Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller made 27 saves in his final tuneup before the Olympics, while Paul Gaustad, Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville all scored for Buffalo in the second period.
Evgeni Nabokov, also in his last game before joining the Russian Olympic squad, made 25 stops for the Sharks and had his NHL-record 11-game road winning streak snapped. Kent Huskins scored for San Jose.
Red Wings 4 Senators 1: In Detroit, Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and an assist as Detroit notched its first win in five games, downing Ottawa.
Jimmy Howard made 29 saves, and Kirk Maltby, Dan Cleary and Johan Franzen also scored for Detroit.
Peter Regin scored for Ottawa, who lost for only the second time in 15 games.
Hurricanes 5 Devils 2: In Raleigh, North Carolina, Ray Whitney scored two power-play goals in a minute in the second period to set up Carolina's victory over New Jersey.
Rookie Justin Peters made 23 saves for Carolina in his second NHL start. Jussi Jokinen also scored two goals, including an empty-netter, and Zach Boychuk added a goal for the Hurricanes, who have won a season-best five games in a row heading into the Olympic break.
Zach Parise and Brian Rolston scored for New Jersey.
Flyers 6 Canadiens 2: In Montreal, Daniel Briere got a hat trick to lead Philadelphia over Montreal.
Jeff Carter scored his third goal against Montreal in two nights, while Mike Richards and Blair Betts also netted for Philadelphia.
Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez scored power-play goals for the Canadiens.
Bruins 3, Panthers 2, SO: In Sunrise, Florida, Mark Recchi scored in the eighth round of the shootout to give Boston its fourth straight victory, edging Florida.
Recchi and David Krejci scored in regulation for Boston, which lost 10 in a row before its winning streak.
Florida's goals came from Nick Tarnasky and Stephen Weiss.
Islanders 5 Lightning 4: In Uniondale, New York, Richard Park scored twice, including the winner with 2:22 left, as New York overcame Tampa Bay.
Martin Biron made 38 saves for New York, which also got goals from Blake Comeau, Doug Weight, and Kyle Okposo.
The Lightning’s goals came via Steven Stamkos, Mike Lundin, Nate Thompson and Steve Downie.
