Aaron Downey scored his first goal of the season and Scott Young had a power-play goal for the Blues, last in the NHL with 16 points.
Wild 4, Canadiens 3, OT
At St. Paul, Minnesota, Kurtis Foster's one-timer with a second left on a 4-on-3 power play and 1:47 remaining in overtime lifted Minnesota past Montreal.
Brian Rolston had two goals and two assists for the Wild.
Michael Ryder's 15th goal of the season made it 3-2 early in the third period for the Canadiens.
Cristobal Huet made 24 saves in his first game of the season for Montreal, which got goals from Andrei Markov and Richard Zednik.
Dwayne Roloson ended a six-start losing streak and stopped 30 shots for Minnesota. Todd White also had a goal for the Wild.
Flames 3, Bruins 0
At Calgary, Alberta, Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 26 shots in his fifth shutout of the season for Calgary.
Defenseman Dion Phaneuf, Tony Amonte and Stephane Yelle scored for the Flames.
Oilers 5, Canucks 4, OT
At Vancouver, British Columbia, Mike Peca scored 4:08 into overtime and Edmonton stopped Vancouver's four-game winning streak.
Shawn Horcoff sent the game into extra time when he tied it up with 7:27 left in regulation.
Marty Reasoner, with the Oilers' third power-play goal of the night, cut the deficit to 4-3 just 3 minutes into the period.
Ales Hemsky and Ryan Smyth also scored for the Oilers, who improved to 18-11-4.
Todd Bertuzzi scored twice for the Canucks.
Kings 4, Coyotes 1
At Los Angeles, Phoenix fell to Los Angeles just hours after Wayne Gretzky stepped down as coach.
Craig Conroy ended a 13-game goal drought during a power play and set up set up goals by Pavol Demitra and Joe Corvo in the victory.
Gretzky's associate coach Rick Tocchet ran the club.
Michael Cammalleri also scored and Lubomir Visnovsky had two assists for the Kings.
Mathieu Garon finished with 25 saves.
Phoenix's Brian Boucher, in his season debut, stopped 33 shots.
Wayne Gretzky took an indefinite leave as coach of the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday to return to Brantford, Ontario to be with his mother, who has lung cancer.
"We respect and support Wayne's decision," Coyotes general manager Michael Barnett said in a statement.
Associate coach Rick Tocchet assumed head coaching duties until Gretzky returns.
In his first season as coach, Gretzky -- also the Coyotes' managing partner -- has led Phoenix to a 16-14-2 record. The Coyotes are tied for third place in the Pacific Division.
Gretzky cited his mother's illness as a reason why he didn't resume his role as the head of the Canadian national team during the World Championship in Austria earlier this year. He said then that her condition was improving.
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