Sergei Samsonov scored with 1:07 left in overtime on Friday as the Carolina Hurricanes edged Philadelphia to end the Flyers’ six-game winning streak.
Samsonov put a forehand past goaltender Martin Biron’s glove side as the Hurricanes ended their three-game slide.
The Flyers, who won seven of their previous eight, were denied their longest winning streak since they won eight straight in 1999-2000.
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Patrick Dwyer and Tuomo Ruutu also scored for the Hurricanes. Cam Ward stopped 24 shots, including brilliant saves on breakaways by Scottie Upshall and Jeff Carter late in the first period.
Joffrey Lupul and Carter each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers. Biron had 27 saves.
SHARKS 6, STARS 2
At Dallas, Dan Boyle scored two goals, Evgeni Nabokov made 25 saves and NHL-leading San Jose won its sixth straight to improve to 19-3-1.
The Sharks played for the first time in Dallas since losing to the Stars in four overtimes last season in the Western Conference semi-finals.
Joe Pavelski, Milan Michalek, Rob Blake and Tomas Plihal also scored for San Jose. Loui Eriksson and James Neal scored for Dallas.
CAPITALS 3, CANADIENS 0
At Washington, Jose Theodore made 28 saves for the first shutout with Washington, and Alex Ovechkin, Tomas Fleischmann and David Steckel scored goals.
Theodore, who spent parts of 10 seasons with Montreal before being traded to Colorado in March 2006, was making his second start against the Canadiens. In the first, he allowed eight goals in a loss with Colorado on Oct. 21, 2006.
The win was the Capitals’ seventh straight at home — their longest streak since also winning seven in a row from Nov. 17 to Dec. 16, 2000. Washington is 9-0-1 at home this season, and is 15-0-1 since March 9.
SABRES 4, PENGUINS 3
At Buffalo, Paul Gaustad broke a tie with his second goal and Drew Stafford had two goals and an assist in Buffalo’s comeback victory.
Sidney Crosby scored twice and Tyler Kennedy added a goal for Pittsburgh. Evgeni Malkin had two assists to boost his NHL-leading points total to 37, and rookie John Curry made 28 saves in his first NHL start.
RANGERS 4, PANTHERS 3, SO
At Sunrise, Florida, Markus Naslund and Nikolai Zherdev scored in a shootout, and Henrik Lundqvist made 38 saves in regulation and overtime for New York.
Lundqvist allowed Rostislav Olesz’s goal in the tiebreaker, then stopped the final two attempts to improve to 5-1 in shootouts this season.
Zherdev, Dan Fritsche and Aaron Voros scored in regulation for New York, and Radek Dvorak, Jay Bouwmeester and David Booth countered for Florida.
RED WINGS 5, BLUE JACKETS 3
At Detroit, Marian Hossa scored his second goal of the game with 2 minutes left, and Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and assist for Detroit.
Jiri Hudler and Kris Draper also scored, and Chris Osgood made 13 saves. Fedor Tyutin scored twice for Columbus, and Jakub Voracek added a goal.
PREDATORS 4, THRASHERS 3, OT
Ryan Suter beat Johan Hedberg on a breakaway 1:44 into overtime to give Nashville its first win in Atlanta since December 1999.
Dan Hamhuis and Scott Nichol each had a goal and an assist, and Jason Arnott scored his team-leading 11th goal for Nashville. Ilya Kovalchuk, Nathan Oystrick and Todd White scored for Atlanta.
WILD 4, LIGHTNING 2
Playing at St. Paul, Minnesota, Marc-Andre Bergeron assisted on a pair of goals early in the third period for the hosts.
With the Wild trailing 2-1, Bergeron’s slap shot was tipped in by James Sheppard. The defenseman then set up Mikko Koivu’s winning goal as the Wild denied new Lightning coach Rick Tocchet his first road win.
Eric Belanger scored an empty-net goal in the final minute for the Wild, who won for the first time this season when trailing after 40 minutes. Ryan Malone scored his third goal in as many games for the Lightning.
COYOTES 2, AVALANCHE 1
At Glendale, Arizona, Mikael Tellqvist stopped 37 shots in his second consecutive start for Phoenix.
Derek Morris and Kevin Porter scored and Enver Lisin added a pair of assists for the Coyotes, who won their second straight after a six-game winless streak.
DUCKS 1, BLACKHAWKS 0
At Anaheim, California, Jonas Hiller made 26 saves and Ryan Getzlaf scored for the Ducks.
Getzlaf sent a backhand past Cristobal Huet with 4:41 to play in the second and Hiller made six saves in the third to secure Anaheim’s third consecutive win and his second career shutout.
BRUINS 7, ISLANDERS 2
At Boston, Blake Wheeler and David Krejci set up each other for scores 10 seconds apart in Boston’s five-goal third period, helping the Bruins pull away for their 10th win in 12 games.
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