Jagr Scores His 50th, but Panthers Prevail

Olli Jokinen scored in the third round of a shootout to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Friday night at Sunrise, Fla., in a game that saw Jaromir Jagr become the NHL’s first 50-goal scorer since 2002-03.

Petr Sykora scored for New York in the shootout, but Michael Nylander and Jagr missed. Nathan Horton also scored for Florida and Jozef Stumpel missed. After Jagr’s shot went just wide, Jokinen put the puck past Kevin Weekes for the deciding goal.

Jagr reached the 50-goal mark for the third time in his career, opening the scoring with 5:27 left in the first period. Adam Graves was the last Ranger to do it with 52 in 1993-94.

The Czech star also is the first player to score 50 goals in a season since Milan Hejduk had 50 for Colorado in 2002-03.

Calgary’s Jarome Iginla and Nashville’s Rick Nash tied for the league lead with 41 in 2003-04, the last season before the lockout.

Dallas 3, Chicago 2 -- Brenden Morrow scored in the eighth round of a shootout at Dallas to give the Stars their 11th victory without a loss in the NHL’s new tiebreaker.

Pittsburgh 4, New York Islanders 3 -- Sidney Crosby scored with 1:32 left in overtime after hitting the post earlier in the five-minute session to lift the Penguins at Pittsburgh.

New Jersey 4, Boston 2 -- Scott Gomez broke out of a scoring drought with a goal and an assist at East Rutherford, N.J., and Scott Clemmensen won in his first start for the Devils since Dec. 29.

Ottawa 3, Buffalo 1 -- Ray Emery made 28 saves and Daniel Alfredsson, Antoine Vermette and Patrick Eaves scored at Buffalo, N.Y., to help the Senators clinch a playoff spot.

Columbus 3, Calgary 2 -- Jason Chimera scored his 15th goal with 2:47 left at Columbus, Ohio, to help the Blue Jackets end a five-game losing streak.