At Uniondale, New York, Blake Comeau had his first career hat trick and sparked a four-goal, second-period rally to lift the New York Islanders over Chicago.
Comeau, Jon Sim and Richard Park scored three goals in a 4:39 stretch in the second, helping the Islanders win for the just the third time in 12 games.
US Olympian Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists. Brian Campbell and Dustin Byfuglien also scored, but the Blackhawks lost for the first time in five games.
THRASHERS 4, PANTHERS 2
At Atlanta, Rich Peverley scored and added an assist to reach 100 career points, and Johan Hedberg made 34 saves as Atlanta defeated Florida.
Colby Armstrong, Todd White and Pavel Kubina also scored for Atlanta.
Stephen Weiss scored for Florida and David Booth, who missed 45 games with a concussion, had his first goal since Oct. 24 and had an assist.
Backup goaltender Scott Clemmensen made his first start since Dec. 27 and made 35 saves.
CANUCKS 4, BLUE JACKETS 3, OT
At Columbus, Ohio, defenseman Christian Ehrhoff scored 1:33 into overtime as Vancouver rallied to beat Columbus.
Kyle Wellwood scored the tying goal, his eighth, with 5:19 left in regulation.
Alexandre Burrows and Pavol Demitra also found the net for Vancouver. Andrew Raycroft finished with 27 saves, filling in for Roberto Luongo.
Andrew Murray, Antoine Vermette and Derek Dorsett scored for Columbus.
BLUES 5, COYOTES 2
At Glendale, Arizona, Andy McDonald scored his team-leading 20th goal and T.J. Oshie added a goal and an assist to help St Louis beat Phoenix.
David Backes had a goal and an assist and Jay McClement also scored for the Blues.
Joel Perrault scored his first goal and Matthew Lombardi also had a goal for the Coyotes.
In other NHL action it was:
• Predators 4, Oilers 3
• Devils 4, Sharks 3
• Flyers 7, Lightning 2
• Hurricanes 5, Maple Leafs 1
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