Sundin, who signed as a free agent on Dec. 18 and joined the team Dec. 30, had his first full practice on Monday. He said he would travel with the team to Wednesday night’s game at Edmonton, but there was no word if the longtime Toronto captain would play.

“I don’t know. I think another practice tomorrow and we’ll see,” said Sundin, who had taken part in two morning skates since arriving in Vancouver.

The 37-year-old plans to practice again on Tuesday and decide on playing after Wednesday’s morning skate. Sundin is nine months removed from his last NHL game in a 17-season career, and said he doesn’t want to jump in midseason if his body is not ready.

“It’s a different intensity and different pace when you’re out there with the whole team,” he said. “It’s how I feel tomorrow morning and maybe Wednesday morning - see how the body reacts skating at this pace.”

Hansen, a 22-year-old rookie from Denmark, had 17 points in 37 games.

EDMONTON, Alberta Andrew Cogliano scored to snap a tie midway through the third period as the Edmonton Oilers handed the New York Islanders their 13th consecutive road loss by rallying to a 3-2 triumph.

Defenseman Jason Strudwick netted his first tally of the season, Kyle Brodziak scored and Dwayne Roloson finished with 25 saves for Edmonton, which improved to 5-2-0 in its last seven games.

Rookie Kyle Okposo and Blake Comeau scored and Joey MacDonald turned aside 23 shots for New York, which fell to 0-12-1 away from the Nassau Coliseum since a 4-3 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens on November 24.

With the game tied at 2-2 at 9:58 of the third period, Marc Pouliot unleashed a shot from the high slot which MacDonald denied, but the puck settled right on the doorstep. Cogliano skated in and tapped it past the netminder for his 12th goal of the season and second in as many games.

NY RANGERS 4, PITTSBURGH 0

NEW YORK Henrik Lundqvist turned aside all 27 shots he faced and defenseman Paul Mara, Nigel Dawes and captain Chris Drury recorded a goal and an assist apiece as the New York Rangers notched a 4-0 triumph over the Pittsburgh Penguins in a battle of Atlantic Division rivals.

Scott Gomez also tallied and defenseman Michal Rozsival had two assists for New York, which is 2-3-1 in its last six games.

Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 22 saves for Pittsburgh, which has lost a season-high five games in a row.

Right wing Joffrey Lupul will miss at least two weeks with a pulled abdominal muscle he sustained in Friday’s win over Anaheim, and backup goaltender Antero Niittymaki will miss at least a week with a strained a groin muscle he sustained in a 2-1 shootout loss at Los Angeles on Saturday.

Lupul and Niittymaki join seven other Flyers on the injury list, a season high.

“I don’t remember it being like this,” general manager Paul Holmgren said Monday. “When you’re in a position where you’re dressing less than 18 healthy skaters, it’s obviously not a good situation to be in.”

Rookie center Jonathon Kalinski had surgery at a New Jersey hospital on Monday to have blood drained from a leg contusion sustained against Los Angeles. Another rookie, right wing Claude Giroux, is out indefinitely after sustaining a mild concussion in the Anaheim game.

Simon Gagne has been out with a shoulder strain, but coach John Stevens hopes to have him back for Tuesday’s game at Washington. Also listed as questionable for the Capitals game are right wing Arron Asham (knee), Darroll Powe (hip) and Josh Gratton (abdominal pull).

Meanwhile, Daniel Briere has appeared in just nine games due to a groin strain.

The Flyers have been using defensemen Luca Sbisa and Lasse Kukkonen as forwards while they scramble to get more players healthy.

The Flyers were clinging to first place in the Atlantic Division entering Monday.

MONTREAL Defenseman Andrei Markov scored the lone goal in the third round of the shootout and Jaroslav Halak stopped 30 shots as the Montreal Canadiens outlasted the Florida Panthers, 6-5.

Andrei Kostitsyn had a pair of goals for the Canadiens, who rallied from a two-goal deficit and promptly relinquished a pair of two-goal leads.

Defenseman Francis Bouillon, Tom Kostopoulos and Robert Lang each scored for Montreal, which outshot Florida, 19-5, in a four-goal second period.

In the shootout, the first five shooters missed before Markov beat goaltender Craig Anderson with a backhand to seal the win.

DALLAS 3, VANCOUVER 2 (SO)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Rookie James Neal netted the decisive goal in the fifth round of the shootout Sunday, lifting the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.

Mike Modano had a goal and an assist before scoring in the bonus format for the Stars, who overcame an early two-goal deficit to post their fourth win in six games.

Mike Robeiro also tallied and Marty Turco made 33 saves for Dallas.

Kyle Wellwood and Darcy Hordichuk scored and Jason LaBarbera turned aside 34 shots for the Canucks, who have lost five of their last seven contests - including a pair of back-to-back shootout defeats.

CHICAGO 5, CALGARY 2

CHICAGO Martin Havlat and Andrew Ladd recorded a goal and an assist apiece as the Chicago Blackhawks snapped the Calgary Flames five-game winning streak with a 5-2 triumph.

Rookie Kris Versteeg scored a shorthanded goal, Dustin Byfuglien had a power-play tally and defenseman Duncan Keith had a pair of assists for the Blackhawks, who rebounded from a 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings in the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field on Thursday.

With the score tied at 1-1, Chicago scored three times in the final six minutes of the second period open up a three-goal lead.

Patrick Sharp added an empty-net goal, his team-leading 20th of the season.

Todd Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist and Daymond Langkow also netted a power-play tally for Calgary.

NEW JERSEY 4, OTTAWA 3 (OT)

NEWARK, New Jersey Brian Rolston scored 1:43 into overtime as the New Jersey Devils recorded a 4-3 triumph over the Ottawa Senators.

Dainius Zubrus had a pair of goals, captain Jamie Langenbrunner also tallied and Patrik Elias, Brian Gionta and defenseman Johnny Oduya notched a pair of assists apiece for New Jersey.

Nick Foligno and defenseman Brendan Bell netted a power-play goal apiece and Chris Kelly also tallied for Ottawa.

TAMPA BAY 4, ATLANTA 1

ATLANTA Martin St. Louis scored twice and Mike Smith turned aside 27 shots as the Tampa Bay Lightning recorded a 4-1 triumph over the Atlanta Thrashers in a battle of Southeast Division rivals.

Defenseman Steve Eminger notched a goal and an assist, Ryan Malone also tallied and Vaclav Prospal set up a pair of goals for Tampa Bay, which snapped a three-game losing streak.

Erik Christensen scored and Kari Lehtonen finished with 31 saves for Atlanta, which fell to 1-4-1 in its last six contests.

ANAHEIM 2, PHOENIX 0

ANAHEIM, California Jonas Hiller stopped 29 shots for his third shutout both of the season and career and defenseman Chris Pronger and Bobby Ryan netted a power-play goal apiece as the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Phoenix Coyotes, 2-0.

Both goals came after Phoenix was penalized for too many men on the ice. The victory gave Anaheim sole possession of second place in the Pacific Division.

Phoenix, which had won two games in a row, continued to struggle on the power play, going 0-for-4 and falling to 0-for-18 in its last four games. Ilya Bryzgalov made 32 saves in the loss.

MINNESOTA 2, COLORADO 0

DENVER Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves to record his fourth shutout of the season and Owen Nolan netted a pair of goals in the first period, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.

Backstrom stopped 10 shots in the first period, 12 more in the next and 11 in the third to complete his 13th career blanking.

Peter Budaj turned aside 35 shots for the Avalanche, who have managed just two goals over their current three-game losing streak.

Zbynek Michalek scored a goal and setup another as the Coyotes edged the New York Islanders, 5-4, on Friday. Viktor Tikhonov, captain Shane Doan, Olli Jokinen and Joakim Lindstrom also tallied Friday for Phoenix, which is 7-2-3 over its last 12 games.

The Coyotes, however, have not scored a power-play goal in their previous three contests, going 0-for-14 with the man advantage over that stretch.

The Ducks have lost five of their last six games. Corey Perry had a goal and an assist Friday, but Anaheim fell to the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-4, in a shootout.

Perry, Bobby Ryan and Ryan Getzlaf were all denied in the bonus format for the Ducks, who are not enjoying their eight-game stretch in Southern California. Anaheim was also blanked by Columbus, 2-0, at home Wednesday.

The Ducks will still play five of their next six games at The Pond and the lone road contest will be against the Los Angeles Kings.

The 27-year-old Zigomanis, who has been sidelined with an undisclosed injury since December 3, missed the Penguins last 15 games.

Zigomanis recorded two goals and four assists in 22 contests for Pittsburgh.

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Thrashers C Little leaves game

Atlanta Thrashers center Bryan Little left Sundays 4-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the second period with a rib injury.

The Thrashers leading goal scorer with 19 tallies, Little did not record a shot in 5 minutes, 44 seconds of ice time before leaving the contest. The 21-year-old did not return.

Little, who was the first-round pick - 12th overall - in the 2006 draft, has 13 assists in 40 games this season.

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Blackhawks RW Kane out vs. Flames

Chicago Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane missed Sundays game against the Calgary Flames due to a high ankle sprain.

It marked the first time that Kane, the No. 1 overall draft selection in 2007, missed a game due to injury. The second-year star initially sprained his ankle Tuesday against Detroit and aggravated the injury in Thursdays Winter Classic against the Red Wings.

Its not feeling too great right now, so I think I have to rest up and make sure its better for a better time of the year when Im needed more, Kane told the Chicago Tribune. Well see how it feels and keep going from there. Im going to do everything I can to get back as soon as I can.

Kane, the Blackhawks leading scorer, will travel with the team for next Tuesdays road game at Phoenix. But the 20-year-old indicated he could be sidelined for Chicagos entire three-game road trip.

Hopefully, if you take three or four or a couple of games off, whatever it may be, youre better when you come back, Kane told the Tribune. I wasnt really myself out there (during the Winter Classic). I didnt feel comfortable.

Kane played just under 18 minutes in Thursdays 6-4 loss at Wrigley Field but failed to register a point. It marked the third straight game that he was held scoreless.

Kane has 16 goals and 25 assists in 35 games this season for the Blackhawks, who owned a nine-game winning streak before losing both contests to the Red Wings this past week.

A Buffalo native, Kane appeared in all 82 games as a rookie last season, scoring 21 goals and 72 points.

The NHL announced the starting lineups Saturday for the midseason classic, and the host Canadiens filled four of the six slots for the Eastern Conference.

Crosby and Malkin, teammates and linemates with the defending East champion Pittsburgh Penguins, both broke the record for the most votes and claimed two forward positions. They will be joined up front by Montreal’s Alex Kovalev.

Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, the league’s reigning MVP and second this season in goals and points entering Saturday, finished only sixth among Eastern Conference forwards in the voting - which mystified his coach.

“It’s dumb,” Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said, adding: “It’s not right the best player in the game is not a starter.”

Jaromir Jagr, a former Penguins star, had held the record for votes, but his mark was broken by 11 players - including all six East starters - in this year’s fan balloting conducted online and via text messaging.

Crosby, elected as a starter for the third time, garnered 1,713,021 votes - shattering Jagr’s 2000 total of 1,020,736. Malkin was second with more than 1.5 million votes.

At one point during the voting process, the Canadiens led all six positions. Still, hockey’s version of the New York Yankees will be well represented, as the franchise, which last hosted the All-Star game in 1993, celebrates its 100th anniversary.

“In three weeks, the world’s greatest players will come here, to one of the world’s great hockey cities, to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens,” former Canadiens star Jean Beliveau said in announcing the rosters. “I had the pleasure of playing in 13 All-Star Games and I can tell you it was an absolute honor. I look forward to watching the stars of today.”

Besides the Penguins and Canadiens, only the Anaheim Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks of the Western Conference are represented in the starting lineups.

Montreal’s Andrei Markov and Mike Komisarek will start on defense, and Canadiens teammate Carey Price will be in goal on home ice at the Bell Centre on Jan. 25. Price barely beat out Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, finishing fewer than 30,000 votes ahead. Each player led the race in the final hours of voting Friday night.

Another pair of teammates dominated the voting for the Western Conference as 20-year-olds Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews of the upstart Blackhawks were the two leading vote-getters.

Kane, last season’s rookie of the year, earned 100,000 more votes than Toews - a rookie of the year finalist and the Blackhawks’ new captain. Ryan Getzlaf of the Ducks will be the third forward on the starting line.

Brian Campbell, Chicago’s key free-agent acquisition last summer, finished first among defenseman and will be an All-Star starter for the second time in three years. This marks the first time he will suit up for the West after playing for the East squad while a member of the Buffalo Sabres.

He will team with Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer on the blue line in front of Anaheim goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere, a Montreal native and first-time starter.

The Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings were shut out of the Western starting lineup. Team captain Nicklas Lidstrom came the closest, finishing fourth among defenseman - 67,000 votes behind Niedermayer.

Half of the 12 starters are 23 or younger and seven were elected for the first time. Crosby has earned the most votes in three straight seasons, but he sat out last year’s game in Atlanta because of an ankle sprain.

Most of the record 34 million votes were cast online, but more than 15 million were registered by text messaging. In the final five days of voting, 4.3 million votes were recorded by text.

The New Year’s Day event on NBC earned a 2.9 overnight rating and a 6.0 share, the best overnight NHL regular-season rating in nearly 13 years. The Red Wings defeated the Blackhawks 6-4 in the second U.S. outdoor game in NHL history.

Last year’s Winter Classic at the Buffalo Bills’ Ralph Wilson Stadium drew a 2.6 overnight rating and a 5.0 share on NBC when Pittsburgh beat Buffalo 2-1 in a shootout.

“Year one was an extraordinary experience,” NBC Sports president Ken Schanzer said Saturday. “Year two was the establishment of what promises to be a great tradition.”

Overnight ratings measure the 55 largest TV markets in the United States, covering nearly 70 percent of the country. Each overnight rating point represents about 735,000 TV homes.

The rating is the percentage of all homes with TVs, whether or not they are in use. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

TORONTO The Ottawa Senators cannot wait to get home.

Jason Blake scored a goal and set up another as the Toronto Maple Leafs skated to a 3-1 triumph over the road-weary Senators.

Dominic Moore and Alexei Ponikarovsky also tallied for the Maple Leafs, who had lost four of their previous five games.

Captain Daniel Alfredsson scored the lone goal for Ottawa, which fell to 1-4-0 on its eight-game road trip and 1-11-2 in its last 14 away from home overall.

The Senators, who have won just four of 18 road games this season after going 21-16-4 away from Scotiabank Place in 2007-08, got off to a good start in this one.

With Toronto defenseman Pavel Kubina serving a cross-checking penalty, Alfredsson received a pass from the top of the slot by Jason Spezza and one-timed the puck past goaltender Vesa Toskala from below the left faceoff circle at 7:05 for a 1-0 lead.

But that was all Toskala would allow as the Finn turned aside 30 shots, including 14 in the third period.

Moore evened the contest midway through the second period with a power-play goal. After Ottawa blue-liner Anton Volchenkov skated past the puck in the left circle, Moore gained control on the doorstep and put a backhander past netminder Martin Gerber at 9:47 for his eighth goal of the season and a 1-1 tie.

Kubina atoned for his earlier miscue halfway through the third to help put Toronto ahead.

After serving a holding infraction, Kubina exited the penalty box and chased down a loose puck in the offensive zone. From the bottom of the right circle, the Czech dished to Ponikarovsky, who beat Gerber with a wrist shot in the circle at 10:03 for a 2-1 edge.

Blake gave the Maple Leafs some breathing room with 4:09 remaining, grabbing a loose puck behind the net and tucking it inside the right goalpost for his ninth tally.

Gerber made 27 saves.

CALGARY 3, NASHVILLE 2

NASHVILLE, Tennessee Todd Bertuzzi scored with 24 seconds remaining in the third period to lift the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators.

Curtis Glencross and Daymond Langkow also scored, David Moss collected a pair of assists and Bertuzzi added one for Calgary, which extended its winning streak to five games.

Jerred Smithson and captain Jason Arnott tallied for the Predators, who have dropped four in a row.

Bertuzzi gathered a loose puck in the right faceoff circle and beat goaltender Dan Ellis to give the Flames their first lead of the contest.

EDMONTON 4, DALLAS 1

EDMONTON, Alberta Dwayne Roloson made 39 saves and defenseman Sheldon Souray recorded a goal and an assist to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars.

Dustin Penner, Erik Cole and Andrew Cogliano also scored and Shawn Horcoff collected a pair of assists for the Oilers, who snapped a two-game slide.

Cole got Edmonton on the board with his seventh goal at 8:41 of the first period, and Sourays tally 56 seconds later proved to be the game-winner.

James Neal netted the lone goal for the Stars, who failed to capitalized on five power-play opportunities.

FLORIDA 6, PITTSBURGH 1

PITTSBURGH Nathan Horton scored two goals as the Florida Panthers posted a 6-1 victory over the listless Pittsburgh Penguins, who were embarrassed at home.

Horton gave the Panthers a 2-0 lead with 4:40 left in the first period, then scored on a breakaway to make it 5-1 with 1:29 remaining in the middle session.

The Penguins suffered a season-high fourth straight defeat and dropped to 8-9-1 here - one fewer loss than Pittsburgh had at home all of last season en route to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Florida, which snapped a three-game slide, did not get a ton of chances but made the most of its opportunities. The Panthers scored four goals on their first 10 shots.

Pittsburgh starting goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury was pulled after yielding two goals while facing only five shots in the opening period.

Fleury was coming off an outing when he was bombarded with 40 shots in Thursdays 5-2 loss to the Boston Bruins.

On Saturday, he was replaced at the start of the second period by Dany Sabourin, who allowed three goals on 12 shots.

Craig Anderson recorded 29 saves for the Panthers, yielding only an unassisted goal by Ruslan Fedotenko that pulled the Penguins within 2-1 1:37 into the second period.

However, Bryan McCabe and Richard Zednik scored power-play goals 3:21 apart midway through the second to allow the Panthers to take control.

BUFFALO 4, BOSTON 2

BOSTON Matt Ellis had two goals for the first time in his career and added an assist as the Buffalo Sabres ended a pair of long streaks for the front-running Boston Bruins with a 4-2 victory at TD Banknorth Garden.

Thomas Vanek and Paul Gaustad also scored and Ryan Miller made 29 saves as the Sabres snapped Bostons 14-game winning streak at home and its 10-game run overall - both the longest streaks in the league this season.

The Bruins, who got goals from Phil Kessel and Shawn Thornton, had not lost at home since a 4-2 setback to Toronto on October 23.

Bostons 10-game run was the fourth-longest in team history and its run at home the longest since a 16-game run from January 10-March 25, 1976.

But both came to an end thanks the an improbable effort from the 27-year-old Ellis, who is with his third team in two seasons and was recalled from Portland of the American Hockey League just last month.

He set the tone less than four minutes in when he took a feed from Jason Pominville and pushed the puck past goaltender Tim Thomas for his second goal of the season at 3:20.

Vanek gave the Sabres a 2-0 lead moments later when he redirected a shot from Derek Roy for a power-play tally at 5:08 - his team-leading 26th goal of the season.

The Bruins got on the board when Marc Savard fed Kessel for a power-play goal midway through the first, but Ellis made it 3-1 early in the second when he hammered home the rebound of a shot by Ales Kotalik at 3:04.

Ellis, who assisted on Gaustads goal to make it 4-2 late in the second, entered with just four goals and five assists in 84 career games in the NHL.

Thomas made 21 saves in his first loss in eight games this month. He has suffered two of his four regulation losses this season to the Sabres.

WASHINGTON 2, NY RANGERS 1

WASHINGTON Alex Ovechkins shorthanded goal late in the second period snapped a tie and lifted the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 triumph over the New York Rangers, extending their winning streak to a season-high six games and giving them their best 40-game start in franchise history.

Defenseman Mike Green also scored for Washington, which improved to 26-11-3 overall and 17-1-1 on home ice.

Skating down the right wing, Ovechkin deked two defenders near the blue line before lifting a wrist shot over goaltender Stephen Valiquettes right shoulder with 32 seconds left in the middle period for a 2-1 lead.

David Steckel notched the assist on Ovechkins 27th goal of the season, which tied him with Philadelphias Jeff Carter for the league lead.

The shorthanded tally was the fourth of Ovechkins career and his first since March 2, 2006 at Ottawa. The reigning Hart Trophy winner has an eight-game goal-scoring streak at home and

has notched at least one point in 13 straight contests at the Verizon Center.

Petr Prucha scored for the Rangers, who have lost four of five (1-3-1).

CAROLINA 3, TAMPA BAY 2

TAMPA, Florida Defenseman Joni Pitkanen and Justin Williams each recorded a goal and an assist to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Chad LaRose added a tally and blue-liner Dennis Seidenberg collected two assists for the Hurricanes, who have won three straight.

The Lightning jumped to a 2-0 lead early in the first period as Ryan Craig netted his first goal of the season at 5:05 and Vaclav Prospal followed 95 seconds later with his eight tally.

But Carolina responded in kind, halving the deficit on Williams power-play goal with 5:14 left in the first and forging a tie when LaRose beat goaltender Mike Smith 71 seconds later.

Pitkanen scored his fourth tally of the season at 6:41 of the second, when he took a feed from Williams and fired a wrist shot from the left point that slammed off the far goalpost and skipped behind Smith to provide the winning margin.

DETROIT 3, MINNESOTA 2 (SO)

ST. PAUL, Minnesota Chris Osgood stopped all three shootout attempts he faced and Pavel Datsyuk scored the lone goal of the bonus format to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2

victory over the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center.

Mikael Samuelsson and Johan Franzen tallied in regulation for Detroit, which won for the sixth time in its last eight games.

Osgood, coming off a 10-game layoff due to a groin injury, stopped 33 shots for his first win since December 13 at Phoenix.

Owen Nolan and Antti Miettinen scored for Minnesota, which earned another point against a division leader after topping San Jose in overtime on Wednesday.

Josh Harding stopped 35 shots for the Wild.

ST. LOUIS 5, COLUMBUS 2

ST. LOUIS Alex Steen scored a goal and set up two others as the St. Louis Blues halted a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 triumph over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

B.J. Crombeen notched a tally and an assist while Brad Winchester, Keith Tkachuk and T.J. Oshie also scored for the Blues, who had dropped five of their previous six games.

Fredrik Modin recorded a goal and set up another, defenseman Mike Commodore scored for the second time in as many nights and captain Rick Nash collected a pair of assists for Columbus,

which had its four-game winning streak halted.

SAN JOSE 5, NY ISLANDERS 3

SAN JOSE, California Mike Grier scored two goals and Jonathan Cheechoo dished out three assists as the San Jose Sharks handed the New York Islanders their 12th straight road loss with a 5-3 victory.

Ryane Clowe, defenseman Dan Boyle and captain Patrick Marleau also scored for San Jose, which improved to 19-0-2 at the HP Pavilion this season.

Clowe and Grier scored 8:19 apart late in the first period and Boyle made it 3-0 at 7:51 of the second.

Tim Jackman scored a shorthanded goal with 3:10 remaining in the third to cut the deficit to 4-2 and defenseman Thomas Pock tallied with 63 seconds left to make it a one-goal game. But

Marleau sealed the win with an empty-netter with 10 seconds to play.

Richard Park recorded a goal and two assists for the Islanders, who were outshot, 47-24, and fell to 0-11-1 in their last 12 games away from home.

LOS ANGELES 2, PHILADELPHIA 1 (SO)

LOS ANGELES Patrick OSullivan and captain Dustin Brown scored shootout goals to lead the Los Angeles Kings to a 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Wayne Simmonds tallied in regulation and fellow rookie Jonathan Quick made 31 saves for the Kings, who halted a four-game home losing streak (0-2-2).

Scott Hartnell scored and Antero Niittymaki turned aside 30 shots for Philadelphia, which fell to 2-2-1 on its six-game road trip.

NEWARK, New Jersey Despite being undermanned, the Montreal Canadiens came to New Jersey with hopes of completing their four-game road trip with an unblemished mark. Zach Parise and Jamie Langenbrunner had a different plan.

Parise and Langenbrunner each notched a goal and an assist as the New Jersey Devils skated to a 4-1 triumph over the injury-riddled Canadiens.

John Madden ended a 24-game goalless drought and Brian Gionta also scored for the Devils, who halted a two-game home skid.

Making his 10th consecutive start, Scott Clemmensen made 33 saves for New Jersey, which had lost three of five.

Max Pacioretty tallied in his NHL debut for the Canadiens, who went 3-1-0 on their trek.

Montreal played without Alex Tanguay and netminder Carey Price, who joined captain Saku Koivu, Chris Higgins and defenseman Mathieu Dandenault on the sidelines with shoulder and lower body injuries, respectively.

Winners of five of their previous six games (5-0-1), the Canadiens fell behind in this one as Gionta beat goaltender Jaroslav Halak to the stick side with a slap shot from the top of the right faceoff circle with 5:39 remaining in the first period.

The goal was the first in seven games for Gionta.

Drafted 22nd overall in 2007, Pacioretty evened the contest just over two minutes later. After receiving a chip pass off the right wing boards from Kyle Chipchura, the 20-year-old native of New Canaan, Connecticut unleashed a wrist shot from the faceoff circle that beat Clemmensen high to the glove side for his first career tally.

Parise put the Devils in front for good with 95 seconds to go in the first. From low in the right circle, Parise showed pass before firing the puck between the pads of Halak for his fourth goal in as many games and a 2-1 advantage.

Madden, who had not scored since October 22 against Dallas, doubled the lead with 8:49 left in the middle period, skating down the right wing and wristing a shot that beat Halak high to

the glove side.

Langenbrunner capped the scoring with his first tally in 11 contests. Parise made a backhand pass from behind the net to the captain, whose wrister from the slot sneaked inside the right goalpost with 6:49 to go in the third.

ATLANTA 4, VANCOUVER 3 (SO)

ATLANTA Erik Christensen scored the decisive goal in the fourth round of the shootout as the Atlanta Thrashers ended a four-game skid with a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.

Ilya Kovalchuk registered a goal and an assist and rookie Joey Crabb and Vyacheslav Kozlov also tallied in regulation for the Thrashers, who also had dropped three in a row at home.

Henrik Sedin scored twice and Daniel Sedin netted his team-leading 19th goal for Vancouver, which has lost four of six.

CAROLINA 2, ST. LOUIS 1

RALEIGH, North Carolina Eric Staal and defenseman Anton Babchuk scored power-play goals to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

Cam Ward made 15 of his 30 saves in the third period for Carolina, which has won five of six at home.

Sergei Samsonov and Tuomo Ruutu each recorded a pair of assists for the Hurricanes.

David Backes netted the lone tally for St. Louis, which lost a pair of defensemen in the contest. Carlo Colaiacovo left the game in the first period with an undisclosed injury, while rookie Tyson Strachan received a game misconduct in the second for a hit from behind on Ray Whitney.

PHOENIX 5, NY ISLANDERS 4

GLENDALE, Arizona Defenseman Zbynek Michalek recorded a goal and an assist in his 300th career game as the Phoenix Coyotes posted a 5-4 victory over the New York Islanders.

Rookie Viktor Tikhonov, captain Shane Doan, Olli Jokinen and Joakim Lindstrom also scored for the Coyotes, who have won three of four overall and four of five at home.

Richard Park netted a pair of goals and set up another, Josh Bailey scored his first NHL tally and Doug Weight eclipsed the 1,000-point mark with a pair of assists for New York, which has lost 11 straight road games (0-10-1).

COLUMBUS 6, COLORADO 1

DENVER Captain Rick Nash recorded a goal and three assists and Kristian Huselius scored twice as the Columbus Blue Jackets notched their fourth straight win, a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.

Rookie Steve Mason, who was coming off three consecutive shutouts, made 23 saves but had his scoreless streak snapped at 199 minutes, 28 seconds when Darcy Tucker tallied with 2:40 remaining in the first period.

The Blue Jackets took over from there as Huselius sandwiched goals around Nashs penalty-shot tally in the second, giving Columbus a 3-1 lead. Nash snapped a 1-1 tie with 7:27 left in the period.

Defenseman Mike Commodore, Jakub Voracek and R.J. Umberger tallied in the third to complete the scoring.

PHILADELPHIA 5, ANAHEIM 4 (SO)

ANAHEIM, California Captain Mike Richards scored the lone goal in the shootout after collecting three assists in regulation as the Philadelphia Flyers edged the Anaheim Ducks, 5-4.

Martin Biron made 23 saves before denying all three shooters in the bonus format for the Flyers, who have won back-to-back contests and jumped into a tie atop the Atlantic Division with the New York Rangers with 49 points.

Defenseman Ossi Vaananen and Josh Gratton both netted their first goals of the season, while blue-liner Braydon Coburn and Mike Knuble also tallied in regulation for Philadelphia.

Corey Perry, Rob Niedermayer, rookie Andrew Ebbett and Ryan Getzlaf scored for the Ducks, who have lost five of their last six contests (1-3-2).