Steve Rucchin turned Sidney Crosby's early turnover into a short-handed goal, and Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves on Wednesday to lead the New York Rangers to another victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-1.
Crosby, playing despite being bothered by flu-like symptoms, had his pass at the New York blue line intercepted by Rucchin, who skated in alone and scored on Marc-Andre Fleury just 4:05 into the game.
Michal Rozsival snapped a 1-1 tie in the second period, and Petr Sykora added a power-play goal in the third for the Rangers, who defeated Pittsburgh at home for the second time in five days and for the fifth time this season (5-1-1).
Mark Recchi scored the tying goal during a power play with 9.4 seconds left in the opening period, but it wasn't enough to keep the Penguins from losing for the 13th time in 14 games (1-12-1).
Devils 5, Senators 3
At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Zach Parise, Grant Marshall and Jamie Langenbrunner scored first-period goals as New Jersey ended a franchise-record 154:05 scoring drought and held off Ottawa.
Sergei Brylin and Eric Rasmussen also scored for the Devils, and Martin Brodeur made 27 saves.
Antoine Vermette, Dany Heatley and Patrick Eaves scored for the Northeast Division-leading Senators, who lost their second straight game.
Red Wings 3, Blues 2
At Detroit, Henrik Zetterberg scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:55 remaining and Detroit rallied past St. Louis.
Mikael Samuelsson and Brendan Shanahan also scored for Detroit, and Manny Legace made 29 saves. Defenseman Niklas Kronwall, playing in his first game after offseason knee surgery, had two assists.
Lee Stempniak and Keith Tkachuk scored for St. Louis, and Curtis Sanford stopped 35 shots.
Stars 2, Predators 1
At Dallas, Brenden Morrow had a goal and an assist and Marty Turco made 23 saves as Dallas edged Nashville for its sixth straight win.
Philippe Boucher also scored for the Stars, who needed overtime or shootouts to win their previous four. Martin Erat got Nashville's only goal, at 7:15 of the third period, and Tomas Vokoun stopped 21 shots for the Predators, who lost their third in a row.
Blue Jackets 2, Flames 1
At Calgary, Alberta, Marc Denis made 36 saves in regulation and then two more in the shootout, leading Columbus past Calgary. The shootout was over quickly thanks to goals by the first two Columbus shooters, Jaroslav Balastik and Rick Nash. Denis denied Calgary's Tony Amonte and Jarome Iginla.
Sharks 6, Mighty Ducks 4
At Anaheim, California, Jonathan Cheechoo scored three goals for the second time this season against Anaheim, helping end the Mighty Ducks' three-game winning streak and San Jose's three-game skid.
Tom Preissing got the go-ahead goal on a power play with 7:04 left and Evgeni Nabokov made 35 saves. Mark Smith scored one of San Jose's three power-play goals, Nils Ekman scored into an empty net with one second remaining, and Joe Thornton had three assists.
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