NHL ROUNDUP: Devils show lots of punch
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Ilya Kovalchuk's fists outshined his team's sparkling special teams.
Kurtis Foster scored two power-play goals as the visiting New Jersey Devils held on for a 6-4 victory Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Kovalchuk, Dainius Zubrus, Zach Parise and Alexei Ponikarovsky also scored for the Devils, who have won three in a row and will play host to the Penguins today.
New Jersey's special teams scored three times on the power play and once short-handed.
But Kovalchuk was the talk of the locker room after the three-time All-Star flattened Brayden Schenn in a rare fight. He dropped the gloves after he saw Parise get taken down.
"Hopefully, the word spreads you don't want to mess with this guy," Devils coach Peter DeBoer said.
"He's a big, tough, strong man. I like why he fought. It wasn't for himself, but for Zach."
"It's part of the game," Kovalchuk said about the fight. "I don't really care about that."
• Capitals 3, Canadiens 0: Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves for his third shutout this season and Alexander Semin scored on the second of visiting Washington's two penalty shots as the Capitals rolled to a victory against Montreal.
• Lightning 6, Panthers 3: Martin St. Louis scored three times in his 900th NHL game and Steven Stamkos added his league-leading 34th goal as host Tampa Bay beat Florida.
• Hurricanes 2, Kings 1: Jeff Skinner scored 3:02 into the third period to lift host Carolina to victory.
• Maple Leafs 5, Senators 0: James Reimer stopped 49 shots for his second shutout in a row for visiting Toronto.
• Sabres 4, Islanders 3: Brad Boyes and Jason Pominville scored shootout goals as visiting Buffalo beat New York.
• Canucks 3, Avalanche 2: Kevin Bieksa tied the score with 34.1 seconds left and Mason Raymond scored the only goal in the shootout as visiting Vancouver ended Colorado's shootout win streak at 10.
• Predators 3, Blues 1: Martin Erat's goal and two assists led host Nashville to a win against St. Louis.
• Coyotes 5, Sharks 3: Lauri Korpikoski's two goals steered host Phoenix to a win.
• Stars 2, Wild 1: Jamie Benn's shootout goal lifted host Dallas to victory.
First Published February 5, 2012 12:00 am
