Ron Francis tied for fourth on the NHL's all-time points list with a goal and the Carolina Hurricanes finally solved Buffalo's Mika Noronen, beating the Sabres 2-1.
Carolina on Monday won its second straight game at the start of a seven-game homestand and improved to 4-2 under new coach Peter Laviolette. All of the wins have been by 2-1 scores.
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The Sabres had their three-game unbeaten streak snapped.
Francis' sixth goal gave him 1,771 points in his 23rd season to tie Marcel Dionne on the scoring list.
Islanders 3, Devils 1
In Uniondale, New York, Mark Parrish scored two goals in New York' victory over New Jersey.
The Islanders won their fifth straight overall, their seventh consecutive at home, and their third in a row over the Stanley Cup champion Devils.
Parrish scored twice for the second straight game and has a three-game goal streak, one short of his career high.
Kenny Jonsson also scored for New York, which got 28 saves from Garth Snow. Snow was playing his 11th straight game.
Grant Marshall had the only goal for New Jersey, which had a five-game point streak snapped.
Mighty Ducks 2, Lightning 0
In Tampam, Florida, Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 31 saves, and Anaheim snapped its 13-game road winless streak (0-8-2-3).
Niclas Havelid and Petr Sykora put the Mighty Ducks ahead with late second-period goals. Stanislav Chistov had two assists.
Giguere withstood Tampa Bay's furious comeback attempt in the third period, making a number of strong saves. He stopped two slot shots by Martin St. Louis and an in-close chance by Vincent Lecavalier.
It was Giguere's first road victory of the season (1-8-1) and his second shutout overall.
Bruins 3, Capitals 1
In Washington, Hal Gill scored his first goal in nearly 11 months, and Felix Potvin made 28 saves for his first win in seven weeks to lead Boston over the Capitals.
The Bruins were 0-4-2 since a 3-2 victory at Ottawa on Dec. 13 and had just one win in 12 games (1-6-5).
The Capitals have lost two straight, failing twice to earn the franchise's 1,000th victory.
Gill, a defenseman, last scored Feb. 4 against Colorado. He tied the game 1-1 with his first-period goal that ended a 60-game drought.
Blues 3, Blue Jackets 2
In Columbus, Ohio, Ryan Johnson scored the game-winner with 3:44 left and Doug Weight added a goal and an assist to lead St. Louis past the Blue Jackets.
Keith Tkachuk also had a goal for the Blues, playing the first of 16 games in 34 days.
St. Louis was winless in four (0-2-2). Columbus lost its fifth in a row at home.
Geoff Sanderson and Todd Marchant scored for the Blue Jackets. Blues goaltender Chris Osgood was injured early in the game after being struck in the leg by a puck shot by teammate Bryce Salvador and falling awkwardly.
Osgood was helped off and replaced by Brent Johnson, who finished with 22 saves.
Penguins 1, Blackhawks 0
In Pittsburgh, Sebastien Caron stopped 30 shots in his first shutout in nearly a year, and Tomas Surovy scored the only goal in the Penguins' victory over Chicago.
The Penguins, who went into the game last in the NHL overall standings, stretched Chicago's road winless streak to 12 games (0-11-0-1) a night after the Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-0 at home.
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