Stars defeat Canucks in OT

Frustrated for more than 59 minutes by All-Star goalie Roberto Luongo, the Dallas Stars were rewarded for their perseverance.

Jere Lehtinen’s power-play goal 4:17 into overtime lifted the Stars to a 2-1 comeback victory over Vancouver at Dallas on Sunday that ended the Canucks’ six-game winning streak. Philippe Boucher tied it with less than 30 seconds left in regulation for Dallas.

“One thing we talked about before the game was to stay with the game,” Coach Dave Tippett said. “Give credit to our team. They hung around and stuck with it.”

Nashville 4, Columbus 3 -- Alexander Radulov scored the only shootout goal and Chris Mason stopped Rick Nash on the final shot of the tiebreaker at Columbus, Ohio.

Paul Kariya, J.P. Dumont and Vernon Fiddler scored in regulation for Central Division-leading Nashville, which won despite blowing a two-goal lead.

Tampa Bay 5, Pittsburgh 1 -- Brad Richards had a goal and three assists, Martin St. Louis matched a career high with his 38th goal and Vincent Lecavalier scored his 41st, leading the Southeast Division-leading Lightning at Tampa, Fla.

Paul Ranger and Filip Kuba also scored for the Lightning, which has a 12-game winning streak against Pittsburgh. Tampa Bay Coach John Tortorella earned his 200th victory with the Lightning.

Minnesota 4, Edmonton 1 -- Pierre-Marc Bouchard had a goal and an assist for the Wild at St. Paul, Minn.

The Oilers (30-27-6), in ninth place, are nine points behind seventh-place Minnesota for a playoff spot. Calgary, the Wild’s opponent Wednesday, is in eighth.

New Jersey 3, Washington 2 -- Jamie Langenbrunner’s power-play goal broke a third-period tie and Scott Clemmensen won in goal at Washington in his first appearance since Dec. 14.

Chicago 5, St. Louis 1 -- Martin Havlat had a goal and two assists at Chicago, and the Blackhawks ended a five-game losing streak.

Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 22 shots as the Blackhawks, 0-3-2 in their previous five games, ended St. Louis’ four-game winning streak.

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The St. Louis Blues traded forward Keith Tkachuk to the Atlanta Thrashers, getting forward Glen Metropolit, a first-round draft pick in 2007 and two other picks in return. Tkachuk has 20 goals and 43 points, second-most on the Blues. He waived a no-trade clause.

The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Craig Rivet and a fifth-round draft pick in 2008 from the Montreal Canadiens for defenseman Josh Gorges and its first-round draft pick in 2007.