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Panthers 1, Bruins 0

BOSTON — Tomas Vokoun stopped 40 shots for his third shutout of the season, and Cory Stillman scored in a shootout for the Florida Panthers. Boston’s Tim Thomas made 23 saves in regulation and overtime to extend his shutout streak to 172 minutes, 28 seconds. He stopped the first three Florida attempts in the shootout, but Stillman beat him on the glove side to end it. Boston held Florida to one shot on goal in the second period, and a small ripple of chuckles rose from the crowd when the second-period shots on goal were announced: “Boston 19, Florida 1.” It was the fifth time this year that an NHL team has had one shot on goal in a period, according to STATS Inc.

Flyers 5, Senators 1

PHILADELPHIA — Ray Emery made 22 saves in his first start against his former team, and Danny Briere scored two goals to help Philadelphia beat Ottawa. Blair Betts, James Van Riemsdyk and Darroll Powe also scored for the Flyers in their fifth straight victory. Mike Fisher scored for Ottawa. Emery was cut loose by Ottawa after the 2007-08 season, the year after he led the Senators to the Stanley Cup Final. He played in Russia last season.

Thrashers 5, Rangers 3

NEW YORK — Ilya Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists in his first game back from a foot injury, and Rich Peverley also had a goal and two assists for Atlanta. Kovalchuk missed the previous six games. Evander Kane added a goal and assist, and Colby Armstrong and Maxim Afinogenov also scored in Atlanta’s fourth win in six games. Artem Anisimov, Marian Gaborik and Brian Boyle scored for New York.

Red Wings 3, Canucks 1

DETROIT — Henrik Zetterberg scored midway through the third period and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves. Zetterberg took a long pass from Brad Stuart, slipped past the defense and lifted a backhander over Roberto Luongo’s left shoulder for his team-leading 17th point. Luongo made 26 saves in his first start since facing Detroit on Oct. 27 when he aggravated a broken rib. After Luongo was pulled for an extra skater, Niklas Kronwall cleared the puck from the Red Wings’ end, got a fortunate bounce off the boards and it trickled into the empty net.

Lightning 4, Wild 3, SO

TAMPA, Fla. — Ryan Malone tied it with 14.7 seconds left in regulation, and Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout to give Tampa Bay a comeback win over Minnesota. Malone tied it 3 on a backhander during a power play with Lightning goalie Antero Niittymaki off the ice for an extra skater. Stamkos scored his 13th goal of the season during regulation and added an assist. Steve Downie had the other Tampa Bay goal, coming at 9:17 of the third. Benoit Pouliot, Kim Johnsson and Owen Nolan scored for Minnesota.

Predators 3, Blues 1

ST. LOUIS — Jordin Tootoo scored on a wrist shot with 3:43 left to give Nashville a victory over St. Louis. Tootoo beat Chris Mason from just outside the faceoff circle for his first goal of the season. David Legwand added an empty-net goal.The Predators won for the fifth time in seven games, finishing their trip 2-2. Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne made 21 saves after letting in the first shot he faced. Rinne won for the fourth time in his last five appearances.

Associated Press