The Enquirer and wire reports

BUFFALO - Markus Naslund scored his NHL-leading 36th goal and added an assist as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 Friday night.

Daniel Sedin, Artem Chubarov and Brendan Morrison - with his first goal in 18 games - also scored for the Canucks, unbeaten in their last five games (2-0-3). Naslund moved ahead of Mario Lemieux for the league lead with 70 points.

Capitals 3, Islanders 0

WASHINGTON - Peter Bondra, Jeff Halpern and Steve Konowalchuk each had a goal and an assist, and Olaf Kolzig made 20 saves. The Capitals won all four games of the season series and are 23-1-3 in their last 27 games against New York, including 12-0-2 at home.

Thrashers 4, Devils 2

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Marc Savard and Vyacheslav Kozlov scored 15 seconds apart in the third period, and Atlanta handed New Jersey its first loss in regulation since Jan. 4.

Ilya Kovalchuk and Dan Snyder also scored, and Byron Dafoe made 26 saves in his first game since Jan. 13 as Atlanta improved to 7-2-1 since fired Colorado mentor Bob Hartley took over as coach.

With their 19th win, the Thrashers matched last season's total.

Wild 4, Sharks 3

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota's Cliff Ronning followed a disallowed goal in the third period with one that counted 45 seconds later.

The Wild, who began the day sixth in the Western Conference, won their 27th game - more than each of their first two seasons.

Flames 4, Oilers 3

EDMONTON, Alberta - Jarome Iginla scored his third goal of the game with 1:08 left in the third period for Calgary.