Pavel Kubina and Ruslan Fedotenko scored second-period goals to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to their sixth straight victory, 2-1 over Philadelphia on Monday night.
Kubina and Fedotenko scored in a 1:42 span on the Lightning's first two shots against backup goalie Neil Little, forced into the game when Flyers starter Robert Esche sprained his left knee.
Esche has hurt in a collision with teammate Simon Gagne in a scramble near the Flyers' goal at 2:48 of the period. Esche remained in the game for the next 1:35 before being replaced by Little, recalled from Philadelphia of the AHL on Friday.
Esche stopped all 10 shots he faced.
Michal Handzus scored for the Flyers, who had five-game unbeaten string snapped.
Rangers 4, Canucks 3
In New York, Bobby Holik scored his second goal of the game with 2:41 remaining to help the Rangers beat Vancouver.
The Rangers entered on a three-game losing streak and had won only once in their previous 10 games (1-7-2), but they snapped the Canucks' five-game winning streak after squandering a two-goal lead in the third period.
Jaromir Jagr and Alex Kovalev also scored, and Mike Dunham made 27 saves for the Rangers, 10th in the 15-team Eastern Conference.
Wild 4, Blues 0
In St. Paul, Minnesota, Wes Walz scored twice, once on a penalty shot, and All-Star goalie Dwayne Roloson made 24 saves for the Wild for his third shutout of the season.
Sergei Zholtok and Pascal Dupuis also scored.
Blues goalie Chris Osgood, who has one win in his last 16 starts, was replaced by Reinhard Divis midway through the second period after Dupuis made it 3-0.
Oilers 2, Mighty Ducks 1, OT
In Edmonton, Alberta, Jarret Stoll scored 36 seconds into overtime to lift the OIlers past Anaheim.
Martin Gerber stopped Igor Ulanov's point shot, but Stoll converted the rebound for his seventh goal of the season.
Ethan Moreau added a first-period goals for the Oilers. Joffrey Lupul scored for Anaheim, which has gone to overtime in four of its last six games.
Blue Jackets 3, Coyotes 3
In Glendale, Arizona, David Vyborny scored on a penalty shot and had an assist, and Anders Eriksson added two goals to help Columbus tie the Coyotes.
Brian Boucher stopped 25 shots for Phoenix, and Ladislav Nagy, Jan Hrdina and Mike Sillinger had goals.
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