Stars Send Sharks to Another Defeat

Antti Miettinen scored on a penalty shot, Sergei Zubov had a power-play goal and the Stars beat San Jose, 4-1, Wednesday night at Dallas to send the Sharks to their 10th straight loss.

Jaroslav Svoboda and Brenden Morrow also scored for Dallas, which is 10-2 in its last 12 games and is tied with the Kings for first place in the Pacific Division.

Philadelphia 2, New Jersey 1 -- Mike Knuble and Patrick Sharp scored in the second period to lead the Flyers at Philadelphia.

Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 1 -- Pavel Kubina scored a tiebreaking, power-play goal with 8:38 left to lead the Lightning at Tampa, Fla.

Columbus 3, Minnesota 2 -- Jaroslav Balastik’s goal in the third round of a shootout lifted the Blue Jackets at St. Paul, Minn.

Vancouver 5, Colorado 2 -- Brendan Morrison scored the go-ahead goal to lift the Canucks at Vancouver, Canada.