Martin Brodeur made 31 saves for his NHL-leading 12th shutout of the season and Jamie Langenbrunner scored as the New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 on Tuesday.
Brodeur set a new career-high for shutouts in a season with the 92nd of his career. He's third on the career list, two behind George Hainesworth and 11 behind leader Terry Sawchuk.
It was the second time this season Brodeur blanked the Penguins, who fell 11 points behind the Atlantic Division-leading Devils by losing for the third time in four outings since having a 16-game point streak snapped.
Senators 4, Hurricanes 2
At Raleigh, North Carolina, Wade Redden scored the go-ahead goal with 4:48 left for Ottawa.
Dany Heatley and Anton Volchenkov also scored and Jason Spezza had an empty-net goal and two assists for the Senators, who scored three third-period goals to win their seventh in eight games.
Rangers 4, Canadiens 0
At New York, Marcel Hossa scored two goals for New York and Henrik Lundqvist made 19 saves in his third shutout this season.
Hossa found the net twice in the second period, giving the emerging left winger eight goals in 11 games. Playing on a line with captain Jaromir Jagr and Michael Nylander, in the absence of injured forwards Martin Straka and Brendan Shanahan.
Panthers 6, Capitals 5, SO
At Washington, Olli Jokinen scored three goals, and Florida won its first shootout of the season on goals by Jozef Stumpel and Ville Peltonen.
The Panthers were 0-7 in shootouts and 1-13 in games that extended beyond regulation.
Stars 2, Lightning 1, OT
At Tampa, Florida, Ladislav Nagy scored with 3:25 left in overtime to give Dallas a victory.
Nagy scored from the slot off a pass from Mike Ribeiro, who was positioned behind the net.
Sabres 6, Maple Leafs 1
At Toronto, Jochen Hecht scored twice and had an assist to lead Buffalo to a rout of Toronto.
Jason Pominville, Drew Stafford, Derek Roy and Clarke MacArthur scored for the Eastern Conference-leading Sabres, who completed four trades to bolster an injury-wracked lineup.
Islanders 6, Flyers 5, OT
At Uniondale, New York, Trent Hunter scored his second goal on a power play with 30.7 seconds left in overtime and New York won after trading for All-Star Ryan Smyth.
Hunter took the puck in the slot and beat Antero Nittymaki for his 19th goal as the Islanders moved into a tie for seventh place in the Eastern Conference with Montreal.
Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1
At Chicago, Tomas Holmstrom scored two goals and Dominik Hasek made 24 saves to lead Detroit.
Kyle Calder had a goal and assist in his first game with Detroit, which is 10-2-2 in its last 14 games.
Avalanche 3, Blue Jackets 2
At Denver, Peter Budaj stopped 21 shots and Colorado survived a late scare.
Andrew Brunette and Paul Stastny extended point streaks with a goal each. Brunette has an 11-game point streak and Stastny a 13-game streak. Mark Rycroft added his fifth goal of the year.
Blues 3, Canucks 1
At St. Louis, Doug Weight scored twice in the third period, getting the game-winner on a breakaway for St. Louis.
The Blues won their first game since trading their top two players in the final 48 hours before Tuesday's deadline. Bill Guerin went to San Jose on Tuesday and Keith Tkachuk to Atlanta on Sunday.
Coyotes 3, Oilers 0
At Edmonton, Curtis Joseph made 26 saves and Phoenix won on the day Edmonton retired Mark Messier's No. 11 and dealt All-Star Ryan Smyth away.
Owen Nolan scored his 15th goal in the first period, Yanick Lehoux his first goal of the year in the second, and Steven Reinprecht made it 3-0 minutes later.
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