Jeff Hackett made 24 saves in his Boston debut as the Bruins blanked the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 in overtime in NHL action on Saturday.
Brian Rolston scored 31 seconds into overtime to give the Bruins the victory, slipping a shot just inside the left post past Flyers goalie Robert Esche to make Hackett's first game with the Bruins a win.
The veteran goalie was acquired from the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, who earlier in the day had picked him up from the Montreal Canadiens for forward Niklas Sundstrom.
Boston hold-out defenseman Kyle McLaren wound up in San Jose in the deal.
It was Hackett's 23rd career shutout, helping the Bruins win for just the fourth time in 11 games (4-6-1).
Esche made 26 saves for the Flyers, but Rolston's 20th goal of the season resulted in the Flyers being shutout for the sixth time this season.
Avalanche 3 Maple Leafs 0
In Toronto, Patrick Roy made 20 saves for his second straight shutout as the Colorado Avalanche blanked the Maple Leafs 3-0.
Roy had an easy night against the Leafs, who were shutout for the second time in as many nights.
Alex Tanguay, Milan Hejduk and Steve Reinprecht scored the goals for the Avalanche.
Thrashers 4 Rangers 1
In New York, Dany Heatley fired a hat trick as the Atlanta Thrashers defeated the Rangers 4-1.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored the other goal for the Thrashers, who are 4-1-1 under new coach Bob Hartley.
Pasi Nurminen stopped 23 shots while Slava Kozlov added three assists.
Peter Nedved scored the lone goal for the Rangers, who lost for just the second time in seven games (5-2-0).
Capitals 1 Canadiens 1
In Montreal, Jose Theodore made 34 saves as the Canadiens managed a 1-1 tie with the Washington Capitals.
Saku Koivu scored his 100th career goal for the Canadiens, who are 1-0-2-1 under new coach Claude Julien.
Andreas Salomonsson scored his first goal of the season for the Capitals, while Olf Kolzig made 29 saves.
Penguins 5 Blackhawks 3
In Pittsburgh, Alexei Kovalev scored three goals to lead the Penguins past the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3.
Randy Robitaille, who hadn't played in seven games, added a goal and three assists for the Penguins, who were without Mario Lemieux for the eighth time in the past nine games.
Steve McKenna had the other Pittsburgh goal. Phil Housley, Andrei Nikolishin and Steve Sullivan scored for Chicago.
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