Flames top Avalanche, end road drought

Denver • Mike Cammalleri broke a second-period tie and Joey MacDonald stopped 39 shots, helping the Calgary Flames snap a 13-game road winless streak with a 3-1 victory over the slumping Colorado Avalanche on Monday night.

Roman Cervenka also scored and Alex Tanguay added a short-handed goal to wrap up the win for the Flames in a game that featured the bottom two teams in the NHL. Before Monday, Calgary's last victory away from home was Feb. 17 at Dallas.

Brad Malone scored his first NHL goal for the last-place Avalanche, who have dropped five straight games.

MacDonald came up big late in the third period, stopping a point-blank backhanded shot by Matt Duchene and weathering back-to-back hooking penalties on Cervenka in the final 5 minutes.

Maple Leafs 4, Rangers 3 • In Toronto, Phil Kessel scored twice to lead the Maple Leafs over the New York Rangers to open an important home-and-home series between the Eastern Conference rivals.

Toronto (22-13-4) remained fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, moving four points ahead of idle Ottawa with its fifth win in six games. EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Pttsbrgh 39 29 10 0 58 127 95

N.Y. Rngrs 39 19 16 4 42 96 94

N.Y. Isles 39 19 16 4 42 113 119

New Jersey 39 15 14 10 40 92 106

Philly 38 17 18 3 37 106 118

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 38 25 8 5 55 120 91

Boston 38 25 9 4 54 108 81

Toronto 39 22 13 4 48 121 109

Ottawa 38 19 13 6 44 94 85

Buffalo 39 16 17 6 38 105 118

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Wash. 39 20 17 2 42 117 110

Winnipeg 40 19 19 2 40 98 120

Carolina 38 16 20 2 34 99 121

Tampa Bay 38 16 20 2 34 121 114

Florida 39 13 20 6 32 96 132

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Chicago 38 29 5 4 62 128 83

St. Louis 37 21 14 2 44 106 98

Detroit 39 19 15 5 43 99 101

Columbus 39 16 16 7 39 91 104

Nashville 40 15 17 8 38 96 109

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 39 22 11 6 50 105 95

Minnesota 38 22 14 2 46 103 97

Edmonton 39 16 16 7 39 101 108

Calgary 38 14 20 4 32 102 134

Colorado 39 12 22 5 29 90 124

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 40 27 8 5 59 123 99

L.A. 39 22 13 4 48 114 96

San Jose 38 20 11 7 47 98 94

Phoenix 39 17 16 6 40 105 106

Dallas 38 18 17 3 39 104 117

x-clinched playoff berth

Monday's Games

Boston 6, Carolina 2

Toronto 4, N.Y. Rangers 3

Calgary 3, Colorado 1

Vancouver 2, Phoenix 0

Anaheim 2, Edmonton 1

Tuesday's Games

Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.