Bruins 2, Blues 0

Boston were content being outshot by nearly a 2-to-1 ratio against St. Louis.

The Bruins focused on defense, forcing the Blues outside for shots that Tuukka Rask saw clearly and had no trouble stopping in a win Tuesday night.

Rask made 33 saves for his first shutout of the season, which came against a Blues team that had won 10 of 11.

“You're always going to get little ups and downs during the games, but for the most part we kept things tight and played a good game,” said Rask, who didn't leave many rebound opportunities. “Whenever we play defense like that and keep them on the outside for the most part, it makes my job easier and I expect to make those saves. That was my job.”

Patrice Bergeron and Torey Krug scored for the Bruins, who ended a six-game home losing streak against the Blues. Boston hadn't won at home against the Blues since Jan. 30, 2001.

“We have to realize that for a long time now, every team was ready to play us,” Boston coach Claude Julien said. “This is a good team to measure ourselves up against. So those are easier games to get up for. We've been on the other side of that, where we've seen every team come hard at us in the past, and that's what we face.”

Brian Elliott made 15 saves for St. Louis, which outshot Boston 33-17 but was outplayed by the Bruins.

“They kept us on the perimeter all night. I know we had a lot of shots on goal, but we weren't really a threat,” Blues coach Ken Hitchcock said. “We were trying to make the extra play all night, rather than pound it in and look for the grease goal.”

Bergeron scored 5:45 into the game after Matt Fraser forced a turnover with Elliott caught behind the net. The Blues' pass went right to Bergeron at the side and he one-timed the puck into the net as Elliott scrambled to get back into position.

While the goal was unassisted, Bergeron credited Fraser for setting up the play with his forechecking.

“He was solid from the first shift on and made some great plays. He uses his feet a lot and it definitely works to his advantage,” Bergeron said. “He caused a turnover and I was lucky enough to get the puck there.”

That stood as the only goal until Krug made it 2-0 on a wrist shot that deflected off Blues defenseman Ian Cole's hip and got past Elliott with 8:29 left in the second period. Loui Eriksson and Matt Bartkowski got assists, and Bartkowski added a great defensive play with just under 2 minutes left in the period.

Vladimir Tarasenko split two Boston players inside the blue line and was headed in alone on Rask when Bartkowski recovered with a diving sweep from behind. Bartkowski knocked away the puck without touching Tarasenko, who leads St. Louis with 10 goals.

Bergeron had a chance at an empty-net goal with 2:01 left but was hooked by Paul Stastny. While the penalty likely saved St. Louis from another goal, it left the Blues short-handed for the remainder of the game.

Islanders 5, Lightning 2

Cal Clutterbuck, Mikhail Grabovski and Ryan Strome scored in the second period to lift the New York Islanders.

Brock Nelson and Casey Cizikas also scored and Jaroslav Halak stopped 26 shots for the Islanders, who got a measure of revenge for a 5-2 loss at Tampa on Saturday that snapped their five-game winning streak.

Alex Killorn and Ondrej Palat scored for the Lightning and Evgeni Nabokov finished with 31 saves.

Clutterbuck tied the score at 1-1 with a short-handed goal 39 seconds into the middle period. Grabovski and Strome then scored 1:03 apart to give the Islanders a two-goal lead with 6 ½ minutes to go in the period. Nelson's power-play goal in the opening minute of the third made it 4-1.

Jets 3, Devils 1

Mathieu Perreault and Mark Scheifele scored less than 2 minutes apart early in the second period, and Winnipeg beat New Jersey.

Michael Frolik added a goal late in the third to seal the victory.

Perreault got Winnipeg started with his first of the season as he backhanded a high shot past Cory Schneider at 1:54 of the second. Scheifele flicked in linemate Adam Lowry's rebound at 3:38 for his third goal.

Patrik Elias narrowed it to 2-1 on a power play just more than a minute into the third. He beat Jets goalie Michael Hutchinson, who made 21 saves.

Sabres 4, Sharks 1

Brian Gionta had two goals and an assist in leading Buffalo past San Jose in front of a sparse, snowstorm-depleted crowd.

Nicolas Deslauriers and Brian Flynn also scored for Buffalo, which won its eighth straight against San Jose, dating to the 2009-10 season. Jhonas Enroth stopped 20 shots over the final two periods after replacing starter Michal Neuvirth who sustained a lower body injury in the first period.

Brent Burns scored for San Jose, which finished 3-4 on a seven-game road swing.

The Sabres improved to 16-1 at home against the Sharks. Buffalo also won consecutive games for the first time since a three-game streak late last February.

The game was played in front of an estimated crowd of about 6,200 on a day a severe lake effect snowstorm dumped more than 4 feet of snow in the area.

The storm even stranded Sabres forward Patrick Kaleta, who was snowed in and unable to leave his home.

Penguins 4, Canadiens 0

Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves for his league-leading fourth shutout of the season as Pittsburgh snapped Montreal's six-game winning streak.

Beau Bennett and Steve Downie had first-period goals for the Penguins, and Brandon Sutter and captain Sidney Crosby each scored in the second. Pittsburgh has now won 10 of its last 11.

Carey Price stopped 18 shots for Montreal.

Fleury, who made a couple of key saves early on, is 8-1-0 with a .944 save-percentage in his last nine starts dating back to Oct. 25.

Red Wings 5, Blue Jackets 0

Jimmy Howard made 28 saves for his 19th career shutout, and Tomas Tatar and Tomas Jurco each had a goal and an assist to lift Detroit past Columbus.

Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan and Darren Helm also scored and Brendan Smith added two assists to help Detroit snap a three-game road winless skid. The Red Wings scored twice on the power play and put the game out of reach with three third-period goals.

Columbus' two-game winning streak — after a franchise-tying nine straight losses — ended as the Red Wings won most of the puck battles to control the tempo. Columbus did have scoring chances, but they failed to generate sustained pressure.

Sergei Bobrovky, who finished with 35 saves, didn't have his best form in his second start in row since missing eight with a broken finger.

Predators 9, Maple Leafs 2

Taylor Beck scored twice as Nashville routed Toronto.

Filip Forsberg, Calle Jarnkrok, Roman Josi, Eric Nystrom, Mike Ribeiro, Derek Roy and Colin Wilson also had goals for Nashville. Shea Weber had three assists for Nashville, which led 8-0 in the third period.

Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier lasted just one period, allowing three goals — two by Beck — on 12 shots. He had allowed only three goals combined in his previous two starts. James Reimer started the second.

Pekka Rinne continued his early-season dominance by turning aside 29 shots.

Mike Santorelli and Nazem Kadri scored for Toronto.

Hurricanes 6, Stars 4

Eric Staal had two third-period goals and an assist to lead Carolina over Dallas.

Carolina overcame a 2-0 deficit with four second-period goals. The last of those chased Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen from the game. He stopped 12 of 16 shots in nearly 36 minutes on the ice.

The Hurricanes franchise had not won in regulation at Dallas since 1996, when the team was the Hartford Whalers.

Carolina snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 2-6-2 on the road. The Stars lost their seventh consecutive home game (0-5-2) and fell to 1-5-4 in Dallas this season.

Jeff Skinner, Patrick Dwyer, Victor Rask and Jiri Tlusty scored in the second for the Hurricanes.

Staal's goals against backup Anders Lindback were needed because Cody Eakin scored short-handed and Tyler Seguin got his second of the game for Dallas in the third period against Cam Ward, who made 21 saves.

Seguin, who leads the NHL with 14 goals, tipped in two shots by John Klingberg. Jamie Benn also had a goal.

The Stars had only six shots in the first period, but two went in the net.

Kings 5, Panthers 2

Jeff Carter had a power-play goal and an assist during Los Angeles' four-goal second period, and Jonathan Quick made 30 saves in the Kings' victory over Florida.

Kings defensemen Matt Greene and Robyn Regehr both scored rare goals during the defending Stanley Cup champions' highest-scoring period of the season.

Marian Gaborik and captain Dustin Brown added power-play goals in Los Angeles' second straight victory after losing seven of nine.

Jimmy Hayes and Jussi Jokinen scored for the Panthers, who have lost five of seven. Roberto Luongo stopped 21 shots in two periods before Al Montoya relieved him for the third.

Capitals 2, Coyotes 1 (OT)

Eric Fehr put in a rebound at 3:16 of overtime to lift Washington.

Fehr got his stick on a deflected shot from teammates Brooks Orpik and slid the puck past Arizona goalie Mike Smith as the Capitals ended a two-game skid.

The Coyotes lost a third straight game at home and in gut-wrenching fashion. Arizona lost the previous two games on late goals as well.

Jay Beagle scored with 8:49 to go in the first period for Washington. Oliver Ekman-Larsson tied it early in the second period for Arizona.

Flames 4, Ducks 3 (SO)

Sean Monahan scored the decisive goal in a shootout to lift Calgary over Anaheim.

Dennis Wideman scored twice in regulation and Jiri Hudler also had a goal for the Flames, who trailed 2-0 after two periods and won their third straight. Jonas Hiller finished with 24 saves through overtime in his first game against his former team.

After Monahan scored in the third round of the shootout, Hiller stopped Corey Perry to preserve the victory.

Johnny Gadreau scored earlier in the shootout for the Flames, and Ryan Kesler tied it for the Ducks.

Sami Vatanen had a goal and two assists, and Matt Beleskey and Kyle Palmieri also scored for Anaheim. Frederik Andersen had 16 saves.