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Sundin, Leafs drop Rangers

Mats Sundin's breakaway goal snapped a third-period tie and lifted the surging Toronto Maple Leafs to a 2-1 victory over the Rangers last night in New York.

Sundin, who also assisted on Alexei Ponikarovsky's tying power-play goal in the second period, hit the 20-goal mark for the 16th straight season. That was enough to give the Leafs their fifth win in six games, including four on the road.

Brendan Shanahan scored for New York, which had a two-game winning streak broken. After the game, Shanahan ripped NHL officials because of what he feels is prejudiced officiating against Jaromir Jagr. "Guys hit him late, guys hit him high, guys hook his hands," Shanahan said. "He doesn't complain. The referees just seem to have a different set of rules about the way people get to play against him."

Ducks 2, Coyotes 1 -- Travis Moen and Andy McDonald scored the tying and go-ahead goals less than 1 1/2 minutes apart in the third period, Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 24 saves, and Anaheim beat Phoenix for its ninth straight home win over the Coyotes.

Curtis Joseph stopped the first 29 shots he faced and was trying to make Fredrik Sjostrom's first-period goal stand up when the Pacific Division leaders finally got on the board with 12:27 remaining.

Oilers 5, Blue Jackets 2 -- Raffi Torres scored twice and Fernando Pisani had a goal and two assists to lead host Edmonton over Columbus.

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