Brodeur had a relatively easy night, stopping 23 shots in
posting his fourth shutout of the season and the NHL regular-season record
114th of his career.
Brian Rolston and rookie Nick Palmieri scored for the
Devils, who have points in a season-high five straight games (4-0-1). The loss
snapped the Penguins' three-game winning streak.
The Penguins didn't offer much resistance with Crosby and
Malkin sidelined in the same regular-season game for the first time since the
2006-07 season.
At Philadelphia, Mike Richards
scored twice and Chris Pronger had an assist in his return from a broken foot
as Philadelphia beat Ottawa in a fight-filled game.
The Flyers lead the NHL with 31 wins and the Eastern
Conference with 67 points.
Daniel Briere, Scott Hartnell, James van Riemsdyk and
Andrej Meszaros also scored for Philadelphia.
Milan Michalek and Nick Foligno scored for Ottawa.
At Uniondale, New York, Alex
Ovechkin assisted on goals by Jason Chimera and Nicklas Backstrom, and rookie
Braden Holtby made 24 saves in his return from the minors to lift Washington
past the New York Islanders.
Michael Grabner scored for New York.
At Vancouver, British Columbia,
Joe Pavelski scored the only shootout goal and San Jose's Antti Niemi stopped
all three Vancouver shooters.
After San Jose survived defenseman Dan Boyle's overtime
penalty for a gloved punch to Ryan Kesler's face, Pavelski fired a low shot
past Luongo's blocker in the second round of the shootout.
Niemi, who made 36 saves through overtime, stopped Mason
Raymond and Daniel Sedin before poke-checking Kesler in the final round to seal
the victory.
At St. Louis, Darren Helm
scored at 1:51 of overtime for Detroit and Jimmy Howard stopped 26 shots in his
return after missing two games because of a bruised right kneecap.
Patrick Eaves, Todd Bertuzzi and Jakub Kindl - with his
first NHL goal - scored in regulation for Detroit. The Red Wings blew a
three-goal lead before rebounding to end a three-game road losing streak.
T.J. Oshie, Patrik Berglund and David Backes scored for
St. Louis.
At Toronto, Jean-Sebastien
Giguere made 26 saves against his former Anaheim teammates and Mikhail
Grabovski scored twice in Toronto's win.
Clarke MacArthur added a goal and two assists and Carl
Gunnarsson and Tyler Bozak also scored to help the Maple Leafs rebound from a
7-0 road loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
Dan Sexton and Brandon McMillan scored for Anaheim.
Stars 4, Oilers 2: At Edmonton, Alberta, Jamie Benn had a
goal and an assist, and Kari Lehtonen made 30 saves as Dallas downed Edmonton.
Mike Ribeiro, James Neal and Adam Burish - into an empty
net with a second left - also scored for Dallas. The Pacific Division-leading
Stars are 7-0-1 in January and 29-13-5 overall.
Jeff Petry scored his first NHL goal, and Ryan Jones
added a goal for Edmonton.
At Los Angeles, Martin Hanzal opened
the scoring with a disputed power-play goal in the second period, and Ilya
Bryzgalov made 35 saves for his third shutout of the season and 19th overall as
Phoenix Los Angeles.
Hanzal batted a fluttering rebound over goalie Jonathan
Quick's left shoulder on his backhand at 8:48 of the second. Replays showed
that the blade of Hanzal's stick was clearly above the crossbar and nose-level
with Kings defenseman Matt Greene when he made contact with the puck.
But referee Justin St. Pierre, standing behind the net,
immediately ruled it was a goal. Officials in Toronto upheld the call after a
lengthy review Lee Stempniak also scored.
At Denver, Pekka Rinne stopped
30 shots for Nashville against a Colorado squad that learned hours earlier that
left wing Tomas Fleischmann would miss the rest of the season because of blood
clots in his lungs.
Sergei Kostitsyn, Cody Franson, Matt Halischuk, David
Legwand and Colin Wilson scored to help the Predators win for ninth time in 11
games. Rinne lost his shutout bid when Matt Duchene scored with 3:37 left.
At Boston, Ryan Miller stopped 38
shots and Thomas Vanek had a goal and an assist as Buffalo downed Boston.
Cody McCormick, Nathan Gerbe and Jason Pominville also
scored in the Sabres' fifth victory in seven games.
Dennis Seidenberg and Gregory Campbell scored for Boston.
At Raleigh, North Carolina, Cam
Ward made 39 saves and Chad LaRose, Jussi Jokinen, Brandon Sutter and Jeff
Skinner scored in Carolina's victory over New York.
Tuomo Ruutu added two assists to help the Hurricanes snap
a two-game losing streak.
Brandon Prust scored for New York.
At Atlanta, NHL goals
leader Steven Stamkos scored twice and Dominic Moore added the shootout winner
to lead Tampa Bay to its 10th straight win over Atlanta.
Stamkos has 37 goals this season. Niclas Bergfors and
Anthony Stewart scored in regulation for Atlanta.
