NHL: New Jersey Devils beat Washington Capitals

The New Jersey Devils' Sheldon Brookbank, left, fights with the Washington Capitals' Donald Brashear during their NHL game in Washington on Sunday. PHOTO: AP

John Madden backhanded a rebound under goalie Brent Johnson's pad with 50 seconds remaining in overtime, as the New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 2-1 to move atop the NHL Eastern Conference on Sunday.

Martin Brodeur, making his 22nd consecutive start, made 37 saves for the Devils, who have won five straight to move ahead of idle Ottawa in a crowded race for the conference's top seed.

Jamie Langenbrunner scored on a 5-on-3 power play early in the third period for the Devils. Alexander Semin tied the game about two minutes later for the Capitals.

Washington's Alex Ovechkin, who leads the NHL with 48 goals, was held without a goal for a season-high fifth-straight game.

Flames 2, Wild 1

At St. Paul, Minnesota, Daymond Langkow and Craig Conroy scored, Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 38 shots and Calgary beat Minnesota a fourth-straight time to replace the Wild atop the Northwest Division.

Sharks 2, Penguins 1, SO

At Pittsburgh, Jeremy Roenick scored the winner as all three San Jose skaters were successful in the shootout and Jonathan Cheechoo had the Sharks' only goal in regulation.

Pittsburgh in a shootout a day after wasting a three-goal lead in a 4-3 overtime loss to Ottawa, even though Eric Christensen and Jarkko Ruutu beat Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov in the shootout. Kris Letang was the only skater who didn't score in the shootout, as Cheechoo and Joe Pavelski also beat Penguins goalie Ty Conklin.

Roenick is 3-for-3 on shootout attempts this season.

Rangers 5, Panthers 0

At New York, much-maligned Marek Malik scored his first goal of the season, and Jaromir Jagr netted his second in two games in New York's blanking of Florida.

Malik, the defenseman who hears boos from the home crowd each time he touches the puck, snapped a 32-game drought when he doubled New York's lead in the second period.

Ducks 6, Blackhawks 3

At Anaheim, California, Teemu Selanne had his 20th career three-goal game to overtake Rocket Richard for 25th place on the career goal list and lead Anaheim to victory.

Selanne, whose 47 goals during the 1998-99 season made him the first recipient of the Maurice Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goalscorer, increased his career total to 546. Selanne has played in 1,051 regular-season games -- 73 more than Richard.

Patrick Sharp had two goals and an assist for Chicago, increasing his career high total to 31 and becoming the Blackhawks' first 30-goal scorer since Eric Daze finished the 2001-02 season with 38. Rookie Jonathan Toews had three assists.

Coyotes 2, Blues 0

At Glendale, Arizona, Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 35 shots for his second shutout of the season and fourth of his career.

Zbynek Michalek and Joel Perrault scored for Phoenix, whose 31 wins are one more than all of last season.

Manny Legace made 18 saves for St. Louis, who have lost three straight overall and eight of nine against Phoenix.

Oilers 3, Avalanche 2

At Edmonton, Alberta, Andrew Cogliano's third-period goal helped Edmonton end a three-game losing streak and ruin the return of Joe Sakic to the Colorado lineup.