St. Louis poked the puck past Semyon Varlamov after a
shot by Pavel Kubina ricocheted out, ending Washington's three-game winning
streak.
The Lightning have won nine of 11 and moved into a tie
with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh for the Eastern Conference lead with 53
points.
At Newark, New Jersey, Clayton Stoner
scored his first NHL goal and Jose Theodore made 21 saves as Minnesota beat New
Jersey.
Stoner fired the puck along the right boards into the
Devils end. New Jersey goalie Johan Hedberg skated behind the net, anticipating
the puck would wind all the way around.
It never reached Hedberg. The puck caromed off the boards
and angled into the open net before Hedberg could dive back into position.
Cal Clutterbuck also scored for Wild.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored for the Devils, who have only two
wins in 15 games.
At Edmonton, Alberta, Todd
Bertuzzi scored twice, including the game winner, as Detroit beat Edmonton.
After Edmonton rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game
late, Detroit got a break when Bertuzzi's shot banked in off the skate of
defenseman Ladislav Smid with 2:50 left.
The Red Wings, who had dropped two straight, sealed the
win 44 seconds later on Darren Helm's goal.
Henrik Zetterberg and Kris Draper also scored for
Detroit, which moved into a tie atop the NHL standings with Vancouver.
Gilbert Brule, Theo Peckham and Sam Gagner scored for
Edmonton.
At Glendale, Arizona, Shane
Doan scored with 8:49 remaining to lift Phoenix over Columbus.
Doan, stationed just to the left of goalie Mathieu Garon,
battled down Keith Yandle's rising shot from the left boards to snap a 2-2 tie.
Vernon Fiddler scored his first goal in 22 games just 52 seconds later to make
it 4-2.
Doan added an assist, and Scottie Upshall and Sami
Lepisto also scored for the Coyotes.
Jakub Voracek and R.J. Umberger had goals for the Blue
Jackets, who have dropped two straight.
At Denver, David Jones scored
a power-play goal 4:17 into overtime and Peter Budaj stopped 37 shots to help
Colorado edge Buffalo.
Daniel Winnik, Ryan O'Reilly and Matt Duchene also scored
for the Avalanche, picking up the scoring slack in the absence of Paul Stastny,
who was scratched just before the game with flu like symptoms.
