The Los Angeles Kings remain unbeaten at home this season after a 1-0 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL on Thursday.
The Kings remained atop the overall standings thanks to five wins from five home games.
Goaltender Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in his ninth career shutout, while Justin Williams scored the sole goal with 14:40 to play.
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Los Angeles beat Tampa Bay at home for just the second time in franchise history.
After two scoreless, tight-checking periods, Williams broke through. He had trouble controlling the puck and did a full spin in front of Lightning goalie Mike Smith before scoring in his fourth consecutive game.
FLYERS 4, RANGERS 1
In Philadelphia, former Rangers Blair Betts and Nikolay Zherdev scored for Philadelphia in a win over New York.
Mike Richards and Chris Pronger added power-play goals for Philadelphia which extended its season-best winning streak to five games.
It was the first meeting between the teams since Philadelphia had a shootout win that sent the Flyers into the playoffs last season, when they went all the way to the -Stanley Cup finals.
Brandon Dubinsky scored for New York to take his team-leading total to eight goals in 12 games.
BLUE JACKETS 3, THRASHERS
In Atlanta, Mathieu Garon stopped 25 shots for his second straight shutout, helping Columbus defeat Atlanta.
Derick Brassard scored for the fifth time in six games, on a snap shot early in the second period. Brassard, who had only nine goals in 79 games last season, also had an assist when Marc Methot scored midway through the third period for a 2-0 lead. R.J. -Umberger added an empty-netter.
Canucks 3, Avalanche 1
In Denver, Vancouver made it five straight wins by downing Colorado.
Backup goalie Cory Schneider stopped 33 shots, while Ryan Kesler, Henrik Sedin and Raffi Torres all scored on power-play goals for Vancouver. Colorado’s David Van Der Gulik scored his first NHL goal late in the game.
The Canucks gave starter Roberto Luongo the night off, starting Schneider for the first time in nearly two weeks. Schneider hardly looked rusty, shutting down the top-scoring team in the league.
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