Vokoun, Capitals shut out Canadiens

Tomas Vokoun made 30 saves for his third shutout of the season, and Alexander Semin scored on the second of Washington's two penalty shots in the Capitals' 3-0 win against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday.

Alex Ovechkin returned to the Capitals' lineup after serving a three-game suspension for his hit on Pittsburgh's Zbynek Michalek.

Dennis Wideman and Matt Hendricks also scored for Washington, which won for just the second time in its past six (2-2-2).

Vokoun recorded his 47th NHL shutout, his first in 21 games against Montreal. He debuted with the Canadiens in 1996-97.

First Period — 1, Washington, Wideman 10 (Laich), 8:10.

Second Period — None.

Third Period — 2, Washington, Hendricks 3 (Laich, Semin), 6:11. 3, Washington, Semin 13 (penalty shot), 11:57.

Missed Penalty Shot — Brouwer, Was, 9:14 second.

Shots on Goal — Washington 11-3-9 — 23. Montreal 10-10-10 — 30. Goalies — Washington, Vokoun. Montreal, Budaj. A — 21,273 (21,273). T — 2:21.

DEVILS 6, FLYERS 4: Kurtis Foster scored a pair of power-play goals, and New Jersey held on to beat Philadelphia.

Ilya Kovalchuk, Dainius Zubrus, Zach Parise and Alexei Ponikarovsky also had goals for the Devils, who have won three in a row. New Jersey's special teams scored three times on the power play and once short-handed.

Down 6-0 to start the third period, the Flyers stormed back to make it close. Wayne Simmonds, Jaromir Jagr, Claude Giroux and Jake Voracek had Philadelphia's goals.

First Period — 1, New Jersey, Foster 3 (Elias, Kovalchuk), 3:05 (pp). 2, New Jersey, Kovalchuk 21 (Zubrus), 19:03 (sh). 3, New Jersey, Zubrus 14 (Volchenkov, Ponikarovsky), 19:59.

Second Period — 4, New Jersey, Parise 19 (Clarkson, Foster), :38 (pp). 5, New Jersey, Ponikarovsky 9 (Bernier, Josefson), 1:37. 6, New Jersey, Foster 4 (Elias, Kovalchuk), 8:22 (pp).

Third Period — 7, Philadelphia, Simmonds 16 (Rinaldo, Bourdon), 3:59. 8, Philadelphia, Jagr 13 (Carle, Giroux), 9:23. 9, Philadelphia, Giroux 20 (Jagr, Voracek), 12:40 (pp). 10, Philadelphia, Voracek 9 (Carle, Couturier), 13:31.

Shots on Goal — New Jersey 17-13-1 — 31. Philadelphia 7-10-24 — 41. Goalies — New Jersey, Hedberg. Philadelphia, Bobrovsky, Bryzgalov. A — 19,862 (19,537). T — 2:32.

PENGUINS 2, BRUINS 1: Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves, and Evgeni Malkin had a power-play goal to lift Pittsburgh past Boston, the Penguins' ninth win in 10 games.

Matt Cooke had the other goal for the Penguins, who rebounded from a 1-0 loss at Toronto on Wednesday that ended a season-high eight-game winning streak.

First Period — 1, Pittsburgh, Malkin 28 (Kunitz, Neal), 19:51 (pp).

Second Period — None.

Third Period — 2, Pittsburgh, Cooke 9 (Jeffrey, Dupuis), 1:53. 3, Boston, Corvo 3 (Bergeron, Marchand), 6:45.

Shots on Goal — Pittsburgh 6-12-10 — 28. Boston 10-10-9 — 29. Goalies — Pittsburgh, Fleury. Boston, Thomas. A — 17,565 (17,565). T — 2:21.

CANUCKS 3, AVALANCHE 2: Kevin Bieksa tied the game with 34.1 seconds remaining in regulation, and Mason Raymond scored the lone goal in the shootout as Vancouver rallied past Colorado.

Raymond sent the puck through the pads of Jean-Sebastien Giguere, and Roberto Luongo stopped all three shots he faced for Vancouver, which ended the Avalanche's 10-game winning streak in shootouts.

Vancouver won shootout 1-0

First Period — 1, Vancouver, Kesler 16 (Edler, Booth), 3:31. 2, Colorado, Jones 10 (Stastny, O'Reilly), 9:14 (pp).

Second Period — 3, Colorado, McClement 7 (Winnik), 3:39.

Third Period — 4, Vancouver, Bieksa 5 (H.Sedin), 19:25.

Overtime — None.

Shootout — Vancouver 1 (Lapierre NG, Raymond G), Colorado 0 (Hejduk NG, Landeskog NG, O'Reilly NG).

Shots on Goal — Vancouver 7-10-11-1 — 29. Colorado 18-12-11-5 — 46. Goalies — Vancouver, Luongo. Colorado, Giguere. A — 17,024 (18,007). T — 2:40.

HURRICANES 2, KINGS 1: Jeff Skinner scored 3:02 into the third period to lift Carolina to a win against Los Angeles.

Jiri Tlusty also scored and Cam Ward made 24 saves for the Hurricanes, who are 8-2-1 in their past 11 home games as they try to work their way up from the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.

First Period — 1, Los Angeles, Kopitar 16 (Williams, Johnson), 4:58 (pp).

Second Period — 2, Carolina, Tlusty 11, 15:40.

Third Period — 3, Carolina, Skinner 15 (Jokinen, Bowman), 3:02.

Shots on Goal — Los Angeles 8-10-7 — 25. Carolina 4-11-7 — 22. Goalies — Los Angeles, Bernier. Carolina, Ward. A — 18,680 (18,680). T — 2:15.

MAPLE LEAFS 5, SENATORS 0: James Reimer posted his second straight shutout, and Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak each had three points to lead Toronto to a rout of Ottawa.

Kessel and Bozak each had a goal and two assists, while Dion Phaneuf, Luke Schenn and Cody Franson also scored for Toronto. Reimer stopped 49 shots for his third shutout of the season. He has made 74 saves in his past two games.

First Period — 1, Toronto, Kessel 27 (Bozak, Gardiner), 13:47. 2, Toronto, Phaneuf 8 (Kessel, Lupul), 17:02 (pp).

Second Period — 3, Toronto, Bozak 9 (Kessel, Franson), 8:25.

Third Period — 4, Toronto, Schenn 2 (Lupul, Bozak), 5:39. 5, Toronto, Franson 4 (Grabovski, MacArthur), 12:17 (pp).

Shots on Goal — Toronto 16-9-15 — 40. Ottawa 12-21-16 — 49. Goalies — Toronto, Reimer. Ottawa, Anderson. A — 20,500 (19,153). T — 2:33.

SABRES 4, ISLANDERS 3: Brad Boyes and Jason Pominville scored shootout goals, and Buffalo rallied from an early 3-1 deficit to beat New York.

Buffalo's Paul Gaustad tied it at 3 midway through the third period to send the game to overtime. The Islanders had a power play in the extra session when the Sabres were called for a bench minor, but New York couldn't get past Sabres netminder Ryan Miller.

Buffalo won shootout 2-0

First Period — 1, N.Y. Islanders, Nielsen 8 (Grabner), 1:39. 2, Buffalo, Gerbe 5 (Stafford), 5:32. 3, N.Y. Islanders, Bailey 6 (Nielsen), 16:00. 4, N.Y. Islanders, Nielsen 9 (Okposo, Streit), 17:17.

Second Period — 5, Buffalo, Roy 10 (Leino, Pominville), 18:41.

Third Period — 6, Buffalo, Gaustad 6 (Myers, Boyes), 11:46.

Overtime — None.

Shootout — Buffalo 2 (Boyes G, Pominville G), N.Y. Islanders 0 (Parenteau NG, Nielsen NG).

Shots on Goal — Buffalo 17-9-10-1 — 37. N.Y. Islanders 9-9-11-9 — 38. Goalies — Buffalo, Miller. N.Y. Islanders, Montoya. A — 14,618 (16,234). T — 2:40.

PREDATORS 3, BLUES 1: Pekka Rinne made 41 saves, and Martin Erat had a goal and two assists to lead Nashville past St. Louis.

The Predators have won six of seven, while the Blues have dropped three of four.

Mike Fisher and Sergei Kostitsyn also scored for Nashville.

First Period — 1, Nashville, Erat 12 (Hornqvist, Suter), 6:59 (pp). 2, Nashville, Fisher 15 (Kostitsyn, Erat), 12:30.

Second Period — None.

Third Period — 3, St. Louis, Porter 3, 4:01. 4, Nashville, Kostitsyn 13 (Legwand, Erat), 19:37 (en).

Shots on Goal — St. Louis 16-7-20 — 43. Nashville 14-17-6 — 37. Goalies — St. Louis, Halak. Nashville, Rinne. A — 17,113 (17,113). T — 2:18.

COYOTES 5, SHARKS 3: Lauri Korpikoski scored two goals to lead Phoenix past San Jose.

Down by two goals late, the Sharks' Patrick Marleau scored with 32 seconds left, but the Coyotes' Radim Vrbata scored at 19:59.

First Period — None.

Second Period — 1, San Jose, Couture 22 (Clowe, Marleau), 3:44. 2, Phoenix, Torres 8 (Rozsival, Langkow), 4:16. 3, Phoenix, Korpikoski 12 (Doan, Gordon), 9:29. 4, San Jose, McGinn 11 (Burns, Clowe), 12:26 (pp). 5, Phoenix, Hanzal 6 (Whitney, Vrbata), 19:13.

Third Period — 6, Phoenix, Korpikoski 13 (Gordon, Doan), 8:03. 7, San Jose, Marleau 20 (Clowe, Thornton), 19:27. 8, Phoenix, Vrbata 24 (Whitney, Hanzal), 19:59 (en).

Shots on Goal — San Jose 11-13-11 — 35. Phoenix 10-6-8 — 24. Goalies — San Jose, Niemi. Phoenix, Smith. A — 12,979 (17,135). T — 2:20.