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Roenick's regular season in jeopardy

VOORHEES, N.J. - Flyers center Jeremy Roenick could miss the rest of the regular season after breaking his jaw during Thursday's game.

The All-Star had surgery Friday, a day after he was hit in the face with a puck.

"He will miss significant time," coach Ken Hitchcock said.

"It'll certainly be a lot longer than 2-3 weeks."

Roenick, Philadelphia's second-leading scorer with 45 points, was hurt early in the third when a shot by the Rangers' Boris Mironov struck him.

Roenick collapsed in a pool of blood after the puck hit the left side of his face and was motionless for several minutes. Andrew Feldman, the Rangers physician, said Roenick was unconscious for 3-4 minutes.

The Flyers also lost All-Star center Keith Primeau less than a minute after Roenick was hurt. Primeau collided with the Rangers' Bobby Holik. But Hitchcock said Primeau felt better and could play today.

"There's a lot of things that aren't reported," Yzerman said. "The huge debate is, basically, what are the revenues of hockey. And the league chooses to not include some significant revenues in the business of hockey that the players association feels there are."

CAPITALS: Defenseman Sergei Gonchar, who leads all defenseman with 43 points, was activated from injured reserve.

COYOTES: Captain and scoring leader Shane Doan signed a three-year, $11.6-million extension. The right wing has 55 points on 20 goals.

RANGERS: Forward Jaromir Jagr will miss at least one game after straining his groin during Thursday's game.

SENATORS: Enforcer Rob Ray signed for the rest of the season.

DRAFT: Ottawa will host the 2005 event. Carolina hosts June's draft.

SABRES 8, KINGS 3: Host Buffalo scored seven goals during the final 24 minutes for its best offensive outing since an 8-0 victory over Atlanta on Nov. 8, 2001. Buffalo rallied from a 3-1 deficit by scoring three goals in 2:51, capped by Rory Fitzpatrick's go-ahead goal with 1:10 left in the second. Roman Cechmanek came out to make a sprawling save on Daniel Briere's shot but was out of position to prevent Fitzpatrick's goal.

THRASHERS 4, CANUCKS 1: Dany Heatley had a goal and an assist as visiting Atlanta Thrashers ended a 10-game winless streak. Heatley made it 2-0 3:59 into the second, wristing a shot over the glove of Dan Cloutier. Pasi Nurminen made 30 saves for Atlanta, including a sprawling stick save on a penalty shot by Jarkko Ruutu, awarded after Ilya Kovalchuk took him down on a short-handed breakaway.

FLAMES 2, DUCKS 1: Jarome Iginla scored his ninth goal in his past seven games for host Calgary, whose 29th victory matched its total from last season. Iginla made it 2-0 during a two-man advantage in the second. Craig Conroy zipped a cross-ice pass to Iginla, who one-timed it in.

PREDATORS 5, CAPITALS 2: Scott Hartnell had two goals and an assist for host Nashville, which ended a three-game losing streak. After making it 1-0 in the first, Hartnell made it 4-1 with 10.9 seconds left in the second on a three-on-two break.

WILD 3, OILERS 0: Dwayne Roloson earned his fourth shutout of the season for host Minnesota. Marc Chouinard made it 2-0 57 seconds after Sergei Zholtok scored in the first, poking in the rebound of Alexandre Daigle's shot for his first goal since Nov. 7.

Edmonton goalie Ty Conklin broke two bones in his right hand and left after the first. Conklin, whom coach Craig MacTavish said shouldn't be out for an extended period, said he doesn't know how it happened.

ISLANDERS 5, COYOTES 2: New York earned its first win on the road against Phoenix since March 9, 1996, before it moved from Winnipeg. Janne Niinimaa made it 3-2 2:52 into the third, intercepting Brad Ference's clear and beating Brian Boucher.