The victory came just days after the Lightning stopped Phoenix's stretch of eight straight wins with a 8-3 victory in Tampa.

Johan Hedberg kept New Jersey within reach late in the second by stopping shots by Teddy Purcell and Steven Stamkos. Mark Fayne scored in the third period for the Devils, but they couldn't get the equaling score.

Dwayne Roloson finished with 19 saves for Tampa Bay.

In Washington, Erik Christensen had two goals and two assists and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 35 shots for his league-leading eighth shutout of the season for New York.

Christensen had a career-high four points as New York won its second straight game.

The six-goal margin of victory was the first time the Rangers have won by more than two since a 7-0 rout of Toronto on Jan. 19.

Washington went 0 for 5 on the power play and was booed by the home crowd on several occasions.

At Raleigh, North Carolina, Erik Cole had a goal and an assist to lead Carolina over Pittsburgh.

Cole, who was playing in his 600th career NHL game, now has five goals and five assists in February.

Jussi Jokinen also scored and added an assist and Cam Ward stopped 33 shots for Carolina.

Pascual Dupuis scored for the Penguins, who are still without their captain, Sidney Crosby. He missed his 22nd game as he recovers from a concussion sustained in January.

In Columbus, Ohio, Matt Calvert had three goals and an assist to help Columbus rally from an early two-goal deficit.

R.J. Umberger had a goal and two assists, Jacob Voracek added a goal and Steve Mason stopped 25 shots for the Blue Jackets.

The Coyotes, who had won eight in a row before losing to Tampa Bay on Wednesday, got goals from David Schlemko, Radim Vrbata and Lauri Korpikoski.

At Atlanta, Tomas Vokoun stopped 45 shots and Steve Bernier scored the deciding goal in the shootout to help Florida stop a two-game slide.

Marty Reasoner also scored his 12th goal of the season for the Panthers, who had lost nine of their last 12 games coming into the night.

Chris Mason stopped 25 shots for Atlanta after starting goalie Ondrej Pavelec left the game with an injury.

The Thrashers have dropped five straight and 16 of 19.

In Buffalo, New York, Cody McCormick had a goal and an assist and Ryan Miller made 29 saves to lead Buffalo over Ottawa.

Mike Grier, Jochen Hecht, and Thomas Vanek also scored as the Sabres got their second straight win after a three-game losing streak.

Milan Michalek and Jason Spezza each had a goal and an assist for the Senators.

In Calgary, Alberta, Ryane Clowe scored in regulation and added the deciding goal in the shootout to lead San Jose.

Devin Setoguchi and Kyle Wellwood had the other goals as San Jose won its sixth straight.

Miikka Kiprusoff made 30 saves and David Moss, Niklas Hagman and Anton Babchuk scored for the Flames.

Antti Niemi stopped 21 shots for San Jose.

At Edmonton, Alberta, Ben Bishop stopped 39 shots for his first career shutout and Chris Stewart had two goals for St. Louis.

Patrik Berglund, Matt D'Agostini and Roman Polak also scored for the Blues, who have won four of their last six games.

Bishop, starting for injured goaltender Jaroslav Halak, sent the Oilers to their second loss in three games.

Edmonton remains in last place in the NHL.

In Anaheim, California, Pierre-Marc Bouchard scored in overtime as Minnesota handed Anaheim its fifth straight loss.

Clayton Stoner scored with 4:57 left in the third period as Minnesota grabbed a 2-1 lead, but Francois Beaucheman answered with 2 minutes left in regulation.