ATLANTA – Maxime Ouellet, appearing in his first NHL game in three seasons, made 37 saves for his first NHL shutout and Robert Lang had two goals and two assists to help the Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-0 Tuesday night.

The win was the second in three games for new Washington head coach Glen Hanlon, who replaced the fired Bruce Cassidy last week. The Thrashers were shut out for the second straight game, following a 4-0 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday.

Lang’s performance gave him 40 points, moving him a point ahead of Detroit’s Pavel Datsyuk for the league lead.

The 22-year-old Ouellet had not played in an NHL game since the 2000-01 season and was making only his second NHL start and third-ever appearance but showed little nervousness.

Flames 3, Flyers 2

PHILADELPHIA – Dean McAmmond scored his second goal with 1:27 left in overtime, leading the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.

The Flyers have lost two straight at home after opening the season 12-0-2 at the Wachovia Center.

Jarome Iginla also scored for the Flames, who have lost just once (6-1-2) in their last nine games.

Jeremy Roenick and John LeClair scored for Philadelphia.

Seconds after the Flyers missed an opportunity to score at the other end, McAmmond and Chuck Kobasew went on a two-on-one break.

McAmmond took a pass from Kobasew and lifted a shot over Jeff Hackett’s glove for his seventh goal.

Islanders 5, Devils 4

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Alexei Yashin and Jason Blake scored 30 seconds apart in a frenetic third period to lift the New York Islanders to a stunning 5-4 victory Tuesday night over the New Jersey Devils.

The Devils tied it 4-4 when Sergei Brylin scored a power-play tally just 17 seconds after Blake gave the Islanders their first lead with a short-handed goal.

Blake put New York ahead with 6:05 left, and Yashin scored at 14:25. The Islanders are 4-0-0-1 since a seven-game losing streak and took three of four points from the Stanley Cup champion Devils in a six-day span.

Penguins 2, Sabres 1

PITTSBURGH – Konstantin Koltsov, one of the worst shooters on a poor-shooting team, scored early in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins won consecutive games for only the second time this season, beating the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 Tuesday night.

Koltsov, who had scored on only two of 49 previous shots, took Tomas Surovy’s pass as he skated across the Sabres’ blue line and beat goalie Mika Noronen on a backhander as defenseman Henrik Tallinder tried to push him off the puck.

Leafs 3, Lightning 0

TORONTO – Mats Sundin and Gary Roberts each had a goal and an assist in the third period, and Ed Belfour earned his third shutout in the last six games as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 Tuesday night.

Darcy Tucker added an empty-net goal for the Maple Leafs, who set a franchise record by recording a point in 12 straight games (11-0-0-1). They celebrated with a group hug after the final buzzer.

Belfour made 21 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the 69th of his career, two less than New Jersey’s Martin Brodeur on the active list.

Blues 2, Blue Jackets 1

ST. LOUIS – Keith Tkachuk scored with 42.7 seconds left in overtime Tuesday night, leading the St. Louis Blues to their second overtime victory over Columbus in five days.

Tkachuk scored his team-leading 16th goal after stopping Chris Pronger’s shot short of the net. Lunging to his right, he pushed a backhand shot past goalie Marc Denis while falling.

Canucks 2, Predators 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Brendan Morrison scored 1:19 into overtime and Dan Cloutier made 29 saves as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 Tuesday night.

Morrison beat Nashville goaltender Tomas Vokoun with a backhand shot from the slot to give the Canucks the win. It was the fifth overtime game for Vancouver in their last six overall and the second straight for the Predators.

Mattias Ohlund gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead in the second period.

He got the puck a few feet off the left board and fired a shot from just inside the blue line, beating Vokoun 3:54 into the period.