Joni Pitkanen scored his second goal of the game 1:28 into overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers rallied with three in the final 11 minutes to stun the New York Rangers 3-2 on Monday.
The Rangers blew a chance to cut Philadelphia's lead in the Atlantic Division to one point, and instead fell four points behind.
Pitkanen scored his first goal midway through the third and Mike Richards tied it with 1:38 left in regulation. Jaromir Jagr and Martin Rucinsky scored for New York.
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Maple Leafs 4, Panthers 2
At Sunrise, Florida, Darcy Tucker and Jeff O'Neill scored on two-man advantages in the third period to help Toronto snap an eight-game losing streak.
Kyle Wellwood also had a power-play goal for Toronto in its first victory since Jan. 7 against Edmonton. The eight-game losing streak was two short of the team record.
Chad Kilger added a goal, Matt Sundin had three assists and Ed Belfour made 33 saves, including 30 in the first two periods.
Olli Jokinen and Joe Nieuwendyk scored for Florida.
Bruins 5, Senators 0
At Ottawa, Tim Thomas made 44 saves for his first NHL shutout and Brad Boyes had a goal and two assists for Boston.
Patrice Bergeron, Nick Boynton, Marco Sturm and Sergei Samsonov also scored against rookie Ray Emery, who made his first appearance since Jan. 7 when he was pulled 15:33 in after allowing all four goals in a 4-0 loss in Montreal.
Boston shut out Ottawa for the second time in six games this season, evening the season series after losing the first three games against the Northeast Division-leading Senators. Boston has outscored Ottawa 12-2 in the last three meetings.
Stars 3, Sharks 2, OT
At Dallas, Jason Arnott scored with 35 seconds left in overtime to give Dallas its fifth straight victory and 11th in its last 14 games.
Dallas, which won its previous three games in shootouts, set a club record with its fourth straight overtime.
Dallas' Sergei Zubov tied it at 2 with 4:37 left in regulation, and Philippe Boucher also scored. Jonathan Cheechoo and Alyn McCauley scored for the Sharks.
Blues 3, Flames 2, SO
At St. Louis, rookie Lee Stempniak, called up from the minor leagues earlier in the day, scored in the fifth round of a shootout to lift the Blues.
Stempniak also scored the tying goal in the second period for the Blues, who won for only the second time in 13 games.
The depleted Blues won the shootout 3-2 against the Northwest Division-leading Flames just a few hours they shipped leading scorer Doug Weight to Carolina for a first-round pick and prospects. It was the second trade in 24 hours for the Blues, who traded No. 2 scorer Mike Sillinger to Nashville on Sunday.
Jay McClement and Dennis Wideman also scored in the shootout for the Blues, and Tony Amonte and Matthew Lombardi had shootout goals for the Flames.
McClement, also called up in the wake of the Weight and Sillinger trades, also scored in regulation for the Blues. Daymond Langkow and Marcus Nilson scored in regulation for the Flames.
Red Wings 5, Wild 4
At St. Paul, Minnesota, defenseman Andreas Lilja scored his first goal in 71 games to help Detroit improve to 7-1-1 in its last nine road games.
Lilja beat Minnesota goalie Dwayne Roloson with a slap shot midway through the third period to give Detroit a 5-3 lead.
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