Martin St Louis reached 1,000 career NHL points with a goal and an assist, while Cam Talbot made 26 saves as the New York Rangers beat the slumping Philadelphia Flyers 3-0 on Friday.
Rick Nash and Dan Boyle also scored for the Rangers (10-8-4), who shut out the Flyers for the second time in nine days.
Philadelphia (8-11-3) dropped to 1-6-1 in their last eight games while getting blanked for the third time in their last six. Boos rained down on the Flyers during the third period.
The Flyers held a players-only meeting after Wednesday’s 5-2 loss at Detroit, but responded with a similar result. The Rangers had skated to a 2-0 win over the Flyers on Nov. 19.
RED WINGS 5, DEVILS 4, SO
Gustav Nyquist scored the only goal in the shootout as Detroit rallied to beat New Jersey.
The Red Wings had trailed 4-1 before surging to victory.
Riley Sheahan, Xavier Ouellet, Justin Abdelkader and Drew Miller scored for the Red Wings in regulation. Backup goalie Petr Mrazek, in his second start of the season, made 21 saves for Detroit through overtime.
Mike Cammalleri scored two power-play goals for New Jersey. Jaromir Jagr got his 709th goal, moving into sole possession of sixth place on the NHL career list — one ahead of Mike Gartner. Peter Harrold also scored for the Devils.
Nyquist beat Cory Schneider in the third round of the shootout and Mrazek sealed the win with a pad stop on Michael Ryder.
BLACKHAWKS 4, DUCKS 1
Patrick Kane scored two goals, while Andrew Shaw and Brad Richards each had a goal and an assist, leading Chicago over Anaheim.
Corey Crawford made 23 saves, helping the Blackhawks win for the fifth time in six games.
Defenseman Hampus Lindholm scored for the two-time defending Pacific Division champions, while Frederik Andersen stopped 34 shots in his first career appearance against Chicago.
Crawford, making his 13th consecutive start, did not have to face a shot during the first 7 minutes.
Chicago were 0 for 5 on the power play, ending their streak of six straight games with a power-play goal. The Ducks have yielded five goals in 47 short-handed situations over their past 15 games.
CAPITALS 5, ISLANDERS 2
Alex Ovechkin scored the go-ahead goal, and Matt Niskanen had three assists as Washington slowed down the streaking New York Islanders.
Ovechkin gave Washington a 3-2 lead midway through the second period, and now has four goals in four games.
Marcus Johansson and Evgeny Kuznetsov each had a goal and an assist, and Andre Burakovsky and Joel Ward also scored for the Capitals.
Braden Holtby stopped 26 shots. He has a 1.86 goals-against average over his past seven games.
After a 3-2 overtime loss on Long Island on Wednesday night, the Capitals earned a split of the home-and-home set.
John Tavares and Anders Lee scored for New York and Chad Johnson made 22 saves. The Islanders had won five straight and 10 of 11.
In other results, it was:
‧ Hurricanes 4, Penguins 2
‧ Bruins 2, Jets 1, OT
‧ Sabres 2, Canadiens 1
‧ Canucks 5, Blue Jackets 0
‧ Panthers 3, Senators 2
‧ Blues 4, Oilers 3, OT
‧ Wild 5, Stars 4, OT
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