MONTREAL – Carey Price made 38 saves for his second shutout, and Bryan Smolinski and Saku Koivu scored first-period goals as the Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey 4-0 Tuesday night and moved ahead of the Devils into first place in the Eastern Conference.

Maxim Lapierre scored in the second period to put Montreal up 3-0, Michael Ryder scored with 2:21 remaining in the third and Montreal ended New Jersey’s three-game winning streak.

The final minute of the game was played throughout a sustained ovation which was punctuated by a load roar from the sellout crowd of 21,273 at the final siren.

Price turned aside 20 shots in the first period and 13 in the second as the Canadiens built a lead despite being outshot 33-18 in the first two periods.

Avalanche 5, Thrashers 2

ATLANTA – Andrew Brunette scored two goals and the Colorado Avalanche got a goal and two assists each from Joe Sakic and rookie David Jones in a 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday night.

The Avalanche moved into a tie for first place in the Northwest Division .

Colorado has won 10 of 14 on the road, seven of eight overall.

Jones scored his first career goal to make it 4-1 in the second. Now in his third stint with Colorado this season, Jones assisted on Brunette’s 16th goal and Sakic’s 10th goal to help the Avalanche take a 2-0 lead in the first.

Lightning 8, Islanders 4

TAMPA, Fla. – Vincent Lecavalier scored three goals and Michel Ouellet added two, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning past the New York Islanders 8-4 on Tuesday night.

Lightning coach John Tortorella moved past Bob Johnson to become the winningest American-born NHL coach with 235 victories.

Jeff Halpern, Nick Tarnasky and Jason Ward had the other Lightning goals. Tampa Bay, last in the Eastern Conference, won for just the second time in 12 games.

Wings 3, Blackhawks 1

DETROIT – Pavel Datsyuk scored a go-ahead goal late in the second period and the Detroit Red Wings went on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Tuesday night.

The NHL-leading Red Wings have won four straight after enduring their worst slump in nearly two decades.

Detroit’s Kirk Maltby scored in the first period and Johan Franzen added an empty-net goal in the final minute.

Maple Leafs 4, Flyers 3

TORONTO – Pavel Kubina scored 4:04 into overtime to complete a comeback from a three-goal deficit and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Mats Sundin, Kubina and Jeremy Williams scored third-period goals for the Maple Leafs. Scottie Upshall, Braydon Coburn and Daniel Briere scored for Philadelphia.

Kubina threw the puck out from behind the goal and had it go in off a Flyers defenseman for the game-winner.

Sharks 2, Predators 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Joe Pavelski and Milan Michalek each scored goals, Evgeni Nabokov made 26 saves and the San Jose Sharks beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 Tuesday night for their franchise-record 10th straight win.

The first goal was decided after a lengthy video review in the second period. On the power play, Jonathan Cheechoo was skating close in on the left side when he passed the puck to Pavelski in front of the net, pulling Dan Ellis out of position. Pavelski and Nashville’s Greg Zanon got tangled in front of the net but Pavelski was able to get off a shot from close range.

It looked like Zanon, who was lying down in the net behind the goal line, had stopped the puck.