Jose Theodore made 22 saves, and Richard Zednik scored two power-play goals Tuesday to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
"I think I'm playing the same way. It just seems lately that we're playing better as a team," Theodore said.
Jan Bulis and Michael Ryder also scored for the Canadians, who won for the fourth time in five games (4-0-1). Theodore lost his shutout when Simon Gagne scored with 1:18 left.
"Today I was watching the other teams and everybody was winning," Zednik said. "We have big games ahead of us."
Senators 3, Hurricanes 1
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Marian Hossa had a goal and two assists to lift Ottawa past Carolina.
Daniel Alfredsson added a power-play goal in the first period for the Senators, who pushed their unbeaten streak against the Hurricanes to 11 games. Ottawa has won 12 of 18 overall.
Shaun Van Allen added an empty-net goal for the Senators.
Jeff O'Neill scored on a five-on-three power play in the second period for Carolina, which has lost four of six.
Bruins 4, Rangers 1
In New York, rookie center Carl Corazzini scored his first two NHL goals to lead Boston to victory over the New York Rangers.
Boston took a 2-0 lead at 17:34 of the second period on Jiri Slegr's fourth goal. Brian Rolston also scored for Boston, which swept the home-and-home series from New York that started Monday in Boston, by outscoring the Rangers 9-3.
New York pulled within 2-1 at 1:21 of the third period on Brian Leetch's eighth goal.
Devils 3, Penguins 0
In Pittsburgh, New Jersey rookie Scott Clemmensen shut out Pittsburgh on 25 shots in his first NHL start and Turner Stevenson had two goals and an assist.
Stevenson had only three goals in 24 games before scoring in each of the first two periods. Stevenson has 10 of his 65 NHL goals in 39 career games against Pittsburgh, which lost its sixth straight at home.
Jeff Friesen also scored for New Jersey.
Clemmensen, a surprise last-minute starter called up from minor league tam, Albany, became the second Devils backup goalie to shut out the Penguins in as many games in Pittsburgh. Corey Schwab also did it.
Maple Leafs 2, Islanders 0
In Toronto, Ed Belfour made 25 saves for his fifth shutout of the season in Toronto's win over the New York Islanders.
Mikael Renberg and Gary Roberts scored for the Maple Leafs, who are still first in the Eastern Conference with 61 points despite winning just two of six games.
Belfour recorded his 70th career shutout, three fewer that New Jersey's Martin Brodeur on the active list.
The Maple Leafs lost another player to injury when Darcy Tucker didn't return after New York's Jason Blake high-sticked him in the face.
Thrashers 4, Sabres 1
In Atlanta, Slava Kozlov scored two goals and Pasi Nurminen turned away 24 shots to lead Atlanta over Buffalo.
The Thrashers won their second successive game after enduring a nine-game winless streak that knocked the team out of first place in the Southeast Division.
Buffalo, which got a goal from J.P. Dumont, lost its third straight.
Patrik Stefan scored the tiebreaking goal with two minutes left in the second period and J.P. Vigier scored early in the third.
Kings 4, Flames 1
In LA, Ian Laperriere scored two goals to snap a 29-game drought, and Derek Armstrong had a goal and an assist.
Joe Corvo capped a three-goal first period with his third of the season and Trent Klatt had two assists for the Kings, who have won consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 4-6 after going 14 straight without a victory.
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