal for Thrashers

Rookie Michael Garnett became the first Atlanta goaltender to post consecutive shutouts as Jaroslav Modry had a goal and three assists in the Thrashers’ 4-0 victory over Montreal on Monday night at Atlanta.

The Canadiens entered with an 8-1-2 record all-time at Philips Arena, but they lost their eighth straight game on the road.

Garnett saved 36 shots, giving him 65 in the last two games. He won 1-0 at New Jersey on Friday night, but Coach Bob Hartley was noncommittal if Garnett (9-7-3) would make his 16th straight start when Philadelphia visits Atlanta on Wednesday.

The Thrashers took Kari Lehtonen, the No. 2 overall draft pick in 2002, off the injured reserve list before the game. Lehtonen sat out the last 35 games because of a strained groin.

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Ottawa 6, New York Rangers 2 -- Wade Redden had two goals and two assists, and the Senators scored three power-play goals in the opening period to beat the Rangers at Ottawa.

Redden, who scored a career-high four points, set up power-play goals by Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson before scoring his sixth of the season on another man advantage at 12:27 to put Ottawa up 3-2.

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Columbus 4, Chicago 3 -- Nikolai Zherdev tied the score with an acrobatic goal with 23 seconds left in regulation, and Jaroslav Balastik scored in overtime to lead the Blue Jackets at Columbus, Ohio.

Balastik took a pass from Radoslav Suchy for a slap shot from near the right faceoff dot to beat Nikolai Khabibulin 2:35 into the overtime and end the Blue Jackets’ six-game losing streak.

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Calgary 2, Vancouver 1 -- Robyn Regehr scored a power-play goal midway through the third period to lift the Flames over the Canucks at Vancouver, Canada.

The goal came less than two minutes after Vancouver’s Anson Carter tied the score.

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Dallas 6, St. Louis 1 -- Goalie Johan Hedberg recorded two assists and made 25 saves to lead the Stars over the Blues at St. Louis.

Hedberg, who got the start because Marty Turco stayed in Dallas with flu, is the first goalie to have a multipoint game since Colorado’s Patrick Roy had two assists against Nashville on Dec. 29, 2000. Hedberg has five career points.

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Colorado 7, Phoenix 4 -- Milan Hejduk’s third-period goal capped a comeback from a three-goal deficit and the Avalanche pulled away for a win at Denver.

Colorado, which entered the final period trailing 4-3, had two empty-net goals in the final minute, one by Ian Laperriere and another by Karlis Skrastins.

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Buffalo 6, New York Islanders 3 -- Chris Drury had a goal and two assists, and Ryan Miller made 16 saves to help the Sabres to a come-from-behind win over the Islanders at Buffalo, N.Y.

Ales Kotalik, Maxim Afinogenov, Brian Campbell, Thomas Vanek and Jochen Hecht also scored for the Sabres, who swept the four-game, season series after losing seven of their last eight games to the Islanders.

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Toronto 2, New Jersey 1 -- Bryan McCabe scored his 13th goal of the season in the first period, and it stood up as the game-winner as the Maple Leafs beat the struggling Devils at Toronto.

Ed Belfour stopped 33 shots and Mats Sundin also scored for the Maple Leafs, who have won consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 26-28.

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Minnesota 4, Edmonton 1 -- Marion Gaborik scored with 45 seconds left in the second period to break a tie at Edmonton, Canada, and the Wild ended the Oilers’ five-game winning streak.

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Philadelphia 3, Florida 2 -- Michal Handzus converted in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Flyers a victory over the Panthers at Sunrise, Fla.

Goaltender Antero Niittymaki forced Josef Stumpel, Florida’s final shooter, wide and he didn’t get off a shot.

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Tampa Bay 5, Carolina 4 -- Dan Boyle scored with 33 seconds left in overtime to lift the Lightning over the Hurricanes at Tampa, Fla.

Dave Andreychuk had two goals for Tampa Bay, which ended a four-game losing streak. Fredrik Modin and Tim Taylor also scored for the Lightning.