by the associated press , St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The two-time Vezina Trophy finalist hurt his groin less than five minutes into Vancouver's game at Pittsburgh on Saturday, but Pavol Demitra scored twice and Daniel and Henrik Sedin had three points each in the Canucks' 3-1 win over the Penguins.

Vancouver won its third in a row, all on the road, and improved to 7-0-2 in its past nine.

Luongo left the game after collapsing to the ice following what appeared to be a routine save. Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said Luongo would be evaluated Sunday.

BLACKHAWKS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 4 (OT) - David Bolland scored 49 seconds into overtime to give Chicago a road victory. Bolland's goal completed a three-goal comeback for Chicago.

BLUE JACKETS 2, THRASHERS 0 - Rick Nash extended his goal streak to five games, knocking in a backhander in the first period that helped Columbus to a road victory.

Flyers 4, COYOTES 3 (OT) - Mike Richards' wrist shot from the slot 1:35 into overtime lifted Philadelphia over visiting Phoenix and extended the Flyers' winning streak to four games.

OTHER GAMES - Daniel Alfredsson and Jesse Winchester scored late in the second period to help host Ottawa beat the New York Rangers 4-1 and end a six-game skid. ... Joey MacDonald made 35 saves, and the visiting New York Islanders beat Buffalo 4-2, sending the Sabres to their fifth straight loss. ... Blake Wheeler scored in the shootout and Tim Thomas stopped all three Montreal attempts to give visiting Boston a 3-2 victory. ... Ryan Getzlaf scored in the third round of the shootout for host Anaheim after goaltender Jonas Hiller denied two of three Dallas shooters, and the Ducks prevailed 2-1. ... Jiri Hudler scored the winning goal and had an assist in Detroit's 5-2 win over Calgary. ... Ryane Clowe scored two goals, Rob Blake had four assists and San Jose improved the NHL's best record to 17-3-1 with a 7-2 victory over visiting Washington. ... Marek Svatos and Milan Hejduk scored shootout goals to lift Colorado to a 4-3 victory at Los Angeles.

SUSPENSION - Devils defenseman Mike Mottau received a two-game suspension from the NHL for elbowing Islanders forward Frans Nielsen.

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