Avs Hit 40 Win Mark – NHL Roundup

UNDATED (AP) — Ryan Miller made his St. Louis Blues home debut and helped his new team pull within three points of the Western Conference-leading Anaheim Ducks. Miller spotted Tampa Bay a 2-0 lead before playing shutout goal over the last 45 minutes of the Blues' 4-2 comeback win against the Lightning. T.J. Oshie (OH'-shee) tied it with a short-handed goal in the second period before setting up Alexander Steen's game-winner early in the third.

— Chicago fell two points behind the Blues and remains five in back of Anaheim after losing 4-2 to Colorado. Tyson Barrie scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with 7:10 left in the third period as the Avalanche reached the 40-victory mark faster than any team in franchise history. They also improved to 3-1 against the Blackhawks this season and moved within one point of the Stanley Cup champions for second in the Central Division.

— Pittsburgh still tops the East by three points over Boston following wins by the Penguins and Bruins.

Matt Niskanen's second goal of the night was the game-winner as Pittsburgh downed Nashville 3-1 to end a three-game losing streak. Sidney Crosby assisted on all three goals against Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne (PEK'-uh REE'-nay), who was playing his first game since Oct. 22 following an E. coli infection in his surgically repaired left hip.

— David Krejci (KRAY'-chee) recorded a hat trick and Jarome Iginla (ih-GIHN'-luh) also tallied as the Bruins whipped Florida 4-1. Krejci scored in each period while Boston fired 39 shots at former teammate Tim Thomas.

Elsewhere on ice:

- A Jay Harrison goal at 4:18 of overtime gave Carolina a 3-2 win at San Jose and ended the Hurricanes' five-game losing streak. Elias Lindholm set up the game-winner after scoring the tying goal early in the third period.

- Columbus moved into a seventh-place tie with the New York Rangers in the East by downing Dallas 4-2. Artem Anisimov (ah-NEE'-see-mahv) scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky (boh-BRAHF'-skee) handled 31 shots as the Blue Jackets won their third straight and improved to 14-5-1 in their last 20 games.

- New Jersey beat Detroit 4-3 on Stephen Gionta's (jee-AHN'-tahz) tiebreaking goal with under 37 seconds left. Martin Brodeur (broh-DOOR') made 20 saves in what could have been his final game with the Devils. Brodeur has been the subject of trade rumors leading up to Wednesday's NHL dealing deadline.

- Michael Grabner scored at 3:53 of overtime to lift the New York Islanders past the Jets 3-2 in Winnipeg. Anders Lee had a goal and an assist for the Isles, who dropped the Jets to 11-4-1 in their last 16 games.

- Antoine Vermette scored late in the first period and Mike Smith stopped 23 shots to highlight the Coyotes' 1-0 whitewash of slumping Vancouver. Smith posted his 27th career shutout and sent the Canucks to their ninth loss in 10 games.

- Edmonton's Ales (AL'-ehsh) Hemsky scored twice in a 3-2 verdict over Ottawa. Ben Scrivens stopped 34 shots in the victory.

UNDATED (AP) — The NHL trade deadline is this afternoon and yesterday was busy as several teams got a jump on the rest. One of the busiest clubs was the Anaheim Ducks as they try to wrap up the Presidents' Trophy and home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.

The Ducks acquired defenseman Stephane Robidas (ROH'-bih-dah) from Dallas for a conditional fourth-round pick in this year's draft. Anaheim also sent forward Dustin Penner to Washington for a fourth-round pick and shipped goaltender Viktor Fasth (fahst) to Edmonton for a fifth-round pick in 2014 and a third-round pick in 2015.

The day's biggest shocker was pulled off by the Vancouver Canucks, who sent goaltender Roberto Luongo (loo-AHN'-goh) back to Florida. The Panthers also received forward Steven Anthony and shipped goalie Jacob Markstrom and forward Shawn Mattias (mah-TEE'-uhs) to the Canucks.

In other NHL trades ahead of Wednesday's trade deadline:

- The Minnesota Wild have acquired goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov (IHL'-yuh brihs-GAH'-lahf) from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick.

- The New York Islanders have jettisoned veteran defenseman Andrew MacDonald to the Philadelphia Flyers for a third-round pick in this year's draft, a 2015 second-round choice and minor league center Matt Mangene (man-JEEN').

- The Coyotes have picked up forwards Martin Erat (EE'-rat) and John Mitchell from the Capitals for forward Chris Brown, defenseman Rostislav Klesla (RAHS'-tih-slahv KLEHS'-lah) and a fourth-round selection in the 2015 draft.

- The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired defensemen David Rundblad and Mathieu Brisebois (BREEZ'-bwah) from Phoenix for a second-round selection in this year's draft.