Erik Karlsson’s two goals and an assist led the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday night, despite Penguins star Sidney Crosby extending his points streak to 24 games.
Jason Spezza also scored three points for Ottawa, but left in the second with an upper-body injury.
Crosby’s 30th goal spoiled Brian Elliott’s shutout bid. However, Crosby, the NHL’s leading scorer with 61 points, also conceded a couple of costly penalties.
Mike Fisher scored the first of Ottawa’s two power-play goals midway through the first after Crosby was sent off for hooking.
Karlsson made it 2-0 at 13:42 during a delayed slashing call against Crosby, who also hooked Chris Phillips late in the second to negate a Penguins power play.
Elliott turned aside 44 shots, including 22 in the second period, as Ottawa won consecutive games for the first time since a season-high four-game winning streak early last month.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves for Pittsburgh, who had won 16 of 18, including three in a row.
CAPITALS 3, HURRICANES 2
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Alex Ovechkin ended an eight-game drought without a goal and added an assist for Washington, who held on for the win.
Mathieu Perreault and David Steckel also scored for the Capitals.
They have won three of four and swept the Hurricanes on their home ice for the first time since the 1997-1998 season.
Carolina have lost three straight in regulation for the first time this season.
BLACKHAWKS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1
In Chicago, Patrick Sharp scored two goals and Marty Turco made 26 saves to lead the Blackhawks to their fourth straight win.
Turco lost a bid for his second shutout this season when Derick Brassard scored on a screened power-play goal with 2:26 left in the third period.
Tomas Kopecky and Dave Bolland also scored for Chicago, who have allowed just five goals during their winning streak.
MAPLE LEAFS 4, DEVILS 1
In Newark, New Jersey, Jonas Gustavsson stopped 29 shots and Colby Armstrong scored two goals as Toronto ended a three-game losing streak.
The Devils (9-24-2), who have the fewest points in the NHL, have lost five straight and 10 of 11 this month. New Jersey are 0-2 since Jacques Lemaire replaced John MacLean and began his third stint as Devils coach.
John Mitchell and Nikolai Kulemin also scored for the Maple Leafs, who are 10 points ahead of the last-placed Devils.
ISLANDERS 4, CANADIENS 1
In Uniondale, New York, Dwayne Roloson stopped 37 shots as the Islanders stretched their winning streak to three.
Blake Comeau, Michael Grabner, P.A. Parenteau and James Wisniewski scored for the Islanders, who tied their longest winning streak of the season and extended their point streak to five games (4-0-1).
The announced attendance was only 3,136 on a snowy night on Long Island. Newsday reported on its Web site that the NHL turned down the requests of the Islanders and Nassau County to postpone the game.
Tomas Plekanec scored Montreal’s only goal. Carey Price made 21 saves.
CANUCKS 3, OILERS 2
In Vancouver, Kevin Bieksa’s goal with 24 seconds left gave the Canucks victory.
Alex Burrows sent a long pass from behind the net to the point, where Bieksa fired it past screened goalie Nikolai Khabibulin.
The Canucks earned their 11th win in 14 games. They have not lost in regulation since Dec. 5 against St Louis. Jeff Tambellini and Mikael Samuelsson also scored for Vancouver.
Ryan O’Marra netted his first NHL goal and Ryan Whitney also scored for the Oilers, who are winless in three meetings with Vancouver this season.
LIGHTNING 3, THRASHERS 2, OT
In Atlanta, Georgia, Vincent Lecavalier’s second goal of the game — a power play 1:13 into overtime — gave Tampa Bay victory.
Steven Stamkos also scored his 28th goal for the Lightning, who have won two straight and six of seven. Lecavalier has six goals this season and three in two games.
Zach Bogosian and Fredrik Modin scored for the Thrashers. Ondrej Pavelec made 31 saves.
The Lightning have won nine straight against Atlanta, including four this season over their Southeast Division rivals.
KINGS 4, DUCKS 1
In Los Angeles, Dustin Brown scored a goal and an assist after getting flattened by a punch as the Kings beat the Ducks in the second installment of the “Freeway Faceoff.” Wayne Simmonds, Anze Kopitar and Justin Williams also scored against Jonas Hiller, who stopped 19 of 23 shots. He was replaced with 2:03 left in the second period by Curtis McElhinney after Brown’s power-play goal made it 4-1.
Matt Beleskey, playing his first game with the Ducks since Dec. 7 after being recalled from Syracuse of the AHL, scored Anaheim’s goal. In the first period, he sent Brown to the ice with an uppercut to the face after the Kings captain got a little too close to Hiller as he froze the puck in the crease.
RED WINGS 4, WILD 1
In St Paul, Minnesota, Henrik Zetterberg scored a goal and an assist to power the Red Wings to victory.
Daniel Cleary, Kris Draper and Tomas Holmstrom also scored for Detroit, who won for just the second time in five games.
Brent Burns had a late power-play goal for Minnesota, who lost for the first time in four games.
COYOTES 1, STARS 0
In Dallas, Jason LaBarbera stopped 29 shots for his fifth career shutout and Kyle Turris scored in the second period, leading Phoenix to the win.
LaBarbera was making his fifth straight start in place of the Coyotes’ No. 1 goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, who is out because of a lower-body injury.
The goaltender, who had surrendered 15 goals over his previous four starts, turned aside a penalty shot by Loui Eriksson in the second period.
The Stars pulled goalie Kari Lehtonen for an extra attacker with 1:32 left, but Eriksson missed the net on a close-range attempt.
Blues 2, Predators 0
In St Louis, Missouri, Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves for his fourth shutout and David Backes scored twice, sending St Louis to their third consecutive win.
Halak, who came to the Blues in an offseason trade with Montreal, has been in goal for each game during the winning streak. Sunday’s shutout was the 13th of his career.
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