Mike Modano set a career franchise record for power-play goals, and Niko Kapanen added a short-handed goal to send the Dallas Stars over the Calgary Flames 3-2 in the NHL on Sunday.
Jason Arnott snapped a 2-all tie with his 28th goal of the season early in the second period and the Stars held on to win for the 10th time in 12 games.
Modano scored his 135th power-play goal at 6:18 of the second period, pushing him in front of Brian Bellows on the team's career list and giving the Stars a 2-1 lead.
"It's something I've known I was creeping up on," said Modano, who hasn't played for any other NHL franchise. "It's been fun chasing these numbers and breaking records. I'm fortunate enough to be around long enough to accumulate those numbers and have great players around you to reach those goals."
Marty Turco stopped 17 shots for Dallas, and set a single-season franchise record with his NHL-high 38th victory.
"He's had a very good year," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "The number he cares most about is wins. The other numbers are inconsequential.
"That's a credit to him; 38 wins is a lot of wins."
Jamie Lundmark and Jordan Leopold had power-play goals for Calgary.
Sharks 5, Blackhawks 4, OT
At Chicago, Tom Preissing scored on a power play 1:24 into overtime and surging San Jose beat Chicago.
Kyle Calder's power-play goal with 1:12 left in regulation tied it for Chicago at 4. But Chicago's Jim Vandermeer was called for holding with 26 seconds left in regulation, giving the Sharks a 4-on-3 power play to start the extra period.
San Jose took a 4-3 lead on Mark Smith's goal at 7:33 of the third period.
The Sharks have won eight of 11. The Blackhawks have lost five straight.
Radim Vrbata's second goal of the game gave the Blackhawks a 3-2 lead in the second, but the Sharks tied it when Nils Ekman took a nice pass from Joe Thornton to score with just under 2 minutes left in the period.
Maple Leafs 4, Devils 3
At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 36 saves in his season debut, and Toronto kept pace in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Chad Kilger, Kyle Wellwood, Mats Sundin and Matt Stajan had goals for the Maple Leafs, who bounced back from consecutive blowout losses to Montreal.
Toronto is in 10th place, seven points behind Montreal and New Jersey who are tied for seventh and currently occupy the final two playoff positions in the East. Ninth-place Atlanta is three points off the pace.
The Devils have lost four of five.
Eric Rasmussen, Scott Gomez and Patrik Elias scored for the Devils and Martin Brodeur was back in goal after a one-game rest.
Canadiens 6, Penguins 5
At Pittsburgh, Chris Higgins and Alex Kovalev each had two goals, and Montreal avoided a season sweep by Pittsburgh.
Montreal, which was 0-3 against the NHL's worst team, has won three in a row and four of five. Saku Koivu recorded three assists.
Colby Armstrong had two goals, and Sidney Crosby added two assists for the Penguins, who also got a goal from Noah Welch -- his first in the NHL.
Radek Bonk gave the Canadiens a 2-0 lead. From there, the teams alternated goals.
Oilers 4, Avalanche 3, SO
At Denver, Sergei Samsonov scored the lone shootout goal on the first attempt in the tiebreaker for Edmonton.
After Samsonov scored, Edmonton's Michael Peca and Ryan Smyth failed to get the puck past Colorado goalie Peter Budaj. The Oilers' Dwayne Roloson stopped Antti Laaksonen, Milan Hejduk and Joe Sakic in the shootout.
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