Dany Heatley stars for Sharks against Senators

Patrick Marleau scored on both of Heatley's assists, passing him for the team lead with 19 goals. Jamie McGinn, Ryane Clowe and Manny Malhotra also scored for San Jose, while Joe Thornton had two assists to up his league-leading total to 32.

Milan Michalek, traded to Ottawa in the September deal for Heatley, scored both goals for the Senators.

The Sharks, which boast the league's best record, became the first team this season to pass the 100-goal milestone.

Blackhawks 4, Blue Jackets 3 SO In Chicago, Brent Seabrook scored in the 11th round of a shootout, giving Chicago victory over Columbus.

Marian Hossa, playing his first game with the Blackhawks at the United Center, scored in the second round of the shootout. Columbus' Jakub Voracek tied it in the next round, setting the stage for a goaltending battle between Steve Mason and Chicago's Cristobal Huet before Seabrook skated in for the winner.

Chicago's Joel Quenneville became the 14th NHL coach to reach 500 wins.

In regulation, Chicago got power-play goals from Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp and a short-handed score from Kris Versteeg.

Kris Russell, Antoine Vermette and Samuel Pahlsson scored for the Blue Jackets.

Kings 4, Ducks 3 In Anaheim, California, Jack Johnson scored the go-ahead goal with 2:20 left as Los Angeles beat Anaheim in the first meeting of the season between the city rivals.

Scott Parse and Justin Williams scored first-period goals for the Kings and Randy Jones connected in the second.

Anaheim's Corey Perry had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to 19 games, tied for the longest by an NHL player since Paul Stastny's 20-game run in 2006-07. Sidney Crosby also had a 19-game streak for Pittsburgh two seasons ago.

Ryan Whitney and Todd Marchant also scored for the Ducks.

Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 0 In Montreal, Toronto goalie Jonas Gustavsson was taken to the hospital with an elevated heart rate following the first period of the Maple Leafs' victory over Montreal.

Gustavsson made eight saves before he was taken to the hospital as a precaution. The Swedish rookie had minor heart surgery during training camp after he experienced a racing heartbeat.

Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke said Gustavsson is expected to be fine.

Colton Orr and Jeff Finger scored in the first period for Toronto and Matt Stajan added his eighth goal in the second.

Montreal has lost three straight.

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