Brian Rolston scored on a rebound with 1:33 left Tuesday night to give the Boston Bruins a 5-4 win over the Atlanta Thrashers, despite Dany Heatley's first goal since recovering from a car accident that killed teammate Dan Snyder.
Heatley, playing in only his fourth game this season, scored 1:54 into the first period to give Atlanta a 1-0 lead.
"It felt good," Heatley said of his goal. "It would have been better to get a win. But, I'm back in the scoring column."
Joe Thornton scored a pair of goals for Boston, which has won four straight and is unbeaten in its last five. Glenn Murray added a goal and an assist.
"We've got a lot of guys committed to doing the little things and the little things lead to the big things," Bruins coach Mike Sullivan said. "It's about holding everyone accountable and our players are buying into that."
Capitals 2, Lightning 1
In Washington, Anson Carter scored his first goal for Washington, and Maxime Ouellet made 38 saves for his second NHL win.
Jeff Halpern also scored for the last-place Capitals, who broke a three-game home losing streak. Although next-to-last in the Eastern Conference, Washington is 8-3-1-1 against Southeast Division opponents.
The Capitals snapped the Lightning's six-game winning streak, which tied a franchise record. Tampa Bay lost in regulation for just the second time in 15 games. Vincent Lecavalier scored the Lightning's lone goal.
Devils 2, Senators 1
In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Jeff Friesen scored with 6:13 left to give New Jersey its third win in four games against Ottawa this season.
Sergei Brylin freed the puck in the corner to the right of goaltender Patrick Lalime and passed it to Jamie Langenbrunner, who fed a wide-open Friesen for a tap-in for his 12th goal of the season.
Martin Brodeur finished with 23 saves for the Devils. Wade Redden scored for Ottawa.
Canadiens 4, Penguins 3
In Pittsburgh, Niklas Sundstrom and Saku Koivu scored after Montreal squandered a two-goal lead and the Canadiens sent Pittsburgh to a club record-tying 11th consecutive loss.
The Penguins rallied after falling behind 2-0 in the opening 2:03 of play on goals by Steve Begin and Mike Ribeiro, with Eric Meloche, Konstantin Koltsov and Rico Fata scoring in succession to give them a rare home lead.
Islanders 5, Canucks 4, OT
In Uniondale, New York, Mariusz Czerkawski had a goal and two assists within 2:17 late in the third period and Adrian Aucoin capped New York's incredible comeback against Vancouver by scoring 36 seconds into overtime.
The Islanders scored four goals in the final 3:51 to turn around a 3-1 deficit and win for the 19th time in 28 home games (19-8-1).
For the Canucks, it was their second straight tough loss. Vancouver rallied from a 3-1 hole in the third period on Monday against the New York Rangers, only to give up a late goal in a 4-3 defeat that snapped a five-game winning streak.
The Canucks were 19-0 when leading after two periods.
Blackhawks 4, Maple Leafs 1
In Toronto, Steve Sullivan, Nathan Dempsey and Bryan Berard scored against their former team, and Craig Anderson made 43 saves to lead Chicago over Toronto.
Sullivan added two assists for the Blackhawks, winners of just two of their last 22 road games.
Mikael Renberg scored the lone goal for the Maple Leafs.
Red Wings 4, Predators 1
In Nashville, Tennessee, Brett Hull, Brendan Shanahan and Kirk Maltby each scored goals as Detroit snapped Nashville's 11-game home unbeaten streak.
Pavel Datsyuk added an empty-netter with 13.5 seconds remaining for his 25th goal this season.
Wyatt Smith scored in the second for Nashville. It was the Predators' 10 short-handed goal this season, a franchise record.
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