DETROIT – Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 on Thursday night for their 13th straight home win.
Valtteri Filppula, Johan Franzen scored in regulation for Detroit, which moved within one game of matching the teams best streak. Jimmy Howard stopped 25 shots to earn his 100th career NHL win.
Howard and Pavel Datsyuk, who returned after missing a game with a lower-body injury, were selected Thursday to play in the NHL All-Star game at the end of January. Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom wasnt picked, but it is believed that the 41-year-old defenseman asked to have that weekend off instead of going to Ottawa.
Radim Vrbata, Taylor Pyatt scored regulation goals for Phoenix, and Vrbata added one in the shootout. Mike Smith made 40 saves.
BRUINS 2, CANADIENS 1: In Boston, Jordan Caron and Milan Lucic scored, and Tim Thomas stopped 33 shots to lead Boston.
Carey Price made 28 saves for Montreal, which lost to Boston for the third straight time and fell to 3-8 since Randy Cunneyworth took over as coach.
Yannick Weber scored for the Canadiens.
Montreal won the first two matchups against the defending Stanley Cup champions, winning home-and-home games at the end of October. But since then the Bruins have won 25 of 30 games.
After the game, the Canadiens traded forward Michael Cammalleri to the Calgary Flames for forward Rene Bourque.
SENATORS 3, RANGERS 0: In New York, Craig Anderson made 34 saves for his first shutout of the season, and Jason Spezza scored twice to lead Ottawa.
Milan Michalek also scored for the Senators, who have won five straight at Madison Square Garden and seven of eight there (7-0-1).
New York (27-10-4), which entered with the most points in the NHL, had won five straight and 10 of 11.
Andersons seventh career shutout, and first since a 44-save effort against Washington on March 25, came nearly two years after Ottawas winning streak began in New York with a 2-0 victory on Jan. 14, 2010.
FLYERS 3, ISLANDERS 2: In Uniondale, N.Y., Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 33 shots as Philadelphia beat New York for the 26th time in 28 games.
Scott Hartnell, Wayne Simmonds and Sean Couturier scored for the Flyers (26-12-4), who moved within two points of the Atlantic Division-leading New York Rangers. Kyle Okposo and John Tavares scored for the Islanders.
The Flyers (26-12-4) have won 12 of 13 on Long Island during their dominant run against the Islanders. New York (15-20-6) had won three straight at home, including a 5-1 victory over Detroit on Tuesday. Bobrovsky stopped Michael Grabner on a penalty shot 2:49 in and made a spectacular glove save on the Islanders right wing late in the second. The 23-year-old Russian has tormented the Islanders since joining the Flyers before last season. Bobrovsky (10-3-1) is 7-0 against New York.
HURRICANES 5, LIGHTNING 2: In Tampa, Fla., Jiri Tlusty had two goals and an assist, and Tuomo Ruutu added a goal and two assists to lead Carolina.
Tlusty scored twice during Carolinas four-goal first, helping the Hurricanes take a 4-1 lead.
Jay Harrison and Tim Brent also scored for the Hurricanes, who had lost four of five. Eric Staal had three assists, giving him 301 in his career. Tampa Bay got goals from Nate Thompson and Teddy Purcell. The Lightning (0-4-1) are winless in their past five games.
PREDATORS 3, AVALANCHE 2, OT: In Nashville, Tenn., David Legwand scored his second goal of the game at 4:26 of overtime as Nashville rallied from a two-goal first-period deficit.
Legwand scored the winner on a rebound of his own shot.
The Predators have won seven straight over Colorado and nine of 10 overall in the series dating back to Feb. 4, 2010.
CANUCKS 3, BLUES 2, OT: In St. Louis, Daniel Sedin scored a power-play goal 46 seconds into overtime for Vancouver.
Alexandre Burrows had two goals and drew the decisive penalty for the Canucks.