Patrice Bergeron scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play with 2:52 remaining Thursday to help the Boston Bruins extend their unbeaten streak to four games with a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Sean O'Donnell and Mike Knuble also scored for Boston. After winning three games in December and going 0-5-4 in nine games at home, the Bruins are 3-0-1 in their last four games.
Martin Strbak scored on one of Pittsburgh's 17 second-period shots to tie it 1-1 at 6:29. The goal snapped a shutout streak of 121:14 for Andrew Raycroft, who made 31 saves for the Bruins.
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Hurricanes 3, Rangers 2
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Josef Vasicek scored twice in Carolina's three-goal second period to lift the Hurricanes over New York.
Kevyn Adams also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won two straight games. Carolina, the NHL's lowest-scoring team, got three goals in a game for the first time since beating Edmonton 3-2 on Dec. 9.
Ron Francis assisted on Vasicek's second goal and passed Marcel Dionne for fourth place on the NHL's career scoring list with 1,772 points.
Panthers 4, Flyers 3, OT
In Philadelphia, rookie Nathan Horton became the youngest player in NHL history to score on a penalty shot and added another goal in Florida's overtime win over Philadelphia.
Valeri Bure scored the winner for the Panthers with 2:04 remaining in overtime on a slap shot from the left circle that sailed over the glove of goaltender Jeff Hackett.
Horton, who is 18 years and 224 days old, was 38 days younger than Toronto's Jack Hamilton, who set the record in 1944, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Islanders 3, Oilers 2
In Uniondale, New York, Justin Papineau scored a power-play goal early in the third period and another with 1:18 left to send New York back to its winning ways with a victory over Edmonton.
Papineau fired a shot past a screened Ty Conklin just 1:24 after Cory Cross got the Oilers even with a shot from the blue line.
Senators 7, Maple Leafs 1
In Toronto, Bryan Smolinski scored and also assisted on two of Ottawa's five first-period goals as the Senators won their sixth straight with a rout of short-handed Toronto.
Chris Neil, Wade Redden and Radek Bonk also scored in the first seven minutes. Ottawa tied a club record by extending its unbeaten streak to 11 games.
Lightning 4, Canadiens 1
In Montreal, Martin St. Louis had two goals and two assists for his first career four-point game, leading Tampa Bay past Montreal.
St. Louis assisted on Fredrik Modin's short-handed goal early in the second, and scored at 4:49 to put Tampa Bay up 2-1. He assisted on Ruslan Fedotenko's goal later in the period, and added his second of the game -- his 14th of the season -- in the third.
Predators 4, Avalanche 3, OT
In Nashville, Tennessee, Jason York scored at 1:12 in overtime, and backup goaltender Chris Mason stopped 31 shots for his first career victory to help Nashville beat Colorado.
Both Simon Gamache and Andrew Hutchinson scored their first NHL goals, and Greg Johnson added a goal and an assist for Nashville, which beat Colorado at home for the first time since Dec. 26, 2000.
Blackhawks 3, Flames 1
In Chicago, Steve Sullivan broke a tie with a power-play goal 2:34 into the third period as Chicago beat Calgary.
Bryan Berard added an empty-net goal with 26 seconds remaining.
In other games: Stars 2, Thrashers 1; Canucks 3, Kings 1;Blue Jackets 3, Sharks 2, OT.
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