Joseph Stops the Red Wings

Curtis Joseph stopped 36 shots in his first game at Detroit since leaving the Red Wings, leading the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-1 victory Saturday night.

“Anytime you’ve played in a place and you get a win against your old team, it feels good,” said Joseph, who signed as a free agent with Phoenix after playing for Detroit from 2002 to 2004.

Mike Leclerc, Zbynek Michalek, Mike Johnson and Mike Comrie scored power-play goals. Comrie’s went into an empty net with 12.8 seconds to play.

Joseph, who lost to Detroit, 2-0, on Oct. 15 at Arizona, did his best work in the third period, when the Red Wings outshot the Coyotes, 19-1.

Phoenix killed four power plays in the period

Ottawa 6, New York Islanders 0 -- Daniel Alfredsson scored his 13th and 14th goals and had an assist at Ottawa, Canada, and Dominik Hasek made 28 saves for his third shutout.

Alfredsson has seven goals and nine assists in his six-game scoring streak. The 40-year-old Hasek, in his first season with Ottawa, has 66 shutouts.

Dany Heatley, who had a goal and an assist, has points in each of the Senators’ 13 games, tying him with Marian Hossa for the franchise record.

Carolina 2, Florida 0 -- Rod Brind’Amour and Niclas Wallin scored third-period goals at Raleigh, N.C., and the Hurricanes improved to 7-0 at home and extended the team record for consecutive home victories.

Martin Gerber finished with 27 saves to earn his second shutout and help the Hurricanes win their seventh game in a row, tying the franchise record set in 1985.

Calgary 1, Vancouver 0 -- Miikka Kiprusoff made 23 saves for his third shutout and Marcus Nilson scored at Calgary, Canada.

Kiprusoff has not given up a goal in 99:01 and has given up only one in his last three games, all victories.

Philadelphia 4, Atlanta 3 -- Simon Gagne had his second career hat trick and Peter Forsberg had a goal and two assists at Philadelphia.

Gagne leads the NHL with 15 goals and Forsberg leads in assists with 21.

Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 3 -- Mats Sundin of the Maple Leafs scored a goal and had an assist at Toronto in his first game since suffering an eye injury when he was struck in the face by a puck in the season opener against Ottawa.

Minnesota 3, San Jose 1 -- Brian Rolston had his second career three-goal game to help the Wild end a four-game road losing streak and end the Sharks’ five-game winning streak.

Dwayne Roloson made 35 saves for his first win in five games.

Montreal 3, Buffalo 2 -- Alex Kovalev scored twice, Richard Zednik had a goal and an assist, Jose Theodore made 29 saves and the host Canadiens beat the Sabres for the second night in a row.

Boston 6, Pittsburgh 3 -- Jiri Slegr scored two power-play goals in a span of 35 seconds in the first period and teammate Patrice Bergeron scored on an end-to-end rush for a power-play goal in the second period at Boston.

New York Rangers 3, New Jersey 2 -- Petr Prucha scored the host Rangers’ first goal and later scored at Madison Square Garden to end the shootout, and the Rangers swept a home-and-home series with the Devils.

Dallas 3, Colorado 2 -- Marty Turco stopped 27 shots in regulation and overtime and made two saves in a shootout at Denver to end the Avalanche’s four-game winning streak.