Chris Phillips and Martin Havlat scored first-period goals, helping the Ottawa Senators beat Wash-ington 4-1 in Peter Bondra's first game against the Capitals.
Bondra, Washington's career leader in scoring and most other offensive categories, had his five-game point scoring streak snapped, as Wade Redden and Mike Fisher also scored for the Senators, who started a five-game road trip with their second straight victory.
Washington, which got a goal from Stephen Peat, traded forward Anson Carter to Los Angeles before the game.
Hurricanes 4, Blue Jackets 1
In Columbus, Ohio, Aaron Ward returned to the lineup and scored two goals for the first time in his career, leading Carolina over the home team.
Ward had missed 19 games with a wrist injury and was activated just before the game.
Rookie Eric Staal had a career-high two assists for the Hurricanes, who also got goals from Erik Cole and Craig Adams.
The Blue Jackets ended a scoreless streak of 114 minutes, 23 seconds when Rick Nash scored his NHL-leading 37th goal with 7:42 remaining. It was Nash's 19th power-play goal this season, extending his league lead.
Lightning 1, Red Wings 1
In Detroit, Fredrik Modin's goal with 7:39 left in regulation lifted Tampa Bay into a tie with the Red Wings in a matchup of the top two teams in the NHL.
The Tampa Bay, the Eastern Conference leaders, clinched the Southeast Division title with 91 points. Detroit leads the West with 90 points.
Tomas Holmstrom scored for Detroit.
Detroit defenseman Derian Hatcher, signed away from Dallas before this season, returned to the lineup for the first time since tearing a knee ligament in the third game of the season.
Detroit's Manny Legace finished with 37 saves, and Lightning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 28 shots.
Avalanche 9, Canucks 2
In Vancouver, British Columbia, Milan Hejduk had three goals, and Colorado scored five times in the first period en route to a rout of Vancouver.
The fight-filled game started with Colorado forward Steve Moore being challenged to fight, and ended with him being carted off the ice on a stretcher after being punched and jumped at center ice by Todd Bertuzzi.
Hejduk scored 6:54 in and then added two goals in the third period for the Avalanche, who moved three points ahead of Vancouver in the Northwest Division one night after being beaten 7-1 at home by Calgary.
Canadiens 5, Mighty Ducks 2
In Anaheim, California, Saku Koivu, Richard Zednik and rookie Michael Ryder had a goal and an assist apiece, and Montreal beat the Mighty Ducks.
Jose Theodore stopped 36 shots, and Pierre Dagenais and Steve Begin also scored.
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