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Valtteri Filppula and Danny Cleary also tallied for Detroit, while backup goaltender Ty Conklin made 29 saves -- including a Jimmy Hayes penalty shot in the third period -- for the win.

 

"This is a big step for Conks (Conklin) here personally, for himself," Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock said.

 

The Red Wings, who will play their next three games in the Motor City, are just 11-12-0 as the guest this year compared to a stellar 15-2-1 record at home.

 

Shane Doan recorded his first career hat trick to help the Coyotes rout the Isles by a 5-1 score on Saturday. Frans Nielsen scored the lone goal for the Islanders, while Evgeni Nabokov allowed all five goals on 25 shots.

 

New York has won three straight and four of its last five meetings against the Red Wings, who are 7-2 with a pair of ties in their last 11 trips to Long Island.

 

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Toronto Maple Leafs will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games when they host the struggling Buffalo Sabres tonight at Air Canada Centre in the opener of a home-and-home. After ending December on an 0-2-1 slide, the Maple Leafs have opened 2012 with three consecutive victories to match their longest winning streak of the season. Toronto hasn't strung together four straight victories since Jan. 6-11 of last season.

 

"They had 16 shots and maybe three quality scoring chances. I thought we did a pretty good job of keeping them on the outside," Leafs head coach Ron Wilson said. "They had some obviously scary moments; that one chance with about 40 seconds to go made my heart stop. But the monster (Gustavsson) came up big."

 

The Sabres, meanwhile, have lost two straight, five of six and eight of their last 10 games. Buffalo, which will host Toronto in the finale of this home- and-home on Friday, is currently fourth in the Northeast Division and six points in back of the third-place Leafs.

 

Tyler Myers scored for the Sabres, who fell to 2-6-2 in their last 10 games. Jhonas Enroth stopped 39 shots in the hard-luck loss.

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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State

Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.

Work left to do:

Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.

Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.

Kansas State [20-9 (9-5), RPI: 56, SOS: 96] It pays to be in the Big 12 North. The nine league wins are Colorado (twice), Missouri (twice), Iowa State (twice), Baylor, Nebraska and (a good one against) Texas. That helps explain the middling computer profile. The win over USC is nice, but the nonconference leaves a lot to be desired. The game at OK State in Stillwater on Tuesday is huge, as it could KO the Cowboys and leave K-State with a home date against Oklahoma with which to work.


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