Canucks Stop Senators

Daniel Sedin beat Dominik Hasek with a low shot to the stick side in the fourth round of a shootout to give the Vancouver Canucks a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Friday night at Vancouver.

After Ottawa’s Daniel Alfredsson and Vancouver’s Todd Bertuzzi scored in the second round, Canuck goalie Alex Auld stopped Jason Spezza and Mike Fischer, setting the stage for Sedin. The Canucks improved to an NHL-best 13-1 at home and handed the NHL-leading Senators (21-4-1) their second loss in their last 10 games.

Colorado 4, New Jersey 3 -- After the Avalanche had squandered a 3-0 lead, Antti Laaksonen scored the only goal in seven rounds of a shootout at East Rutherford, N.J.

He beat Martin Brodeur with a backhand shot after Joe Sakic, Marek Svatos, Milan Hejduk, Alex Tanguay, Pierre Turgeon and Andrew Brunette missed for the Avalanche.

Atlanta 5, Columbus 2 -- Ronald Petrovicky completed his first three-goal game with an empty-net score at Atlanta and the Thrashers ended a five-game losing streak.

Detroit 4, Washington 3 -- Henrik Zetterberg scored two power-play goals and Nicklas Lidstrom scored the winning goal on a power play that gave Detroit a 4-2 lead with 2:53 left in the third period at Washington.

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Philadelphia Flyer forward Simon Gagne, the NHL goal-scoring leader with 23, is expected to be sidelined two weeks because of a groin tear.... Minnesota forward Kyle Wanvig was suspended for one game by the NHL, and Wild Coach Jacques Lemaire was fined $10,000, one day after Wanvig drew an instigator penalty in 5-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.