Devils 3, Canadiens 2
At Montreal, Brian Gionta got his 43rd goal and Scott Gomez scored twice -- his 29th and 30th -- and New Jersey took sole possession of sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Martin Brodeur made 40 saves for New Jersey, which won its sixth in a row and moved two points clear of seventh-place Montreal.
Red Wings 4, Blue Jackets 2
At Columbus, Ohio, Jason Williams scored the go-ahead goal and Chris Osgood made it stand for Detroit.
Brendan Shanahan and Tomas Holmstrom also had goals for Detroit, which cemented its position atop the Presidents' Trophy standings with 114 points. Chris Chelios added an empty-net goal.
Thrashers 5, Hurricanes 2
At Atlanta, Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 51st goal to offset Justin Williams' two-goal effort and keep Atlanta's slim playoff hopes alive.
Atlanta has won two of three, but remain six points behind Tampa Bay for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference.
The Hurricanes, who are tied with Ottawa for first in the East, saw their three-game winning streak end.
Peter Bondra, Scott Mellanby, Marc Savard and Serge Aubin all scored for Atlanta.
Sabres 6, Senators 2
At Ottawa, Tim Connolly scored two goals and had an assist to lead Buffalo over Ottawa.
The win allowed Buffalo to get within six points of Ottawa for the Northeast Division lead. Buffalo has four games left to play while the Senators have five.
The Senators have lost three straight games for the first time all season.
Canucks 3, Flames 2, OT
At Vancouver, British Columbia, Ed Jovanovski returned from a two and a half month absence to score the winning goal with 2:33 left in overtime, lifting Vancouver over Calgary.
Despite the loss, Calgary clinched a playoff spot when Mark Giordano and Byron Ritchie scored two minutes apart midway through the third period to force overtime, giving the Flames a point for the seventh straight game.
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