Mats Sundin gave the Toronto Maple Leafs an early spark and rookie Mikael Tellqvist stopped 24 shots in a 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Toronto wasted little time rebounding from its embarrassing 7-1 home loss to Philadelphia on Saturday, jumping on the Hurricanes for two early goals to snap a three-game losing streak.
Tellqvist, up from the minors because of an injury to backup goaltender Trevor Kidd, lost his shutout Sunday when Ron Francis scored a power-play goal with 9:33 left.
But the Hurricanes failed to rally down the stretch and dropped their third in a row. Carolina has just two wins in its first 11 games.
Avalanche 3, Rangers 2, OT
In New York, Alex Tanguay scored the tying goal in the third period and assisted on Karlis Skrastins' winner 1:14 into overtime to stretch his NHL-best point streak to nine games and lift the Colorado Avalanche over the New York Rangers.
Skrastins' shot struck the right post behind Mike Dunham and then caromed off the goalie's skate and in to win it.
The Avalanche trailed 2-0 until Travis Brigley scored his first NHL goal during a third-period power play.
David Aebischer stopped 22 shots and kept the Avalanche close until Colorado could catch up.
Bobby Holik and Mark Messier scored for New York.
Sharks 2, Thrashers 2, OT
In Atlanta, Marco Sturm scored off a scramble with less than three minutes remaining to rally San Jose.
The tying goal came after Atlanta goalie Pasi Nurminen tried to trap the puck against his chest, but Sturm swooped in and scored his third of the season.
Jeff Cowan scored at 2:30 of the second period, and Slava Kozlov added a goal with five minutes left for the Thrashers.
Scott Hannan opened the scoring for the Sharks at 13:21 of the first period.
The Thrashers' Marc Savard left midway through the second period with a sprained left ankle. X-rays were negative, and Savard, who ranks second on the team with 14 points, was due to be re-evaluated yesterday.
Blackhawks 3, Mighty Ducks 1
In Chicago, Steve Sullivan and Kyle Calder scored power-play goals and Scott Nichol added another score for Chicago, which improved to 4-1-3 in its last eight games.
Chicago rookie Michael Leighton stopped 29 shots for his first win of the season. He lost his shutout when Vaclav Prospal scored 6:02 into the third period.
Anaheim's Jean-Sebastien Giguere made his first start in five games, finishing with 22 saves.
Stars 7, Predators 3
In Dallas, Bill Guerin earned his second hat trick in three games, and the fifth of his career, to lead the Dallas.
Brenden Morrow, Niko Kapanen, Mike Modano and Jason Arnott each added a goal and an assist for the Stars. Sergei Zubov added three assists, and goalie Marty Turco made 21 saves.
Guerin, who also had an assist, has nine goals this season, second only to Atlanta's Ilya Kovalchuk, who has 11.
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