Dominik Hasek stopped 22 shots for his 78th career shutout and NHL leaders Detroit beat Dallas 3-0 on Saturday.
Hasek also reached 375 victories to break a tie with John Vanbiesbrouck for 11th place on the career list.
Sharks 3, Blue Jackets 2
At San Jose, California, the Sharks snapped their five-game home winless skid by beating Columbus.
Patrick Rissmiller scored two goals for the first time in his career for San Jose. The Sharks have an NHL-low seven home wins midway through the regular season, yet they've remained among the league's elite teams with the best road record in hockey.
Capitals 5, Canadiens 4, OT
At Montreal, Mike Green scored 1:27 into overtime for his third point of the game, leading Washington over Montreal.
Green also had two assists. Alexander Ovechkin had two goals and Nicklas Backstrom and Boyd Gordon also scored for Washington.
Penguins 3, Panthers 0
At Pittsburgh, the home side won its sixth in a row with victory over Florida.
Ty Conklin made 35 saves for his second shutout and seventh victory in seven starts this season.
Flyers 3, Maple Leafs 2
At Toronto, Antero Niittymaki made 54 saves to lead Philadelphia over Toronto. Steve Downie scored his first NHL goal for the Flyers.
Toronto fell to 1-1-4 since goalie Vesa Toskala went down with a groin injury.
Bruins 4, Devils 3
At Boston, P.J. Axelsson had a goal and two assists to lead Boston past New Jersey.
Senators 4, Lightning 3, OT
At Ottawa, the home side extended Tampa Bay's losing streak to a season-high seven games.
Predators 4, Wild 1
At Nashville, Tennessee, J.P. Dumont and Dan Hamhuis each had a goal and an assist to lead Nashville past Minnesota.
Coyotes 3, Ducks 2, SO
At Glendale, Arizona, Phoenix downed Anaheim to record their third-straight win at home.
Peter Mueller scored the only goal in a shootout for the Coyotes. Ilya Bryzgalov then stopped Anaheim's Ryan Getzlaf and Brandon Bochenski to win it.
Flames 6, Kings 4
At Los Angeles, Kristian Huselius and Daymond Langkow scored the tying and go-ahead goals on power plays less than two minutes apart in the third period to lead Calgary over Los Angeles.
Avalanche 2, Islanders 1, OT
At Denver, Marek Svatos gathered a loose puck in front of the net and backhanded a shot past Rick DiPietro 2:05 into overtime to give Colorado victory over New York.
Blues 1, Hurricanes 0
At St. Louis, Lee Stempniak scored his 50th NHL goal in the first period as St Louis shut out Carolina.
Oilers 3, Rangers 2, SO
At Edmonton, Alberta, Edmonton earned their NHL-best 11th shootout victory of the season by beating New York.
The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani on Thursday was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly US$17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers player’s bank account. Ippei Mizuhara, who was supposed to bridge the gap between the Japanese athlete and his English-speaking teammates and fans, was sentenced in federal court in Santa Ana to four years and nine months after pleading guilty last year. He was ordered to pay US$18 million in restitution, with nearly US$17 million going to Ohtani and the remainder to the US Internal Revenue Service. He was
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Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju and Kao Cheng-jui were defeated by their Chinese counterparts 3-0 on Saturday in the men’s doubles final at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash. Lin and Kao received their silver medals after being defeated by third-seeded duo Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin of China 2-11, 4-11, 11-13. The Taiwan pair were left playing catch-up early in the match after the Chinese duo proved unstoppable in the first and second game. Although Lin and Kao picked up their pace in the third game and at one point took a 10-8 lead, they were crucially unable to take