In Dallas, Jason Arnott scored twice and Jere Lehtinen stretched his goal-scoring streak to four games as Dallas handed Pittsburgh its fifth consecutive loss.
Lehtinen scored midway through the first period, Arnott added a power-play goal later in the first, and Arnott fired into an empty net in the final minute for Dallas, 2-1-3-1 in its last seven.
Mario Lemieux's power-play goal with 1:48 remaining spoiled Ron Tugnutt's bid for his third shutout of the season. Lemieux played his first game in Dallas since Jan. 19, 2001.
The Stars were without right wing Bill Guerin, their second-leading scorer, who is expected to miss the rest of the regular season due to a severely bruised right thigh.
Tugnutt, in his ninth straight start, stopped 19 shots.
Red Wings 5, Coyotes 2
Pavel Datsyuk had two goals and two assists for a career-high four points as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-2 Sunday without captain Steve Yzerman.
The Red Wings won their eighth in nine games (8-0-0-1). Yzerman played his first two games of the season this week after being out since undergoing offseason knee surgery. Yzerman, expected to play Monday, was held out against Phoenix because the Red Wings don't want him to play on consecutive days.
Phoenix lost for just the second time in nine games (6-2-1).
Brett Hull added a goal and two assists, and Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and an assist as Datsyuk's line accounted for four goals. Nicklas Lidstrom also scored for the Red Wings and had an assist.
Capitals 2, Hurricanes 0
In Washington, Olaf Kolzig made 21 saves for his third shutout of the season and led Washington over reeling Carolina.
Jason Doig and Dainius Zubrus scored for the Capitals, who have won three of their past four games and regained possession of first place in the Southeast Division.
Avalanche 2, Blackhawks 2, OT
In Chicago, Alex Tanguay scored at 3:38 of overtime to lift Colorado over Chicago.
Colorado is 13-1-0-2 in its last 16 games.
Thrashers 4, Mighty Ducks 1
In Anaheim, California, Vyacheslav Kozlov scored twice and Milan Hnilicka made 29 saves for his third victory of the season as Atlanta beat Anaheim.
Frantisek Kaberle also scored, and Kozlov and Lubos Bartecko got empty-net goals in the final minute, helping the Thrashers beat Anaheim for the second time in six meetings. The Thrashers earned their 22nd victory and only the seventh when second-year players Dany Heatley and Ilya Kovalchuk failed to score.
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