Corey Crawford made 36 saves, while Cory Emmerton scored in his NHL debut to give Detroit the lead midway through the first.

Detroit’s Dave Bolland tied it later in the period and Kopecky scored two times in the second against his former team to make it 3-1.

Troy Brouwer also scored for defending champion Chicago, which is on a 5-0-1 streak.

The Red Wings also found out before the game that the Islanders claimed goaltender Evgeni Nabokov off waivers after he signed a one-year contract with the Red Wings.

Nabokov couldn’t pick the place to resume his NHL career after starting the season playing in Russia.

Penguins 3 Hurricanes 2: In Pittsburgh, Dustin Jeffrey, Mark Letestu and Pascal Dupuis scored as Pittsburgh held off Carolina for a win without injured stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

Playing a second straight game with their dynamic scoring duo, the Penguins limited Carolina’s chances until Sergei Samsonov and Eric Staal scored over the final 4:25 to make things interesting.

Bruins 6 Avalanche 2: In Denver, Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand each scored twice to help Boston defeat Colorado.

Tim Thomas stopped 32 shots and Boston took advantage of two goals going in off skates of Colorado defensemen.

Mark Recchi and Patrice Bergeron also scored for the Northeast Division leaders.

Paul Stastny and Kevin Shattenkirk scored for the Avalanche.

Bruins center Marc Savard was hurt on a check into the boards in the second period and didn’t return. The Bruins didn’t reveal the extent of the injury.

Ducks 4 Canadiens 3, SO: In Montreal, Bobby Ryan scored in the shootout while Jonas Hiller stopped all three Montreal shooters to give Anaheim victory.

Ryan, who gave Anaheim a 2-1 lead in the second period, shot past Carey Price on Anaheim’s second attempt for the only goal of the tiebreaker.

Montreal’s Max Pacioretty scored his second power-play goal of the game with 12.6 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime.

Anaheim center Saku Koivu made his emotional return to the Bell Center and the former Montreal captain was called for three penalties.

Flames 4 Canucks 3, SO: In Vancouver, Alex Tanguay scored the winning goal in the third round of the shootout as Calgary beat Vancouver.

After both teams failed to score on overtime power plays, Jeff Tambellini and Rene Bourque traded goals in the first round of the shootout before Tanguay’s backhand in the final round was stopped by Roberto Luongo.

But Luongo slid into the net with the puck stuck in his pads, requiring a lengthy video review to reverse the call.

The referee announced, “The pad was in the net.” Tim Jackman put Calgary ahead in the third period, but Ryan Kesler tied it three minutes later, firing his 26th goal of the season.

Rangers 3, Thrashers 2, SO: In Atlanta, Mats Zuccarello scored in a shootout to cap New York’s comeback win over Atlanta.

New York’s Brian Boyle scored with five minutes left in regulation to force overtime. Wojtek Wolski had scored in the second period.

Anthony Stewart and Nik Antropov had goals for the fading Thrashers, who have lost six of seven.

Kings 4 Coyotes 3: In Glendale, Arizona, Justin Williams scored his 18th goal of the season to start an opening flurry that set up Los Angeles’ win over Phoenix.

The Kings got first-period goals from Williams, Drew Doughty and Alec Martinez.

Phoenix, playing without top defensemen Ed Jovanovski and Derek Morris, rallied from a sluggish start with Lee Stempniak’s two goals and another by Martin Hanzal to tie it heading into the third.

Jarret Stoll scored the Kings’ winner five minutes into the third on a diving backhander, and L.A. held on to end a three-game losing skid.

Sharks 4 Wild 3: In San Jose, the hosts matched a season high with its fourth straight win, edging Minnesota.

Devin Setoguchi scored a pair of goals in the second period, and Logan Couture and Benn Ferriero also scored for the Sharks, who had lost six straight before this current win streak put them back in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race.

Mikko Koivu scored two power-play goals and Brent Burns had a goal and two assists for the Wild, who also had won three straight games.

Capitals 4 Maple Leafs 1: In Toronto, Washington’s Alex Ovechkin had his first hat trick of the season to continue his strong play against Toronto.

Ovechkin, who hadn’t scored more than one goal in a game since Oct. 30, raised his career total to 22 goals in 22 games against the Maple Leafs.

Matt Hendricks also scored for Washington while Toronto’s goal came from Tim Brent.

Blue Jackets 5 Blues 2: In St. Louis, Columbus scored five unanswered goals to overwhelm St. Louis.

Andrew Murray, Rick Nash and Fedor Tyutin each scored in the third period, and the Blue Jackets scored five unanswered goals.

Andrew Murray broke a 2-2 tie by deflecting in a shot from the blue line by Jan Hedja at 3:40 of the third period.

Devils 3 Flyers 1: In Philadelphia, Patrik Elias scored two goals to lead improved New Jersey over Philadelphia.

Henrik Tallender also scored for the Devils, who have points in a season-high six straight games.

The game featured the teams with the highest and lowest point totals in the NHL. But the last-place Devils are coming around.

James van Riemsdyk scored the lone goal for the Flyers.