Sidney Crosby scored the only goal in a shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins over Philadelphia 5-4 on Thursday night, extending the Flyers' franchise-worst home losing streak to 13 games.
Mike Knuble's second goal with 1:24 left in regulation forced overtime and Simon Gagne had two power-play goals for Philadelphia, which has the fewest wins (13) and points (34) in the NHL. Flyers captain Peter Forsberg had three assists.
Mark Recchi and Erik Christensen scored 30 seconds apart early in the third period and Jordan Staal and Michel Ouellet also had goals for the Penguins, who have won 10 of 12 with two overtime losses.
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The Flyers haven't won at home since Nov. 24 and have just three victories there in 25 games. It was just the second time in 33 games the Penguins won when Crosby didn't have a point.
Senators 4, Canadiens 1
At Ottawa, Dany Heatley scored his team-high 32nd goal early in the second period and Peter Schaefer scored during a power play later in the period, leading Ottawa over Montreal.
Jason Spezza scored his 21st with 1:31 remaining. Chris Phillips scored in the first and Ray Emery made 27 saves for the Senators.
Canadiens rookie Guillaume Latendresse scored on a penalty shot late in the second to cut Montreal's deficit to 3-1.
Blue Jackets 2, Flames 1
At Columbus, Ohio, David Vyborny and Fredrik Modin ended a long Columbus scoring drought with third-period goals to beat Calgary.
Fredrik Norrena stopped 24 shots for Columbus, which ended a three-game losing skid.
Matthew Lombardi scored for the Flames and Kristian Huselius extended his point streak to 14 games.
Hurricanes 5, Bruins 2
At Boston, Ray Whitney had three goals and an assist to lift Carolina over Boston.
Carolina trailed 1-0 but scored four goals in the final 4:24 of the second period. Whitney needed only 1:40 to notch his second NHL hat trick and then helped set up Justin Williams' team-leading 28th goal with 2.6 seconds remaining in the period.
Carolina won for the third time in nine games and took three of four in the season series against the Bruins.
Hurricanes left wing Erik Cole had to be helped off the ice with a lower body injury at 8:46 of the second period and didn't return.
Rod Brind'Amour added an empty-net goal and had three assists. Cam Ward made 34 saves for Carolina.
Brandon Bochenski scored twice and Paul Mara had his second point in 12 games for Boston.
Capitals 4, Kings 3, OT
At Washington, Dainius Zubrus poked in a rebound 2:28 into overtime to give Washington a win over Los Angeles.
Boyd Gordon, Ben Clymer and Chris Clark also scored for the Capitals, and Alex Ovechkin earned a second-period assist to end the longest scoring drought of his young career -- he had gone three games without a point.
Anze Kopitar, Alexander Frolov and Lubomir Visnovsky scored for the Kings, who lost to the Capitals on the road for the first time in nearly nine years.
Devils 2, Islanders 0
At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Martin Brodeur posted his NHL-best 10th shutout of the season, stopping 25 shots to lead New Jersey over New York.
Jamie Langenbrunner broke a scoreless tie midway through the second period and Jay Pandolfo added a short-handed goal with 3:36 left to lead the Devils to their fourth straight win and 15th in 20 games.
Brodeur had to work hard late to preserve his 90th career regular-season shutout.
The loss overshadowed an outstanding 35-save performance by Islanders goalie Rick DiPietro.
Blues 1, Red Wings 0
At St. Louis, Bill Guerin scored and Manny Legace and Curtis Sanford combined to stop 23 shots as St. Louis handed Detroit its first shutout loss in 176 games.
The Red Wings last were shut out on Jan. 7, 2004, in a 3-0 loss to Boston. Calgary holds the NHL record for consecutive games without being blanked -- 264 from Nov. 12, 1981 to Jan. 9, 1985.
Legace was crunched by the Red Wings' Tomas Holmstrom in a collision in front of the goal with 15:47 left in the second period. He was replaced by Sanford, who made 13 saves.
Wild 4, Panthers 2
At St. Paul, Minnesota, Brent Burns had a goal and an assist in the third period and Niklas Backstrom made 41 saves to lead Minnesota past Florida.
Mark Parrish, Todd White and Pavol Demitra also scored for the Wild, who moved within one point of division-leading Calgary.
Nathan Horton and Martin Gelinas scored for the struggling Panthers, who couldn't overcome a shaky night from 41-year-old goaltender Ed Belfour.
Wild winger Branko Radivojevic tied a career high with three assists and White added one for Minnesota, which bounced back from a recent slide at home.
Predators 4, Maple Leafs 2
At Nashville, Tennessee, Steve Sullivan scored a power-play goal and assisted on another as Nash-ville beat Toronto.
David Legwand, Jean-Pierre Dumont and Vernon Fiddler added goals for Nashville, which won its eighth straight at home.
Alexei Ponikarovsky and Chad Kilger scored for Toronto, but the Maple Leafs' five-game winning streak was snapped.
Thrashers 6, Avalanche 3
At Denver, Garnet Exelby's first goal of the season glanced off Karlis Skrastins and went right past goalie Jose Theodore, who was pulled after allowing three goals on 11 shots in the first period.
Exelby's shot followed goals from Brad Larsen and Vyacheslav Kozlov. Those weren't entirely Theodore's fault, either.
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