Penguins rout Rangers 5-2

Rupp's first goal gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead in the second period and his second made it 3-2 with 8:46 remaining. Rupp left the ice for the dressing room about 5 1/2 minutes earlier after he banged his left leg against the boards after being hit from behind by defenseman Dan Girardi.

Rupp scored into an empty net with 1:40 remaining to give him a career-high eight goals.

Marian Gaborik scored both Rangers goals to push his NHL-leading total to 21.

Red Wings 4, Stars 1 At Detroit, Todd Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist, and Jimmy Howard made 29 saves to lift Detroit over Dallas.

Drew Miller, Darren Helm and Dan Cleary also scored for Detroit, which snapped its home scoreless streak at 1 hour, 56 minutes and 30 seconds. Kris Draper added two assists for the Red Wings, who hadn't scored at home since Nov. 20.

Brenden Morrow scored for Dallas and Marty Turco stopped 28 shots.

Flames 5, Predators 0 At Nashville, Tennessee, Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 22 shots for his second shutout in a row, and Jarome Iginla and Curtis Glencross each had a goal and an assist for Calgary.

It was the third shutout of the season for Kiprusoff, who also blanked Detroit 3-0 on Friday night. He has 33 shutouts in his career.

David Moss, Nigel Dawes and Adam Pardy also scored for Calgary, which won its fourth in a row and third straight on the road.

Capitals 3, Hurricanes 2 At Raleigh, North Carolina, Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and an assist, while Eric Fehr added a goal and an assist to lead Washington past Carolina.

Washington is on a three-game winning streak and sits atop the Eastern Conference standings, while Carolina has lost five straight and has the worst record in the league.

Washington played the last 2 1/2 periods without scoring leader Alexander Ovechkin, who was helped off the ice at 7:55 of the first period after a knee-to-knee collision with Tim Gleason.

Sabres 3, Maple Leafs 0 At Toronto, Ryan Miller stopped all 38 shots he faced to earn his third shutout of the season for Buffalo.

Tim Kennedy, Henrik Tallinder and Jochen Hecht scored for Buffalo, which held Toronto scoreless for the first time this season.

Blue Jackets 5, Blues 2 At Columbus, Ohio, R.J. Umberger scored three goals for his second career hat trick to help Columbus end a five-game losing skid.

Steve Mason won the goaltender battle with non-relative Chris Mason stopping 27 shots, including Paul Kariya's wrister from the high slot with just over a minute left that would have tied it.

Erik Johnson and Paul Kariya scored for the Blues.

Thrashers 4, Panthers 3 At Atlanta, Maxim Afinogenov scored with six seconds remaining in the third period to give Atlanta its fourth consecutive victory and send Florida to a fifth straight loss.

Florida Panthers goalie Tomas Vokoun was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he was accidentally hit in the head by the stick of teammate Keith Ballard in the opening period.

Avalanche 3, Lightning 0 At Tampa, Florida, Matt Duchene had two goals and Craig Anderson made 33 saves to lead Colorado over Tampa Bay.

Anderson stopped a good scoring chance by Steven Stamkos 24 seconds into the game en route to his third shutout this season and 10th overall.

Tampa Bay goalie Antero Niittymaki had 26 saves.

Wojtek Wolski added an empty-net goal at 19:46 of the third for Colorado.

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