Mike Richards scored the lone goal and Philadelphia goalie Antero Niittymaki was perfect through regulation, overtime and the shootout to lift the Flyers to a 1-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday.
It was the NHL's first scoreless game decided by shootout.
Niittymaki turned aside Kristian Huselius, Jarome Iginla and former Flyers forward Tony Amonte in the league's new tiebreaker after making 28 saves through regulation and five minutes of overtime.
Calgary's Miikka Kiprusoff outdid him until Richards finally broke through on the Flyers' first shootout attempt. Kiprusoff stopped 37 regular shots and denied Jeff Carter on Philadelphia's second and final shot in the shootout.
Kings 2, Maple Leafs 1
At Toronto, Dustin Brown scored twice and Los Angeles ended a four-game losing streak.
Mathieu Garon made 36 saves for the Kings, who salvaged the last game of a four-game Eastern road trip.
Darcy Tucker scored for the Maple Leafs, who went just 1-for-9 on the power play.
Los Angeles forward Alexander Frolov looked more like teammate Sean Avery, receiving eight minutes in penalties. Frolov entered the game with only 12 this season.
Toronto goalie Ed Belfour failed in this third attempt to move into sole possession of second place on the NHL wins list. Belfour tied Hall of Famer Terry Sawchuk's 447 career wins on Nov. 28.
Red Wings 5, Devils 2
At Detroit, Brendan Shanahan had two goals and moved into 15th place on the NHL's career list, leading Detroit past New Jersey.
Shanahan began the game tied with Mike Bossy among the top goal scorers in league history. He made it 1-1 in the first period, and his 575th goal got the Red Wings even at 2 in the second.
Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom and Jason Williams scored late in the second, giving Detroit a two-goal lead, and Steve Yzerman made it 5-2 midway through the third.
The crowd chanted "Stev-ie! Stev-ie!" for the captain, whose decision to pull his name from consideration for Team Canada at the upcoming Olympics in Italy became public earlier in the day.
The Red Wings avoided losing three straight at home for the first time since the 1996-1997 season. Viktor Kozlov and Zach Parise scored for the Devils, who had won four of five.
Islanders 6, Blues 3
At St. Louis, Mike York scored two goals and added three assists for his second career five-point game, lifting New York over St. Louis.
Mark Parrish added two goals and reached two milestones. His first gave him 150 NHL goals and 100 with the Islanders. Jason Blake and Arron Asham also scored, and Rick DiPietro made 31 saves for New York, 7-1-3 in its last 11 games.
The Islanders have won four straight road games for the first time since 2001.
Keith Tkachuk had a goal and two assists for St. Louis. Eric Boguniecki and Simon Gamache also scored for the Blues.
St. Louis goalie Patrick Lalime had another rough night, allowing four goals on 13 shots. He was replaced by Curtis Sanford after Parrish scored his second goal with 1:31 left in the middle period.
Hurricanes 6, Mighty Ducks 2
At Anaheim, California, Kevyn Adams scored twice in the first period and added a short-handed goal on a breakaway for his second career hat trick, leading Carolina past Anaheim.
Adams' other three goals this season came on Nov. 17 against the New York Rangers. He is the first NHL player to score his first six goals of a season on hat tricks since November 2001, when Alexei Kovalev did it with Pittsburgh.
Martin Gerber made 35 saves in his first start against the team he began his NHL career with in 2002.
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