Senators 6, Penguins 2: Chris Phillips scored twice in his 800th regular-season game and Pascal Leclaire made 25 saves, leading Ottawa past visiting Pittsburgh last night.
Phillips, who entered with one goal in 18 games, scored goals 2:03 apart in the third to put Ottawa up 5-1 and chase Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
Milan Michalek got his 100th career goal and Matt Carkner, Chris Kelly and Jonathan Cheechoo also scored for Ottawa, which won its second in a row. Mike Fisher had three assists for the Senators.
Bruins 4, Thrashers 3, SO: Michael Ryder scored twice, Patrice Bergeron had the only goal of the shootout and Boston snapped Atlanta's four-game winning streak last night.
Blues 3, Coyotes 2, OT: Erik Johnson showed why St. Louis took him with the first pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft.
He finished off visiting Phoenix last night with an end-to-end rush that ended with Johnson firing a wrist shot past goalie Ilya Bryzgalov from the high slot 17 seconds into overtime for a 3-2 victory.
Blue Jackets 4, Stars 1: Rick Nash scored on a power play and Kristian Huselius added a short-handed goal in the final seconds as Columbus beat Dallas last night.
Huselius and Raffi Torres added goals in the second period, Steve Mason made 24 saves, and the Blue Jackets went on to win their third straight and improve to 6-1-1 in their last eight games.
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