TAMPA, Fla. – Martin St. Louis, Andrej Meszaros and Ryan Craig scored during a 2:03 span of the second period, and Vincent Lecavalier scored on a penalty shot in Tampa Bay’s 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Mark Recchi had two assists for the Lightning. The Tampa Bay right wing tied Dale Hawerchuk for 17th place on the NHL’s career points list with 1,409.
Joffrey Lupul scored for Philadelphia. The Flyers have lost four of six.
Canadiens 3, Predators 2
MONTREAL – Andrei Markov had a goal and an assist for Montreal, Andrei Kostitsyn and Guillaume Latendresse also scored, and Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves.
Montreal, coming off a 3-1 loss in Boston on Tuesday night, improved to 5-0-1 at home since Dec. 13. J.P. Dumont and Vernon Fiddler scored for Nashville.
Maple Leafs 6, Hurricanes 4
RALEIGH, N.C. – Tomas Kaberle scored the go-ahead goal on a power play late in the third period after Toronto blew a four-goal lead.
Jason Blake had three goals and two assists, and Ian White and Nicklas Hagman also scored. Matt Cullen, Tuomo Ruutu, Eric Staal and Scott Walker scored for Carolina.
Wild 5, Oilers 1
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Krys Kolanos and Cal Clutterbuck gave Minnesota an early lead, and Niklas Backstrom made 20 saves to improve to 10-0 against Edmonton.
Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Brent Burns and Eric Belanger also scored for the Wild. Liam Reddox scored for Edmonton.
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