Panthers’ Vokoun can’t be beat

SUNRISE, Fla. – Panthers goalie Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves for his second consecutive shutout, Steven Reinprecht opened the scoring early in the third period, and Florida extended the Carolina Hurricanes’ winless streak to 10 games with a 3-0 victory Wednesday night.

Vokoun beat St. Louis, 4-0, on Saturday.

Cory Stillman added a power-play goal and an assist, and Reinprecht also had an assist. Defenseman Bryan Allen scored an empty-net goal with 2:01 left.

Cam Ward stopped 22 shots for Carolina, 0-6-0 in the road.

The Panthers have won three in a row after opening 2-7-1.

Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2 (SO): At Columbus, Ohio, San Jose defenseman Dan Boyle scored the lone goal in a shootout, and Evgeni Nabokov stopped all three Columbus shooters to give the Sharks their sixth consecutive win and eighth in their past nine games.

Nabokov made 26 saves in regulation and overtime, then stopped attempts by Nikita Filatov, Anton Stralman and Rick Nash in the tiebreaker to improve to 10-3-1.

Sabres 3, Islanders 0: At Buffalo, N.Y., Ryan Miller made 24 saves for his second shutout of the season and 14th overall, and Thomas Vanek had a goal and assist for Buffalo in a victory against New York.

Former Sabres goalie Martin Biron made 36 saves for the Islanders (5-5-5), who had their winning streak snapped at four.

Devils 3, Capitals 2: At Newark, N.J., Niclas Bergfors scored power-play goals 3:13 apart in the third period, and New Jersey beat Alex Ovechkin-less Washington.

Ovechkin, the NHL MVP the past two seasons, suffered an upper-body strain Sunday against Columbus.

Flames 3, Stars 2 (OT): At Dallas, Jarome Iginla scored on a power play at 1:25 of overtime to give Calgary a comeback victory against Dallas.

Avalanche 4, Coyotes 1: At Denver, Milan Hejduk had two goals and an assist, and Peter Budaj – recovered from swine flu – stopped 28 shots for Colorado in his first start of the season in a victory against Phoenix.