The New Jersey Devils blew a four-goal lead before recovering to beat the New York Rangers 8-5 on Friday, beating their NHL neighbor for the first time in 12 games. New Jersey appeared to have things well in hand with a three-goal second period that created a 5-1 lead. The Devils took advantage of the Rangers' power play that generated two short-handed goals for New Jersey and nothing for New York in nine opportunities. But New York stormed back to tie the game at 5-5 in the third period. That spurred the Devils, as Patrick Elias put Jersey back in front just 11 seconds after they conceded the equalizer, and within four minutes it was 8-5. Stars 3, Red Wings 1: In Dallas, Marty Turco made 37 saves to help Dallas beat Detroit in their first meeting since last season's Western Conference finals. Tom Wandell scored his first NHL goal for the Stars. Turco, who came into the game with a 3.41 goals-against average, made 29 saves in the final two periods. Last season, the Red Wings beat Dallas in six games in the conference final en route to their 11th Stanley Cup title. Bruins 7, Thrashers 3: In Atlanta, Phil Kessel had a goal and two assists to extend his NHL-best points streak to 14 games as Boston cruised past Atlanta. Kessel had an assist in the first-period spree in which the Bruins scored four times on their first five shots. He then added a power-play goal and another assist in the third period. He leads Boston with 18 goals and has 11 assists. Boston matched its highest-scoring game of the season, and extended a 15-2-1 record since the end of October. Panthers 3, Flames 2, SO: In Calgary, Alberta, Stephen Weiss scored the lone shootout goal for Florida to secure a win over Calgary. Weiss deked to the backhand before slipping the puck through Miikka Kiprusoff's pads, while Calgary failed on all three shootout attempts. The Panthers have won three straight and five in a row on the road. Blackhawks 4, Avalanche 3: In Denver, Dustin Byfuglien scored twice to help Chicago beat Colorado and snap a four-game road winless streak. The win gave Chicago coach Joel Quenneville a happy homecoming. Quenneville was jettisoned in the offseason after leading Colorado to a .579 winning percentage in the past three seasons. Capitals 5, Senators 1: In Washington, Alex Ovechkin scored his 16th and 17th goals of the season in Washington's win over Ottawa. Capitals goalie Brent Johnson made 32 saves as Washington improved to an Eastern Conference-best 12-1-1 at home. Maple Leafs 2, Sabres 1: In Buffalo, New York, Ian White broke a tie with eight minutes to play as Toronto edged Buffalo.
