Canucks 2, Flames 1
At Calgary, Alberta, Markus Naslund and Anson Carter scored nine seconds apart in the second period to help move the Vancouver into a first-place tie with Calgary atop the Northwest Division.
Vancouver (34-21-5) has won three straight against its division rival after losing the first four meetings of the season. The Canucks continue a three-game road trip Thursday night in Nashville.
Robyn Regehr gave Calgary a 1-0 lead in the first period. The Canucks answered with two goals in the second period.
At 18:20, Steve McCarthy's pass to Brendan Morrison at the Flames blue-line caught Calgary on a line change. Morrison then chipped the puck to Naslund, who broke in alone and fired a high shot past Miikka Kiprusoff.
Just nine seconds later, Bryan Allen and Olympic goal medallist Daniel Sedin combined to spring Carter for his 22nd of the year.
Avalanche 4, Wild 2
At Denver, Milan Hejduk had a goal and an assist and David Aebischer stopped 33 shots and continued his mastery of Minnesota.
Aebischer improved to 4-0 against the Wild this year and has allowed only six goals in those games. He is 9-2-0 against Minnesota in his career.
Rob Blake, Brad May and Andrew Brunette had goals. Joe Sakic added three assists for the Avalanche.
Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Marian Gaborik had power play goals for Minnesota as Jacques Lemaire failed to earn his 400th coaching win.
Sharks 5, Red Wings 1
At San Jose, California, Joe Thornton had a goal and three assists and Jonathan Cheechoo also scored one of San Jose's franchise-record five power play goals as the Sharks beat the depleted Detroit.
Nils Ekman, Christian Ehrhoff and Patrick Marleau also scored for the Sharks, who won their fourth straight game.
Brett Lebda scored for the Red Wings, who had their six-game winning streak stopped.
With Swedish gold-medalists Nicklas Lidstrom, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom getting an extra day off, the Red Wings relied on a makeshift lineup without much success. Detroit had killed off 45 of its last 47 penalties entering the contest, and 73 of 78.
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