NHL Capsule

DALLAS (AP) The top line with Brad Richards (notes), Loui Eriksson (notes) and James Neal (notes) had goals made Kari Lehtonen (Notes) 25 saves and Dallas beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Thursday to stars Night of the career scoring leader Mike Modano (marks) the first game in Texas as a visiting player.
Brenden Morrow (white) scored his fourth goal in three games, and Richards and Mike Ribeiro (notes) collected two assists for each star (3-0) in his first game at home. Niklas Kronwall (white) power play goal at 11:25 of 43 Polamalu black jersey
the third period clock to offer limited career shutout Lehtonen 15th
In 20 seasons as the face of the franchise of Star North Stars Modano has 557 goals and 1359 points, the most by an American-born player in NHL history. The 40-year-old Modano was a free agent in the summer and if the stars do not offer him a contract he signed a one year contract on 5 August with the Red Wings, his hometown team.
Predators 4, Blues 3NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) Steve Sullivan (white) scored two goals and Nashville beat St. Louis 3-0 for the second time in its history to improve.
Marcel Goc (notes) and Patric Hornqvist (notes) also scored, and rookie Anders Lindb盲ck (Notes) made 32 saves for the Predators, only a 3-2 victory Wednesday night in Chicago.
Matt DAgostini (notes), TJ Oshie (notes) and Patrik Berglund (white) scored for St. Louis.
Since last season the Predators defeated the Blues have five times. Predators Blues ended the season-opening two-game winning streak.
Wild 4, Oilers 2 nd. Paul, Minnesota (AP) Mikko Koivu (Notes) scored two of the four power play goals and the Minnesota Wild beat the Edmonton home for 14 consecutive days.
Antti Miettinen (Notes) and Matt Cullen (white) each had one goal and one for Minnesota, the last house to support winning streak against a team links. Nashville beat Columbus 14 times in a row in Tennessee.
Niklas Backstrom (white) 24 shots were on the lives of 6 Super Bowl Champions jersey
12-0-0 to improve at home against the Oilers. Minnesota is 9-0-1 in home opener and won the last nine years.
Dustin Penner (notes) and Minnesota native Tom Gilbert (Notes) scored for Edmonton.
Lightning 3, Flyers 2PHILADELPHIA (AP) Steven Stamka (notes), Dominic Moore (notes) and Paval Kubina goals to help Tampa Bay beat Philadelphia in an emotional return of Simon Gagne (notes).
Gagne, a hero of the playoffs last season in the Flyers in the Stanley Cup finals run, spent the first 10 seasons of his career in Philadelphia before they charge in Tampa Bay in the summer of salary cap space traded.
Dan Ellis (Notes), which saves 24 for Tampa Bay.
Nikolai Zherdev (notes) and Danny Briere (white) scored for Philadelphia.
Panthers 3, Flames 0CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Radek Dvorak (Notes) scored twice within 3:05 of the first period and colleagues (White) Czech star Tomas Vokoun made 27 saves for the shutout of his career 39 s Florida victory over Calgary.
Shawn Matthias (Notes) has a goal mid-third period of Florida, who opened the season with a loss of a goal in Edmonton and Vancouver.
The Oilers have been shut in their season opening loss to Edmonton.
Senators 3, Hurricanes 2OTTAWA (AP) Mike Fisher (Notes) scored his second goal of the game on a power play clock 02.03 in the third and Ottawa recalled for his first win in four games this season.
Fisher drove a slap shot from the slot past Cam Ward (notes) to give an advance lone goal for Ottawa Carolina 1:39 destinations outside of 6 Super Bowl Champions jersey black jersey
the previous period to make it with 2 draws.
Milan Michalek (notes) also scored for the Senators. Captain Eric Staal Carolina (Notes) Sergei Samsonov supported (white) goal 7:20 into the third before the hurricane, even with the first of the season at 8:59.