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Toronto • Steven Stamkos had a natural hat trick and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat Toronto 5-3 Wednesday night in a game that included a frightening injury to Maple Leafs defenseman Paul Ranger.
Ranger left the ice on a stretcher after his head hit the boards following a first-period hit from Alex Killorn. Ranger was "stable, conscious and alert," according to the Maple Leafs, after being taken to the hospital for what the team called a "precautionary assessment."
With 4.1 seconds left in the first period, Killorn boarded Ranger, who went down to the ice and remained there for roughly seven minutes before medical personnel put him on a stretcher and wheeled him off. Ranger moved his legs but not much else after the hit.
Ranger's teammates huddled around as attention was administered, and several Lightning players remained on the ice and watched from afar.
Peverley has successful heart surgery • Rich Peverley has been released from an Ohio hospital after undergoing successful surgery to correct an abnormal heart rhythm, just more than a week after the Dallas Stars forward collapsed on the bench during a game. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 69 47 17 5 99 223 149
Tampa Bay 69 38 24 7 83 203 181
Montreal 70 38 25 7 83 180 177
Toronto 71 36 27 8 80 208 219
Detroit 68 31 24 13 75 178 190
Ottawa 68 28 27 13 69 194 229
Florida 69 26 35 8 60 172 223
Buffalo 69 19 42 8 46 133 205
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 68 45 19 4 94 214 168
Philadelphia 68 36 25 7 79 195 195
N.Y. Rangers 70 37 29 4 78 185 174
Columbus 68 35 27 6 76 196 187
Washington 70 33 27 10 76 204 209
New Jersey 69 29 27 13 71 168 180
Carolina 69 30 30 9 69 172 195
N.Y. Islanders 70 26 35 9 61 195 239
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 69 47 15 7 101 226 156
Chicago 70 40 15 15 95 237 182
Colorado 70 44 20 6 94 216 192
Minnesota 69 36 23 10 82 171 168
Dallas 68 32 25 11 75 194 197
Winnipeg 71 32 30 9 73 199 208
Nashville 70 29 31 10 68 165 208
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 69 45 17 7 97 220 175
San Jose 70 45 18 7 97 216 168
Los Angeles 69 38 25 6 82 168 148
Phoenix 69 33 25 11 77 192 196
Vancouver 72 32 30 10 74 172 194
Calgary 69 28 34 7 63 168 203
Edmonton 70 25 36 9 59 176 225
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday's games
Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3
Chicago 4, St. Louis 0
Winnipeg 5, Colorado 4, OT
Vancouver 2, Nashville 0
Thursday's games
Minnesota at New Jersey, 5 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.
Columbus at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.
Florida at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Washington at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.