In Montreal, Marcel Hossa scored his second goal in as many games since being recalled from the minor leagues to lift Montreal over the New York Rangers 3-2.
Hossa scored with 13:37 remaining in the third period as Montreal ended a season-high seven-game winless streak. The teams were tied 2-2 in the first period.
Defensemen Karl Dykhuis and Andrei Markov also scored for the Canadiens, who hadn't played at home since a 6-2 win over Buffalo on Dec. 21.
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Matthew Barnaby and Jamie Lundmark scored for New York, 4-10-2-1 in its last 17 games.
Flyers 4, Islanders 0
Roman Cechmanek made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season Thursday and Eric Desjardins had a goal and assist in the Philadelphia Flyers' 4-0 victory over the New York Islanders.
The Flyers have won five straight games and they snapped New York's seven-game streak of earning at least one point (6-0-0-1).
Pavel Brendl, Jeremy Roenick and Marty Murray also scored for the Flyers, who won both visits to Long Island this season by a combined score of 10-2. It was Cechmanek's 15th career shutout.
Thrashers 3, Lightning 2, OT
In Tampa Florida, Ilya Kovalchuk scored his second goal of the game with 15.2 seconds remaining in overtime as Atlanta beat Southeast Division-leading Tampa Bay.
Kovalchuk scored from the right circle soon after Atlanta goalie Byron Dafoe stopped Vincent Lecavalier on a breakaway.
Lecavalier and Dave Andreychuk scored power-play goals in the third period as the Lightning rallied to a 2-2 tie.
Tony Hrkac also scored for Atlanta, which has the NHL's second-worst record (11-24-2-4).
Maple Leafs 4, Penguins 2
In Pittsburgh, Toronto allowed Pittsburgh's league-leading power play to convert only 1-of-9 chances without the injured Mario Lemieux, and Nik Antropov scored the decisive goal in Toronto's victory.
Travis Green scored short-handed and also helped set up Jyrki Lumme's goal with two-and-a-half minutes gone as the Maple Leafs went 3-1 in the season series, winning twice in Pittsburgh.
Antropov also assisted on Alexander Mogilny's empty-net goal in the final minute.
Stars 4, Blackhawks 3, OT
In Dallas, Pierre Turgeon scored with 16.4 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Dallas over Chicago.
Sergei Berezin scored twice for Chicago, including the tying goal in the third period, as the Blackhawks rallied from a two-goal deficit.
Bill Guerin and Rob DiMaio scored during an 18-second span early in the second period to give the Stars a 3-1 lead.
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