Thursday's games

Bruins 5, Flyers 2
PHILADELPHIA -- Travis Green scored twice to lead Boston. Patrice Bergeron, Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau also had goals, and rookie Tim Thomas made 35 saves for Boston, the last-place team in the Northeast Division. Sami Kapanen and Simon Gagne scored for Atlantic Division-leading Philadelphia. The suddenly struggling Flyers have lost four straight and five of six and trail NHL-leading Carolina by four points. They've lost three in a row at home since returning from an 8-2-1 road trip. Philadelphia was without leading scorer Peter Forsberg, who has a groin injury. Four other regulars remained out: captain Keith Primeau, defensemen Eric Desjardins and Joni Pitkanen and goaltender Robert Esche.
Hurricanes 4, Islanders 3
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Kevyn Adams scored the go-ahead goal seconds after he inadvertently caused one to be waved off and Eric Staal added his 30th of the season, helping Carolina win its ninth straight. The winning streak ties the franchise record set earlier this season -- the previous best of seven came about 21 years ago when the team was the Hartford Whalers. And Carolina improved the NHL's best home record to 21-4-1 while running its mark to 18-0 when leading after two periods.
Capitals 5, Blues 4, SO
WASHINGTON -- Matt Pettinger scored in the fourth round of a shootout, giving the Washington Capitals their season-high third straight victory. After Capitals goaltender Olie Kolzig kicked away a shot by Scott Young, Pettinger beat Curtis Sanford, providing Washington with its first three-game winning streak since January 2003. Alexander Ovechkin had a goal and an assist, and scored in the shootout for the Capitals. But the shootout went to a fourth round after Dean McAmmond beat Kolzig to make it 1-all.
Mighty Ducks 4, Senators 3, SO
OTTAWA -- Chris Kunitz scored the only shootout goal, lifting Anaheim. Kunitz deked Dominik Hasek and put a backhand over the Senators' veteran goalie on Anaheim's opening shot. Andy McDonald and Jonathan Hedstrom failed to beat Hasek, but Mighty Ducks goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere turned aside Dany Heatley, Daniel Alfredsson and Patrick Eaves to give Anaheim just its second win in 11 overtime games.
Devils 4, Predators 3, SO
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Viktor Kozlov and Brian Gionta scored in a shootout and the New Jersey Devils won their eighth straight game. New Jersey was 16-18-5 after a loss to Toronto on Dec. 31, but the Devils are perfect in the new year and have their longest winning streak since a 13-game run in the 2000-01 season. Steve Sullivan and Paul Kariya both missed in the shootout for the Predators.
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