BOSTON: Jason Spezza returned after missing 20 games with a knee injury to score the winner for the Ottawa Senators, who beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 for their sixth straight victory in the NHL on Saturday.
The loss was the fourth in a row and seventh in the last eight games for Boston, which has lost four straight for the first time since December 2007. The Bruins also have lost five in a row at home for the first time since 2000.
Captain Daniel Alfredsson’s fifth goal in five games started the Senators, and Daniel Paille equalized.
Flyers 4, Hurricanes 2: At Philadelphia, Jeff Carter had two goals and an assist to lead Philadelphia to its sixth straight home win.
Dan Carcillo and Chris Pronger also scored for the Flyers, and Ray Emery stopped 33 shots. Eric Staal and Rod Brind’Amour scored for Carolina.
Canadiens 6, Rangers 0: At Montreal, Mike Cammalleri had four points, including two of Montreal’s four second-period goals against New York, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 32 shots in his third shutout.
Cammalleri leads Montreal with 26 goals, and Maxim Lapierre, Benoit Pouliot, former Rangers forward Scott Gomez, and Tomas Plekanec also scored.
Devils 4, Islanders 2: At Uniondale, New York, Bryce Salvador’s third goal of the season with 6:49 remaining lifted New Jersey over New York.
Zach Parise scored twice and Jamie Langenbrunner tallied his first goal in three weeks to help New Jersey end a three-game road-losing streak.
Kyle Okposo and Jack Hillen added power play goals for the Islanders, whose six-game home winning streak was snapped.
Capitals 4, Coyotes 2: At Washington, Alexander Semin had a goal and three assists to help Washington earn its sixth consecutive win.
Lauri Korpikoski scored twice for Phoenix, which played its first game on the road since Jan. 7.
Panthers 2, Maple Leafs 0: At Sunrise, Florida, Tomas Vokoun stopped 39 shots for his second shutout in four games as Florida topped Toronto.
Vokoun has six shutouts this season and 37 in his career.
Kenndal McArdle netted his first NHL goal, and Cory Stillman also scored for the Panthers against Toronto.
Kings 3, Red Wings 2: At Detroit, Brad Richardson scored with 7:57 left to break a tie, capping Los Angeles’ rally from a two-goal deficit against Detroit.
Anze Kopitar had a goal and two assists for the Kings and Peter Harrold also scored. Wayne Simmonds had two assists and Jonathan Quick made 31 saves.
Valtterri Filppula and Todd Bertuzzi scored for Detroit.
Jimmy Howard stopped 30 shots.
Lightning 2, Thrashers 1, SO: At Tampa, Florida, Jeff Halpern scored in the fifth round of the shootout and Antero Niittymaki topped Atlanta again in Tampa Bay’s victory.
Niittymaki made 37 saves, including three strong stops during overtime. Steven Stamkos netted Tampa Bay’s only goal.
Nik Antropov scored for the Thrashers. Johan Hedberg stopped 24 shots.
Ducks 4, Blues 3, SO: At St. Louis, Anaheim defenseman James Wisniewski scored in the seventh round of the shootout as the Ducks rallied from three goals down to beat St. Louis.
The shootout attempt was the first for Wisniewski in his five-year NHL career.
Bobby Ryan scored two third-period goals, and Scott Niedermayer added a goal to power the comeback.
The Blues built a 3-0 lead on goals by Andy McDonald, B.J.
Crombeen and T.J. Oshie before Anaheim charged back with three in the last 14:47. Chris Mason made 34 saves.
Wild 4, Blue Jackets 2: At St. Paul, Minnesota, Mikko Koivu scored twice and Niklas Backstrom stopped 21 shots as Minnesota beat Columbus to snap a four-game losing streak.
Koivu netted an early goal in each of the first two periods. Eric Belanger and Robbie Earl added goals for Minnesota, which built a 4-0 lead.
Rick Nash and Antoine Vermette both scored in the final minute to bring the Blue Jackets closer and wreck Backstrom’s shutout bid.
Canucks 5, Blackhawks 1: At Vancouver, British Columbia, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Sedin and Steve Bernier scored in the first period and Roberto Luongo made 43 saves in Vancouver’s win over Chicago.
Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews scored 3:30 into the third period, but Henrik Sedin added his second goal 32 seconds later. Vancouver won its fourth straight to move into a tie with Colorado atop the Northwest Division.
Daniel Sedin, who also had two assists, rounded out the scoring on a 2-on-1 pass from twin brother Henrik.
Sharks 5, Sabres 2: At San Jose, California, Joe Pavelski’s second goal of the game broke a tie midway through the third period and Evgeni Nabokov made 38 saves to lead San Jose to its fifth straight victory.
Jed Ortmeyer scored twice and Dany Heatley also had a goal for the Sharks.
Nabokov allowed a first-period goal to Tim Connolly and then a power-play goal to Jason Pominville 18 seconds into the third that tied it at 2.
