Darcy Tucker scored on a two-man advantage with 10.7 seconds left in regulation, then added the winner in the fifth round of a shootout in the Colorado Avalanche’s 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Colorado’s Wojtek Wolski and Edmonton’s Sam Gagner also scored in the shootout, both in the first round.

Maybe Marian Gaborik isn’t Minnesota’s most important free-agent-to-be. Niklas Backstrom’s contract is up after the season, too, and the way he has been guarding the goal he’ll be in line for big raise. Marek Zidlicky and Antti Miettinen scored in the shootout and Backstrom made two saves to lift the Wild past the Columbus Blue Jackets, 3-2 on Saturday night.

Loui Eriksson scored twice to lead the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night. Dallas snapped a three-game losing streak with its second win in seven games. Mark Parrish added a power-play goal, and Mike Ribeiro added three assists. Mary Turco made 25 saves for his fifth win of the season and the 212th of his NHL career.

Pavol Demitra’s broken rib cartilage gave Kyle Wellwood another shot at the NHL. Almost one month later, Demitra came back to give Wellwood a perfect pass for a crucial goal against the team that cut him. Demitra returned after missing 10 games and had three assists, including one on Wellwood’s goal minutes after the Canucks killed off an early 5-on-3, sparking the Vancouver Canucks’ 4-2 win over…

The Boston Bruins spent most of the night trying to prove they’re the team to beat in the Eastern Conference. The New York Rangers needed only six minutes to show why they’ve been on top all season. Nigel Dawes and Markus Naslund wiped out New York’s two-goal deficit in the closing minutes of the third period, and Chris Drury scored the lone goal in the shootout to give the Rangers a 3-2 victory…

Nigel Dawes and Markus Naslund wiped out New York’s two-goal deficit in the closing minutes of the third period, and Chris Drury scored the lone goal in the shootout to give the Rangers a 3-2 victory over Boston on Saturday night. With the victory, the Rangers snapped the Bruins’ five-game winning streak.

Jordan Staal had two goals, including the tiebreaker late in the third period, and the Pittsburgh Penguins scored four third-period goals to rally for their sixth straight victory, 5-2 over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night. Ruslan Fedotenko, Alex Goligoski and Evgeni Malkin also scored to help Pittsburgh win for the sixth time this season when trailing after two periods.

Zach Parise scored the only goal in the shootout, Scott Clemmensen stopped all three Washington shooters and the New Jersey Devils ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Capitals on Saturday night. After Parise, New Jersey’s first shooter, beat Jose Theodore with a deke, Clemmensen secured the win with saves on Viktor Kozlov, Alex Ovechkin and Boyd Gordon.

Jon Sim had a goal and assist, Joey MacDonald stopped 38 shots and the New York Islanders beat the Ottawa Senators for the second straight game, 3-2 on Saturday night. Sean Bergenheim and Chris Campoli also scored to help New York win consecutive games for only the second time this season. On Thursday night in Ottawa, the Islanders beat the Senators 3-1.

Pavol Demitra had three assists after missing 10 games because of broken rib cartilage, and Roberto Luongo made 28 saves in the Vancouver Canucks’ 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. Demitra set up goals by Kyle Wellwood, Ryan Kesler and Daniel Sedin. Willie Mitchell added his first goal of the season to help the Canucks wrap up a six-game homestand with a 4-1-1 record…