Ondrej Pavelec stopped 29 shots to earn his third NHL shutout, and Evander Kane, Nik Antropov and Ben Eager had a goal and assist each.

The NHL-leading Capitals were shut out for the first time in almost a year. Washington had 10 wins and 21 points in its first 12 games, but missed a chance at a victory that would’ve been the Capitals’ best ever 20-game start.

Dustin Byfuglien made it 4-0 in the final minute of the second period with his sixth goal, and Alexander Burmistrov finished the scoring when he netted his third goal late in the final frame.

In Detroit, John Madden scored 4:18 into overtime as Minnesota snapped Detroit’s four-game winning streak.

Brent Burns, Cal Clutterbuck and Mikko Koivu also scored for the Wild.

Detroit’s Patrick Eaves had a goal and an assist, while Darren Helm and Johan Franzen also scored.

In Buffalo, New York, Tim Connolly snapped a third-period tie with a power-play goal to help lift Buffalo over Los Angeles.

Thomas Vanek added a goal and assist, and Andrej Sekera and Jochen Hecht also scored for the Sabres.

Buffalo scored twice on the power play against a Kings team that had killed 90 percent of opposition power plays.

Dustin Brown and Wayne Simmonds scored for the slumping Pacific Division-leading Kings, who have lost three straight.

In Pittsburgh, the hosts beat Carolina in a shootout after having given up three leads.

Sidney Crosby scored his 14th career game-winning shootout goal. He and Kris Letang each put the puck past Justin Peters in the shootout, while Jeff Skinner and Jussi Jokinen, who had two tying goals, failed against Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.

Crosby, who had a goal and three assists, has three more game-winning shootout goals than any other player since the NHL adopted the format in 2005. He is 21 of 50 in shootouts.

Chris Kunitz scored twice for Pittsburgh.

In St. Louis, Brad Boyes, Carlo Colaiacovo and Eric Brewer scored 86 seconds apart in the second period to lead St.

Louis past Ottawa.

Andy McDonald and Patrik Berglund added insurance goals in the third period for the Blues, who snapped a five-game losing streak and improved to 7-0-1 at home.