Capitals 3, Devils 2

A day after being called up from the minor leagues, Paul Carey got Washington to overtime with his first NHL goal.

T.J. Oshie and Alex Ovechkin took over from there.

Oshie and Ovechkin scored in the shootout, and the NHL-leading Capitals continued to roll, rallying for a victory over pesky New Jersey on Saturday.

The roll would not have continued without Carey. The 27-year-old who was playing in his 25th NHL game made the biggest play for the Capitals, deflecting a Matt Niskanen pass past Cory Schneider with 5:53 left in regulation.

"It's great," said Carey, who was appearing in his third game with Washington this season. "You always envision the goals being ones, and to tie it up in the third period is a great feeling and to help the team out on a call-up makes it even better."

On the goal, Brooks Laich passed the puck from behind the net to Matt Niskanen in the left circle. Carey deflected his centering pass past Devils goaltender Cory Schneider.

It capped a long day for Carey. He and fellow call-up Connor Carrick drove from Hershey, Pennsylvania, (AHL) to Washington on Friday and then boarded the team plane to the New York metropolitan area.

"I don't think most guys knew it was his first NHL goal," said Washington goaltender Braden Holtby, who had 22 saves. "That's pretty exciting for him. That's a big goal at a big time in the game."

The Caps never trailed in the shootout.

Oshie beat Schneider between the pads on Washington's first shootout attempt. Reid Boucher beat Holtby on the Devils' third chance. Ovechkin then won it with a backhander.

Holtby had stopped Blandisi and Jacob Josefson on the Devils' first two chances. Schneider made a pad save on Evgeny Kuznetsov on the Capitals' second chance.

The Devils are now 2-6 in the shootout this season and have lost five in a row.

"We haven't been successful, but it's not something you think about and dwell on," said Schneider, who had 28 saves.

Andre Burakovsky scored in his fifth straight game for Washington, while Holtby won his league-high 32nd game. He is 24-1-3 in his last 29 games.

Joseph Blandisi and Adam Henrique scored for the Devils, who have lost two straight games in shootouts in their bid to get to the playoffs for the first time in four years.

Coach John Hynes is happy with the Devils' 1-0-2 start after the All-Star break.

"We know we are in a race and we want to try to remain competitive and find a way to win more games than we lose," Hynes said.

Schneider and Holtby each came up big in the overtime. Schneider stopped a straight-on shot by John Carlson from between the circle and Holtby made a juggling save on a shot by Devils defenseman John Moore in the waning seconds.

Henrique had given the Devils a 2-1 lead 7:47 into the final period with a shot that beat Holtby on the short side in a somewhat lucky goal.

Lee Stempniak led a 2-on-1 break with Blandisi and his centering pass, deflected off the rookie to Henrique for his 17th goal of the season.

Blandisi had tied it 1-1 at 1:51 of the third period with a power-play goal. Blandisi found Travis Zajac in front of Holtby for the point-blank shot that dribbled between the goaltender's pads toward the goal line. Blandidi got his stick on the puck before Carlson and nudged it into the back of the net for his third goal.

Burakovsky had given Washington the lead at 12:30 of the second period with his sixth goal in five games.

Kuznetsov, who has 11 assists in his last six games, set it up by skating the puck down the right boards and throwing a pass back in front of the net. Justin Williams took a shot in close and it deflected off Burakovsky's skate past Schneider.

Red Wings 5, Islanders 1

Dylan Larkin and Tomas Tatar each had a goal and an assist, and Detroit routed New York for its first home win of 2016, a game delayed 36 minutes by a malfunctioning Zamboni that chopped up a section of the ice.

The Red Wings, who were 0-4-1 at home since Dec. 20, also got goals from Tomas Jurco, Mike Green and Kyle Quincey. Petr Mrazek made 28 saves to improve to 8-2-1 in his last 11 starts.

John Tavares had New York's only goal, and Jaroslav Halak was pulled after allowing four goals on 13 shots.

The start of the third period was delayed after a Zamboni ripped up a line of ice stretching from in front of the Red Wings net past the blue line. As a result, the teams changed ends at the midway point of the third so that neither team would get an advantage from the affected ice.

Penguins 3, Panthers 2 (OT)

Kris Letang scored two goals, including the winner on a power play in overtime, to lift Pittsburgh over Florida.

Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists for the Penguins, and Jeff Zatkoff made 40 saves.

In overtime, Crosby passed across to Letang in the left circle and his one-timer beat Luongo on the stick side 1:27 in. The Penguins won for the fifth time in six games, snapping the Panthers five-game win streak.

Jussi Jokinen and a goal and an assist and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers.

Blackhawks 5, Stars 1

Artem Anisimov had a short-handed goal and three assists, and Western Conference-leading Chicago beat Dallas.

Corey Crawford made 36 saves for Chicago, which moved five points ahead of second-place Dallas in the Central Division. The teams also have the two highest point totals in the Western Conference. Brent Seabrook, Trevor van Riemsdyk and Marian Hossa scored on Antti Niemi to give the Blackhawks a 3-1 lead after one period. Kari Lehtonen replaced Niemi in the second. The Blackhawks' Patrick Kane scored his league-leading 32nd goal in the second period.

Tyler Seguin scored the Stars' goal at 17:46 of the first period.

Canadiens 5, Oilers 1

Tomas Plekanec had a goal and three assists, helping Montreal end a four-game losing streak with a victory over Edmonton.

Brendan Gallagher and P.K. Subban each had a goal and an assist, while Lars Eller also scored as Montreal posted just its sixth win in 26 games since Dec. 3. The Canadiens beat the Oilers for the first time in five meetings since the 2013-14 season.

Benoit Pouliot had a short-handed goal for Edmonton, which was coming off two blowout wins in its first games following the All-Star break.

Senators 6, Maple Leafs 1

Curtis Lazar had the first two-goal game of his career, Erik Karlsson had four assists and Ottawa routed Toronto to end a three-game skid.

Zack Smith, Mika Zibanejad, Bobby Ryan and Mark Stone also scored for the Senators, and Craig Anderson made 26 saves.

Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau scored 3:25 into the third for Toronto. Jonathan Bernier had 14 saves after replacing starter James Reimer, who was beaten three times on eight shots and was pulled 7:38 into the game.

Blues 4, Wild 1

Jori Lehtera had a goal and an assist, and Brian Elliott made 38 saves as St. Louis beat Minnesota.

Vladimir Tarasenko, Paul Stastny and Troy Brouwer also scored for the Blues, who got their first regulation win in four tries against the Wild and improved to 8-3-1 in their last 12 at home.

Matt Dumba scored late in the second for the Wild, who lost their 10th game in their last 11. Minnesota's 24 shots in the second period set a franchise road record for any period and was St. Louis' season high for shots given up in a period.

Predators 6, Sharks 2

Recent call-up Viktor Arvidsson scored twice, Filip Forsberg had a goal and two assists and Nashville beat San Jose.

Pekka Rinne made 28 saves and James Neal, Calle Jarnkrok and Shea Weber also scored to help Nashville end a three-game home losing streak.

Joe Thornton and Logan Couture scored for the Sharks. Their 17-8-2 road record is the best in the Western Conference, and the Sharks fell to 9-2-2 in their last 13 games.

Flames 4, Canucks 1

Jonas Hiller made 34 saves, helping Calgary past Vancouver.

Michael Frolik, Mikael Backlund and Sam Bennett each had a goal and an assist, and Sean Monahan also scored for Calgary, which rebounded from a 2-1 loss to Columbus on Friday night. T.J. Brodie added two assists.

Emerson Etem had the lone goal for Vancouver, and Ryan Miller stopped 26 shots as the Canucks dropped their fourth straight.

Jets 4, Avalanche 2

Drew Stafford had two goals, including the go-ahead score, and Winnipeg beat Colorado.

Andrew Ladd and Mathieu Perreault also scored for the Jets, who beat the Avalanche for the first time in four tries this season. Stafford also had an assist, and Michael Hutchinson made 32 saves for Winnipeg.

Mikhail Grigorenko and Matt Duchene had goals for the Avalanche.