Marty Turco made 28 saves for his 32nd career shutout and second victory in 16 tries against Detroit, and Niklas Hagman scored as the Dallas Stars handed the Red Wings their season-high sixth-straight loss, 1-0 on Sunday.
Turco improved to 2-9-5 against the Red Wings, helping the Stars improve to 9-1 in their last 10 games overall.
Turco preserved the shutout with 48.8 seconds left, falling on his back to make a sliding stop on Detroit's Brett Lebda. Turco also denied Johan Franzen with 34.8 seconds remaining.
Hagman scored the game's only goal at 3:13 of the third period, notching his career-best 21st of the season from a sharp angle to the left of Detroit's third-string goaltender Jimmy Howard, who made 30 saves.
Rangers 3, Sharks 1
At New York, Chris Drury scored a power-play goal and added an assist, and Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves as New York downed San Jose.
Drury helped set up Ryan Callahan's first-period goal to tie it before sending the Rangers on their way to back-to-back victories with a goal in the second. Callahan added an empty-netter with 1.6 seconds left.
Penguins 4, Sabres 1
At Buffalo, New York, Evgeni Malkin had a goal and assist and Ty Conklin stopped 36 shots as Pittsburgh trounced Buffalo.
Petr Sykora, with a goal and assist, Jarkko Ruutu and Colby Armstrong also scored in a victory that moved the Penguins into a tie with idle New Jersey atop the Atlantic Division standings.
Blackhawks 2, Avalanche 1
At Chicago, Patrick Lalime stopped 21 shots and defenseman James Wisniewski had two assists for Chicago, which beat Colorado for their third-straight win.
Martin Havlat and Dustin Byfuglien scored for the Chicago Blackhawks.
Lalime lost a bid for his first shutout this season when Jaroslav Hlinka scored with 2:25 left in the third.
Blues 5, Blue Jackets 1
At St. Louis, Brad Boyes scored his 31st goal to snap a five-game point drought, Eric Brewer had a career-best four assists and St. Louis scored a season-high three power-play goals.
Rick Nash scored his 31st goal -- fourth short-handed -- for Columbus. It's the second short-handed tally of the month for Nash, who has six goals in six games against the Blues this season.
Canadiens 5, Flyers 3
At Philadelphia, Alex Kovalev had a goal and two assists, and Montreal handed the reeling Philadelphia their seventh-straight loss.
Francis Bouillon scored his first goal in 75 games, and Michael Ryder and Saku Koivu also scored goals for Montreal. Maxim Lapierre added an empty-net goal with 1:24 remaining.
Wild 5, Predators 4, OT
At St. Paul, Minnesota, Marian Gaborik scored the winner with 4.4 seconds left in overtime to lead Minnesota past Nashville.
Ducks 4, Flames 2
At Anaheim, California, Teemu Selanne set a team record with his 670th point on an assist during the second period.
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