Patrick Sharp and Bryan Bickell also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who improved to 9-9-0 at home.

Chicago rookie Corey Crawford made 29 saves in his eighth start in the last 10 games. He needed to make several timely stops, but the Blackhawks — who again played without star forward Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa — provided solid defensive support for most of the game.

Patrick Eaves scored for the Red Wings, who lead the Western Conference with 43 points.

In Newark, New Jersey, Martin Erat scored a pair of power-play goals as the Nashville Predators won their fifth straight NHL game, 3-1 over the New Jersey Devils.

Steve Sullivan added a goal as Nashville matched a club record by earning a point in 10 straight games (8-0-2).

The Devils' sole goal came from rookie Mattias Tedenby in the third period.

In Sunrise, Florida, Marty Reasoner scored twice in the first period as Florida took a 4-0 lead inside 20 minutes and comfortably beat Buffalo.

Tomas Vokoun made 41 saves while Michael Frolik and Stephen Weiss each had a goal and an assist for the Panthers. Bryan McCabe and David Booth had the other Florida goals.

Derek Roy and Tim Connolly scored for Buffalo.

In Denver, Matt Duchene scored his second goal of the game in overtime to lift Colorado to its fifth straight win.

TJ Galiardi, Cody McLeod, Brandon Yip and Ryan O'Reilly also scored for the Avalanche in a game that saw the scores level five times.

Erik Karlsson, Milan Michalek, Matt Carkner, Alex Kovalev and Daniel Alfredsson scored for the Senators.