Planet Sport

Pavel Datsyuk scored twice and set up another as the Detroit Red Wings cruised to a 4-1 win over the St Louis Blues.

Ty Conklin made 33 saves and captain Nicklas Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom also netted for the Red Wings, who have won eight of their last 10 contests.

Shaone Morrisonn scored his first goal of the season just 59 seconds into overtime as the Washington Capitals overcame a four-goal deficit to defeat the New York Rangers 5-4.

Alex Ovechkin netted twice and Tomas Fleischmann and Viktor Kozlov both scored on the power play for the Capitals, who ended a seven-game losing streak at Madison Square Garden.

Elsewhere, Milan Lucic scored the opener early in the third period and Tim Thomas made 25 saves as the Boston Bruins extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils.

James Neal recorded a hat-trick, while rookie Fabian Brunnstrom and Steve Ott each registered a goal and an assist as the Dallas Stars rolled past the Toronto Maple Leafs 8-2.

Michael Cammalleri and Mark Giordano each recorded a goal and an assist to help the Calgary Flames avoid their first four-game losing streak at home in over six years with a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks, while Simon Gagne scored with 5:30 minutes remaining in the third period as the Philadelphia Flyers posted a 6-4 triumph over the Ottawa Senators.

Stephane Veilleux's short-handed goal late in the second period proved to be the winner as the Minnesota Wild scored three times in the session and overcame a two-goal deficit en route to a 3-2 triumph over the Carolina Hurricanes and Bryan Little scored twice - including the winner just under eight minutes into the third period - as the Atlanta Thrashers handed the New York Islanders their 10th consecutive loss with a 4-2 triumph.

Raitis Ivanans and Patrick O'Sullivan each had first-period goals as the Los Angeles Kings shut out the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second time this season in a 3-0 victory, while Tomas Vokoun stopped all 27 shots he faced for his second consecutive shutout as the Florida Panthers blanked his former team the Nashville Predators 3-0.

Mike Smith stopped all 15 shots he faced and rookie Paul Szczechura had a goal and an assist as the Tampa Bay Lightning ended a three-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, Brett Clark scored the winner - on his 32nd birthday - 1:48 seconds into overtime to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-4 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes and captain Patrick Marleau had a power-play goal and set up two others as Evgeni Nabokov stopped all 33 shots he faced in the San Jose Sharks` 5-0 defeat of the Vancouver Canucks.