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Devils down Carolina Hurricanes

Boston Bruins left wing Marco Sturm, center, takes out the Montreal Canadiens' Tomas Plekanec on a hard check during their NHL game in Boston on Thursday. PHOTO: AP

Patrik Elias scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Martin Brodeur made 20 saves in the New Jersey Devils' 4-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday.

Travis Zajac, Brian Gionta and Sergei Brylin also scored for New Jersey. Langenbrunner and Zach Parise each had two assists for the Atlantic Division-leading Devils, who have won seven of nine.

Brodeur allowed two goals or less for the seventh time in his last eight games.

Flyers 6, Rangers 2

At New York, Scott Hartnell scored three consecutive goals and Antero Niittymaki won his fourth straight start for Philadelphia.

New York grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first period on a rare pair of goals from hard-hitting forward Ryan Hollweg but that was gone midway through the second period.

Simon Gagne pushed the Philadelphia lead to 6-2, scoring a power-play goal with 5 minutes left. It was his first game back in the Flyers lineup since Nov. 7 when he was forced out for the second time with post-concussion symptoms. He sat out 30 games total.

Stefan Ruzicka scored his first of the season, Mike Knuble added a goal and Mike Richards had three assists for the Flyers, who have won six of seven.

Panthers 3, Thrashers 2, SO

At Atlanta, after Ilya Kovalchuk fired wide of the net on the final round of the shootout, Olli Jokinen beat goalie Kari Lehtonen on the stick side to seal Florida's win over Atlanta.

Kovalchuk scored his NHL-leading 36th goal in regulation.

Florida's Nathan Horton also scored in the shootout, while Slava Kozlov was the only Atlanta player to get one past Tomas Vokoun.

Penguins 4, Lightning 1

At Tampa Bay, Florida, Ty Conklin made 35 saves, Jordan Staal had two goals and an assist, and Pittsburgh beat Tampa Bay for its won its eighth straight win.

It's the Penguins' longest win streak since a 10-game stretch in January and February 1999. Pittsburgh also stopped a 12-game losing skid against Tampa Bay.

Canadiens 5, Bruins 2

At Boston, Alex Kovalev and Tomas Plekanec each had a goal and an assist to help Montreal down Boston and improve to 5-0-2 over its last seven.

Cristobal Huet made 23 saves for the Canadiens, who are unbeaten in their last four road games.

After Plekanec opened the scoring, Maxim Lapierre scored 54 seconds later when he jammed home a rebound of Christopher Higgins' shot that squirted through the pads of Bruins goalie Tim Thomas with 8:30 remaining.

Wild 6, Red Wings 5, SO

At Detroit, Martin Gaborik scored on the final attempt in a shootout, lifting Minnesota over Detroit.

The NHL-leading Red Wings appeared to have the game in hand with 1:08 left in regulation, when they went ahead for the first time on Dan Cleary's goal. But less than 20 seconds later, Eric Belanger grabbed a fluttering puck and poked it past Chris Osgood to force overtime.

In the shootout, Brian Rolston and Gaborik scored while Jiri Hudler was the only Red Wing to get a shot past Josh Harding.

In other NHL action on Thursday it was:

* Senators 3, Sabres 2, SO

* Blues 4, Stars 2

* Oilers 5, Coyotes 2

* Sharks 3, Canucks 1

* Kings 5, Maple Leafs 2
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