CALGARY, Alberta: Sean Monahan had a goal and three assists to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.

Calgary broke a 1-1 tie midway through the second period when Monahan set up goals 38 seconds apart by All-Stars Mark Giordano and Johnny Gaudreau.

Dougie Hamilton also scored for Calgary, which snapped a three-game losing streak and climbed to within six points of the third-place Anaheim Ducks in the Pacific Division.

Elias Lindholm had the lone goal for Carolina, opened a three-game road trip and started the night 7-2-1 in its last 10.

Lightning 3, Red Wings 1: The Tampa Bay Lightning picked right back up on the tear they were on before the All-Star break, returning to the ice on Wednesday with a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings at Amalie Arena.

A pair of power-play goals lifted Tampa Bay (28-18-14) to a ninth win in 10 games, with center Tyler Johnson scoring the go-ahead goal in the second and right winger Nikita Kucherov, who assisted on that effort, adding a goal in the third period.

Detroit (25-17-8) got only one goal past Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, who finished with 24 saves after playing in the All-Star Game in Nashville on Sunday.

Bishop earned his 100th regular-season win with Tampa Bay in four seasons with the Lightning.

Sabres 4, Canadiens 2: Left winger Johan Larsson scored the game-winning goal to lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Center.

Left wingers Marcus Foligno and Jamie McGinn and right winger Brian Gionta also scored for the Sabres.

Right winger Dale Weise and left winger Alex Galchenyuk scored for Montreal.

Goaltender Robin Lehner made 32 saves for Buffalo (21-26-4). Counterpart Mike Condon stopped 28 shots for the Canadiens (24-24-4).

Wideman banned 20 games for abuse

The NHL barred Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman 20 games on Wednesday for cross-checking a linesman last week, the second-longest suspension in NHL history for abusing an official.

Wideman was suspended for violating the league rule on physical abuse of officials after he knocked down linesman Don Henderson during the Flames’ game against Nashville on Jan. 27. The league cited Rule 40 in handing out the harsh penalty.

In a video explaining the suspension, the NHL said Wideman was diagnosed with a concussion after that game, but said being disoriented as a result of a hit was no excuse for “the nature and severity of the offense he committed on the ice.”

The 32-year-old Wideman will lose $564,516 in salary as a result of the suspension. Only Gordie Dwyer of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who was suspended 23 games in part for abuse of officials during an exhibition game in 2000, was suspended longer for such a violation.

Wideman had a hearing with the NHL’s department of hockey operations on Tuesday that included representatives from the Players’ Association and NHL Officials Association. The NHLPA announced Wednesday night it had filed an appeal on Wideman’s behalf.

“Dennis has played in 11 NHL seasons and almost 800 games without incident,” the NHLPA said in a statement. “The facts, including the medical evidence presented at the hearing, clearly demonstrate that Dennis had no intention to make contact with the linesman.”