Stu Barnes and Curtis Brown also scored for Buffalo, which won for the first time since beating Boston 4-2 on Dec. 18.
Rod Brind'Amour, Bates Battaglia and Jeff O'Neill had goals for Carolina, which lost its fourth straight game and hasn't won since a 1-0 victory over Dallas on Dec. 22.
Penguins 4, Thrashers 1
At Atlanta, Steve McKenna and Dick Tarnstrom scored 2:37 apart early in the third period to lead Pittsburgh.
Mario Lemieux ended a two-game scoring drought with two assists, putting him five shy of 1,000 for his career.
Martin Straka and Shean Donovan also scored goals for the Penguins, who lost to Atlanta for the first time in franchise history on Monday night after a 14-0 start.
Marc Savard scored Atlanta's lone goal, his first since Oct. 22.
Capitals 2, Blue Jackets 2
At Washington, Sergei Gonchar scored his second goal of the game on a power play midway through the third period as Washington salvaged a tie for a share of the Southeast Division lead.
Gonchar beat a screened Marc Denis with a slap shot against the league's top penalty-killing team. He also gave Washington a 1-0 early in the first when he put in his own rebound.
The Capitals have picked up points in nine straight games, going 5-0-2-2 to improve to 18-16-4-2 overall. Ray Whitney and David Vyborny scored for Columbus, which has lost four straight road games and five of six overall.
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