BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Ryan Callahan scored the decisive goal in the shootout and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 34 shots to lead the New York Rangers to a 1-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.
Callahan scored in the fifth round of the shootout by driving in on Ryan Miller, leaning to his right and snapping a shot into the open left side.
Marian Gaborik had scored in the first round of the shootout and the Sabres' Jason Pominville answered in the third round, beating Lundqvist on the stick side.
Both goalies earned a shutout, with Miller stopping 29 shots through overtime. It was Lundqvist's sixth shutout of the season, his third in his last five starts and 41st of his career - putting him alone in second place on the team's all-time list, one ahead of Dave Kerr.
MAPLE LEAFS 1, PENGUINS 0
TORONTO (AP) - James Reimer stopped all 25 shots he faced and Clarke MacArthur scored in the third period to lift Toronto over Pittsburgh.
The win gave the Maple Leafs a split of a home-and-home set with Pittsburgh one night after the Penguins erased a 4-1 deficit in the third period before pulling out a 5-4 shootout win.
It looked as if overtime would again be necessary Wednesday until MacArthur took a pass from Mikhail Grabovski and deked around Brent Johnson with 6:05 to go in regulation.
Reimer, who was starting for only the second time in 14 games, registered his first shutout since opening night against Montreal in October.
PANTHERS 4, CAPITALS 2
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Mikael Samuelsson had two goals to help Florida beat Washington and move into first place in the Southeast Division.
Stephen Weiss and Shawn Matthias also scored for Florida, and Scott Clemmensen stopped 26 shots. Tomas Fleischmann had a pair of assists for the Panthers, who moved one point ahead of the Capitals in the division.
Brooks Laich and John Carlson scored for the Capitals, and Michal Neuvirth had 35 saves.
Samuelsson's second goal came during a power play and gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead. It was his first multi-goal game since Feb. 12, 2011, at Vancouver.
STARS 6, DUCKS 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Jamie Benn had a goal and two assists in his return from a five-game absence, and Michael Ryder also had a goal and two assists as Dallas beat Anaheim.
Eric Nystrom, Vernon Fiddler, and defensemen Stephane Robidas and Sheldon Souray also scored for the Stars, who beat Anaheim in back-to-back meetings eight days apart.
Kari Lehtonen made 33 saves for the Stars, who peppered Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller and took a 3-1 lead in the first period when Benn scored in his return from an emergency appendectomy.
Matt Beleskey and Luca Sbisa scored, and Hiller stopped 20 shots as Anaheim lost for just the third time in 12 games, snapping a six-game home winning streak.
KINGS 3, BLUE JACKETS 2
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Drew Doughty scored a power-play goal with 1 second remaining in the game to lift Los Angeles over last-place Columbus.
The Kings also got goals from Dustin Penner and Justin Williams to win their second straight. Jonathan Quick made 20 saves for his 22nd victory.
The Kings have won eight of their last 10 games against the Blue Jackets.
Columbus' Colton Gillies tied the game 2-2 with his first goal of the season at 4:52 of the third period. Derek Dorsett also scored for Columbus and Curtis Sanford had 30 saves.
Doughty scored from in front with Samuel Pahlsson off for holding in the waning minutes.