Kim Johnsson assisted on three goals Friday and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 to extend their unbeaten streak to 11 games.
Jeremy Roenick and Joni Pitkanen scored on power plays for the Flyers and Robert Esche made 29 saves to increase his unbeaten streak to eight games.
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Claude Lapointe and Tony Amonte also scored for the Flyers, who tied Vancouver for the best record in the NHL.
Eric Staal and Jesse Boulerice had for Carolina, which has won only once in seven games.
Predators 2, Bruins 1
In Boston, Greg Johnson scored on a power play midway through the first period to lead Nashville to its third straight victory.
The Predators have won seven of nine games. With 24 points in 22 games, they are off to the best start in their six-year history.
The Bruins, who have lost three straight, were beaten for the first time by a Western Conference opponent after starting 8-0-1-1.
Joe Thornton scored for the Bruins with his fifth goal of the season, 6:26 into the first period. David Legwand tied it 75 seconds later.
Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves for Nashville.
Mighty Ducks 4, Blackhawks 3
In Anaheim, California, Sergei Fedorov scored the go-ahead goal with just under nine minutes remaining, and Anaheim extended Chicago's winless streak to 10 games (0-9-1).
Petr Sykora, Joffrey Lupul and Jason Krog also scored to help the Ducks snap a four-game winless streak. Anaheim has points in 10 straight games, including four overtime losses.
Chicago lost its fifth straight overall and sixth in a row on the road.
Travis Moen, Igor Radulov and Mikhail Yakubov scored for the injury-plagued Blackhawks, who have not scored more than three goals in their first 24 games.
Sharks 2, Wild 1
In St. Paul, Minnesota, Mike Ricci and Vincent Damphousse scored power-play goals to lift San Jose to its fourth consecutive win.
The Sharks are unbeaten in six games (4-0-2). The Wild have lost four in a row.
San Jose held Minnesota to just five shots in the third period. San Jose goalie Vesa Toskala earned the win with 17 saves.
Canadiens 5, Capitals 3
In Washington, Sheldon Souray had his second two-game game of the season, and Pierre Dagenais and Michael Ryder scored 61 seconds apart in the first period to lead Montreal.
Backup goaltender Mathieu Garon had 31 saves for the Canadiens, who scored on three of their first nine shots against Olaf Kolzig. Montreal matched its season high in goals, also scoring five against the Capitals on Oct. 14.
Robert Lang extended his scoring streak to 14 games with a first-period goal for the Capitals, who have an NHL-worst 14 points.
Washington's Jaromir Jagr returned from a groin injury and had an assist to extend his point streak to 10 games.
Rangers 4, Penguins 1
In Pittsburgh, Martin Rucinsky had two goals and an assist to lead New York past Pittsburgh.
Rucinsky gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead 3:34 into the third period. Eric Lindros scored 3:29 later and Brian Leetch added a short-handed goal for the Rangers, who are unbeaten in four games (3-0-1).
Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury turned 19 on Friday but lost his sixth consecutive decision. Rico Fata scored his team-leading eighth goal for the Penguins.
Lightning 2, Blues 2
In Tampa, Florida, Eric Nickulas and Keith Tkachuk scored third-period goals helping St. Louis tie Tampa Bay.
The Blues nearly won it in overtime, but Nikolai Khabibulin made a point-blank save on Petr Cajanek.
Fredrik Modin and Dan Boyle scored for Tampa Bay. Modin's goal ended a 160 minute, 10 second scoring drought for Tampa Bay, shut out its previous two games.
Pavol Demitra assisted on Tkachuk's goal to extend his point streak to nine games.
Red Wings 6, Islanders 0
In Detroit, Manny Legace stopped 30 shots for his fourth career shutout, and Steve Thomas had two goals and an assist to lift Detroit.
Brendan Shanahan, Chris Chelios, Kris Draper and Brett Hull scored the other Detroit goals. Pavel Datsyuk added two assists, and Draper had one.
Shanahan's goal was the 541st of his career, tying him with Hall of Famer Stan Mikita for 20th place on the NHL career list. Hull scored his 727th, moving him within four of Marcel Dionne in third place.
Sabres 4, Panthers 3
In Buffalo, New York, Daniel Briere scored two goals in the third period to help Buffalo beat Florida.
Curtis Brown and Taylor Pyatt also scored for Buffalo, which won its second straight game.
Stephen Weiss had two goals, and Juraj Kolnik also scored for the Panthers.
Mika Noronen started in the Buffalo net but was pulled after allowing two goals on just seven shots.
Valeri Bure, who assisted on Weiss' second goal, has points in 11 of his 14 games this season.
Stars 2, Devils 0
In Dallas, Bill Guerin scored a power-play goal in the second period, and Marty Turco stopped 21 shots to help Dallas snap New Jersey's club record-tying 13-game unbeaten streak.
The Devils, 10-0-3 in their previous 13 games, have had three other 13-game unbeaten streaks in franchise history.
Guerin's team-high 15th goal gave Dallas a 1-0 lead and extended his point streak to six games, one short of his career best. He has four goals and four assists during that span.
Turco earned his first shutout of the season and 13th career. Jason Arnott added an insurance goal on a rebound of Guerin's shot with 3:25 to play.
New Jersey hadn't lost on the road since March 13, 2003, going 9-0-6 since.
Avalanche 4, Oilers 1
In Edmonton, Alberta, Joe Sakic had a goal and two assists, and David Aebischer stopped 40 shots for Colorado.
Teemu Selanne, Dan Hinote and Martin Skoula also scored for the Avalanche, 5-2 in their last seven games and 8-2-0-1 in 11.
Marc-Andre Bergeron broke Aebischer's shutout bid in the third period for Edmonton, winless in four games (0-3-1) following a four-game winning streak.
Adam Oates, signed by Edmonton on Nov. 17, made his Oilers debut.
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