BUFFALO, N.Y. – Miroslav Satan scored a career-high four goals, including the 250th of his career, to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 7-2 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Monday.

Daniel Briere had a goal and two assists, while Ales Kotalik and Andy Delmore also scored, helping the Sabres to their fourth straight victory.

Satan’s third goal, which gave Buffalo a 6-1 lead two minutes into the third period, gave him 500 points in the NHL. It’s the third time this season – and seventh of his career – that he scored at least three goals.

Ilya Kovalchuk (team-high 30th goal) and Randy Robitaille scored power-play goals for the Thrashers, 1-9-2 in their last 12 games. Atlanta has not won consecutive road games since March 2003.

After winning each of their last three games by overcoming deficits, the Sabres made it easy on themselves, scoring two first-period goals. They built a 5-0 lead on Satan’s second goal, 53 seconds into the third period.

Satan opened the scoring with a power-play goal 14 minutes in. Set up by Alexei Zhitnik’s pass into the middle of the ice and just inside the blue line, Satan snapped a shot that hit a stick and skipped in over Pasi Nurminen’s left pad.

Satan then scored three times in an 8:24 span in the third period, capped by a backhander that beat Byron Dafoe from a bad angle to put the Sabres up 7-1 at the 9:17 mark.

Senators 4, Rangers 1

NEW YORK – Zdeno Chara and Josh Langfeld scored 41 seconds apart in the third period to lift the Ottawa Senators past the free-falling New York Rangers 4-1 Monday.

Chara, who also had an assist and a fight in his second straight multipoint game, put Ottawa in front at 7:11 of the period. Then Langfeld found the loose puck in a scrum in front and scored to help the Senators to their fourth straight win since the All-Star break.

Islanders 1, Kings 1

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Arron Asham scored early in the third period and Rick DiPietro stopped 29 shots, rallying the New York Islanders to a 1-1 tie with the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.

Trent Klatt scored in the second period for the Kings, who have earned points in 10 of their last 11 games (4-1-4-2), including eight overtime contests.

Cristobal Huet stopped 36 shots for Los Angeles.

Blues 4, Coyotes 2

ST. LOUIS – Jamal Mayers scored the go-ahead goal off goalie Brian Boucher’s skates with four minutes left Monday, lifting the St. Louis Blues past the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2.

The Blues won their second straight game and are 3-9-1 in their last 13 games. Chris Pronger had a goal and an assist for the Blues, who led 2-0 in the second period.

Brian Savage had a goal and an assist for the Coyotes, 1-6-2-1 in their last 10 games. Shane Doan got his team-leading 21st goal, but Phoenix failed to follow up a 3-2 victory over the Stars on Saturday that ended an eight-game winless slump.

Red Wings 2, Oilers 1

DETROIT – Manny Legace stopped 29 shots, and Kris Draper and Mathieu Schneider each scored Monday night for the Detroit Red Wings in a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers.

Jarret Stoll had Edmonton’s goal and Tommy Salo made 24 saves.

Carolina 3, Florida 1

RALEIGH, N.C. – Sean Hill and Pavel Brendl scored first-period goals to lead the Carolina Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers 3-1 Monday night.

Kevin Weekes stopped 20 shots and Rob Brind’Amour had an empty-net goal for Carolina, which won its first home game since Jan. 8.

Jackets 4, Predators 2

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Manny Malhotra matched his career high with two goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets took advantage of two big Nashville blunders to beat the Predators 4-2 on Monday night.

Nashville goalie Tomas Vokoun and defenseman Kimmo Timonen, both All-Stars, almost handed the Blue Jackets goals in a three-goal first period.

Maple Leafs 8, Penguins 4

PITTSBURGH – Owen Nolan scored twice and figured in Toronto’s first four goals, three in just over four minutes of the first period, and the Maple Leafs sent the Pittsburgh Penguins to an NHL-record 12th consecutive home loss, 8-4 Monday night.

Despite playing without All-Star forward Gary Roberts (pulled leg muscle), the Leafs went 4-for-5 on the power play and have 14 power-play goals in their last six games.

Sharks 5, Flyers 2

PHILADELPHIA – Scott Thornton and Jonathan Cheechoo each had a goal and two assists, helping the San Jose Sharks snap the Philadelphia Flyers’ five-game winning streak with a 5-2 victory on Monday night.

Patrick Marleau, Marco Sturm and Mike Ricci also scored for San Jose.

, which won its second straight away from home after opening a six-game road trip with consecutive losses.

John LeClair and Simon Gagne scored for the Atlantic Division-leading Flyers, who lost for just the second time in 12 games.

Sean Burke allowed five goals on 20 shots, losing for the first time in three starts since coming to the Flyers in a trade last week. Evgeni Nabokov had 20 saves for San Jose.

The Sharks hadn’t won in Philadelphia since a 3-0 victory on Nov. 20, 1997, going 0-3-1 in that span.

Marleau gave San Jose a 1-0 lead just 89 seconds in when he scored off a rebound of his own shot. Marleau’s initial shot from near the faceoff circle hit Flyers defenseman Chris Therien before it reached the net and went right back to Marleau, who lifted it past Burke for his 24th goal.

Sturm made it 2-0 with his 17th goal midway through the first on the end of a tic-tac-toe passing play with Marleau and Scott Hannan.

LeClair’s power-play goal cut it to 2-1 in the first. He took a perfect centering pass from Michal Handzus and flicked into an open net for his 18th goal.

Thornton slipped a shot between Burke’s legs for a 3-1 lead in the second period. Cheechoo scored his 15th goal and Ricci scored his sixth goal 3:55 apart in the third period to put the game out of reach.

Notes: The Flyers were without All-Star centers Jeremy Roenick (concussion, broken jaw) and Keith Primeau (concussion) for the second straight game. Roenick could miss the rest of the regular season, and Primeau’s return is uncertain. … The Sharks finish their second-longest road trip of the season with back-to-back games at Nashville and Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday night. … Flyers LW Radovan Somik played his 100th NHL game. … LeClair’s goal was his 328th with the Flyers, tying him with Rick MacLeish for fifth on the club’s all-time list. … San Jose is 3-0-2 in its last five games against the Flyers.

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