Nicklas Backstrom and Jeff Schultz scored a minute apart in the first period, and the Washington Capitals got two goals from Mike Green in a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Saturday.
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist for the Capitals, whose previous four games were decided by one goal. It was only the second time Washington scored as many as six goals; the other was in a 7-1 rout of Toronto on Oct. 29.
Of the Capitals' NHL-low 10 wins this season, four have been by at least three goals.
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Matt Pettinger scored his second goal for Washington, and Backstrom had two assists.
Todd White had two goals for the Thrashers.
Bruins 2, Maple Leafs 1
At Toronto, Chuck Kobasew and Dennis Wideman scored goals and Alex Auld earned his first victory with Boston.
Toronto, who had won four in a row, outshot the Bruins but solved Auld just once. He made his first start since being acquired from Phoenix on Thursday, to fill in for the injured Tim Thomas, and allowed only Jason Blake's goal.
Hurricanes 5, Canadiens 1
At Montreal, Ray Whitney scored twice and Matt Cullen had three assists to lead Carolina over Montreal.
Whitney scored a power-play goal on Canadiens rookie Carey Price with 33.8 seconds remaining in the middle period.
He added another goal -- his 14th of the season -- 6:28 into the third against Jaroslav Halak, who replaced Price to begin the period.
Cam Ward made 35 saves, and Erik Cole, Eric Staal and Rod Brind'Amour also scored for Carolina.
Andrei Kostitsyn scored a power-play goal in the second, the lone tally by Montreal, which has lost six of eight (2-5-1).
Wild 2, Blue Jackets 1
At Columbus, Ohio, Brian Rolston's third-period goal helped Minnesota to a rare win in Columbus.
Rolston snapped a 1-1 tie with a hard slap shot from the top of the left circle that slipped inside the near post and past goaltender Pascal Leclaire at the 2:22 mark of the third period.
Aaron Voros also scored for the Wild, who came in just 2-6-1 in their last nine road games.
Nikolai Zherdev scored for Columbus.
In other NHL action on Saturday it was:
* Islanders 3, Lightning 2, OT
* Predators 4, Ducks 2
* Sabres 7, Sharks 1
* Penguins 2, Canucks 1
* Coyotes 4, Kings 2
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