New Jersey won its season-high sixth straight and improved to 14-2-1 in its past 17 games to turn its season around.

Even with the surge, the Devils will need to jump over five teams to make the playoffs with only 24 games remaining. They trailed the seventh-place Rangers by 31 points on Jan. 8, but are now only 14 points behind.

In Buffalo, New York, Ty Conklin stopped 25 shots to lead St. Louis over Buffalo shortly after the Blues traded captain Eric Brewer.

T.J. Oshie had a goal and assist to for his first two-point game since he returned Jan. 18 after missing 31 games with a broken left ankle. David Backes and Vladimir Sobotka also scored for the Blues, who won their second in a row and improved to 4-1-2 in their past seven.

The Sabres lost two straight for the first time in a 21-game stretch in which they're now 13-2-6.

The Blues traded Brewer to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for defenseman Brock Beukeboom, an unsigned draft pick and a third-round pick in the 2011 draft.

At Ottawa, Brad Marchand scored twice and Nathan Horton had a goal and an assist to lead Boston.

Tuukka Rask made 32 saves and Dennis Seidenberg also scored for the Bruins, who acquired three-time All-Star defenseman Tomas Kaberle from Toronto in a trade earlier in the day.

Kaberle made his Bruins debut along with former Senators center Chris Kelly, who was acquired in a trade with Ottawa on Tuesday.

Bobby Butler scored for a third straight game early in the second to give the Senators a brief 1-0 lead. Alex Kovalev then scored a power-play goal with 1:30 left in the third to draw Ottawa within two.

In Sunrise, Florida, Todd Bertuzzi had two goals, including the gamewinner with 7:32 remaining, to lift Detroit.

Pavel Datsyuk and Dan Cleary also scored for the Red Wings, who matched their longest winning streak of the season with their fourth consecutive victory. Henrik Zetterberg had two assists, giving him eight in his last five games.

Joey MacDonald stopped 29 shots for Detroit.

Weiss had a goal and an assist for the Panthers, who have lost seven of eight at home.

At St. Paul, Minnesota, Matt Cullen scored a short-handed goal and Eric Nystrom scored his first career power-play goal as Minnesota beat Anaheim.

Mikko Koivu, Kyle Brodziak and Martin Havlat also scored for the Wild, who had just two goals in their last two games.

Corey Perry scored for the Ducks, who lost on the road for the first time in seven games.

Koivu left the game after one period with an upper body injury.

In Raleigh, North Carolina, Erik Cole scored with 3:03 left to lift Carolina past Philadelphia.

Chad LaRose and Jeff Skinner scored early goals about 21/2 minutes apart for the Hurricanes, who seemed inspired by a pregame ceremony to retire former captain Rod Brind'Amour's No. 17 jersey.

Braydon Coburn leveled the score at 2-2 with 5:11 to play, but Cole's goal denied Philadelphia its second straight season sweep of the Hurricanes.

In Chicago, Antoine Vermette, Derek MacKenzie and Anton Stralman scored in a span of 5:54 in the second period as Columbus topped Chicago.

Matt Calvert added a goal and an assist for the Blue Jackets, who improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight and have climbed back into the Western Conference playoff race.

Patrick Sharp had two goals and an assist for the Blackhawks.

Chicago coach Joel Quenneville missed his second game after being hospitalized on Wednesday with gastrointestinal bleeding caused by an ulcer.