Jeff Schultz scored 53 seconds into the second period, lifting the Washington Capitals over New Jersey 3-2 and snapping the Devils' point streak at 10 NHL games on Monday.
The Devils lost for the second consecutive night after winning nine straight.
John Madden and David Clarkson scored for New Jersey.
Quintin Laing scored Alex Ovechkin had an assist, giving him nine points (four goals and five assists) in five games.
Stars 5, Oilers 4, OT
At Dallas, Brenden Morrow's power-play goal in overtime lifted Dallas to a victory.
Morrow scored his 10th of the season on Sergei Zubov's redirected pass with a minute left in the 5-minute overtime while the Stars skated 4-on-3.
Edmonton is 3-1-17 in Dallas since 1996.
Bruins 4, Sabres 1
At Buffalo, New York, Alex Auld made 44 saves, and Marc Savard had a goal and assist to lift Boston to its second straight win.
Auld made several scintillating saves in the second and third periods when Boston was outshot by a 33-15 margin.
P.J. Axelsson, Peter Schaefer and Glen Metropolit also scored for the Bruins, who won their second straight and third in five games.
Jaroslav Spacek scored for Buffalo and goalie Ryan Miller finished with 17 saves.
Maple Leafs 6, Lightning 1
At Toronto, Jason Blake started a four-goal spurt in the second period, Chad Kilger scored twice and Toronto routed Tampa Bay.
Matt Stajan, Nik Antropov and captain Mats Sundin also scored for the Leafs, who play their next seven games on the road.
Michel Ouellet scored for the Lightning, who have a NHL-worst 2-1-11 road record.
League-leading scorer Vincent Lecavalier did not get a point for the for the first time since Tampa Bay's game on Nov. 29 against Detroit.
Ducks 4, Blue Jackets 3, OT
At Columbus, Ohio, Chris Pronger scored a power-play goal with 1:45 left in overtime to give Anaheim the win.
The 14-year veteran earlier had an assist in his 900th career game.
Corey Perry had two power-play goals and Samuel Pahlsson scored on a penalty shot for Anaheim. Mathieu Schneider and Ryan Getzlaf each had two assists.
Rostislav Klesla and Nikolai Zherdev each had a power-play goal and an assist for Columbus. Kris Beech also scored and Michael Peca added two assists.
Red Wings 2, Predators 1
At Nashville, Tennessee, Tomas Kopecky and Valterri Filppula scored, and Detroit won its seventh straight.
Kings 4, Canucks 2
At Los Angeles, Anze Kopitar scored the go-ahead goal and Jean-Sebastien Aubin made 26 saves as LosAngeles downed Vancouver.
Derek Armstrong and defenseman Brad Stuart also scored for the Kings, and Dustin Brown connected during a two-man power play in the third period.
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