Andre Fleury made 34 saves to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to their 12th straight victory, 5-2 over the Buffalo Sabres in the NHL Saturday. Alex Goligoski and Michael Rupp scored 4:34 apart in the third period to seal a victory. Dustin Jeffrey and Arron Asham both scored first period goals for Pittsburgh, and Matt Cooke scored into an empty net. The Penguins (21-8-2) maintained their lead atop the NHL standings. Fleury extended his career-best win streak to 11 and hasn't given up more than two goals in his past nine games. Tyler Ennis and Jason Pominville scored for the Sabres. Blue Jackets 3, Ranger 1: In Columbus, Ohio, Rick Nash scored twice in a late 3-minute span and Steve Mason stopped 32 shots as Columbus topped New York. Nash, who set the Blue Jackets record by playing in his 544th game, had his fourth multi-goal game of the season. Antoine Vermette also scored for Columbus. Marc Staal had the lone goal for the Rangers. Red Wings 4, Devils 1: In Newark, New Jersey, Tomas Holmstrom and Danny Cleary scored on Detroit's first two shots against Martin Brodeur as the Red Wings beat slumping New Jersey. Chris Osgood had 33 saves in posting his 399th career win. His bid for his first shutout since November 2009 ended in the opening minute of the third period when Patrik Elias scored on a power play. Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg each added a goal as Detroit won for the second time in two nights. The Devils suffered their season-high fifth straight loss. Avalanche 3, Capitals 2: At Washington, Paul Stastny had a goal and two assists and Craig Anderson had 40 saves as Colorado beat Washington. Thrashers 5, Islanders 4: In Uniondale, New York, Bryan Little's goal with 8:25 left lifted Atlanta to victory over lowly New York. Flyers 2, Bruins 1, OT: In Boston, Mike Richards scored with three seconds left in overtime to lead Philadelphia over Boston. Coyotes 5, Stars 2: In Glendale, Arizona, Shane Doan scored twice and Lauri Korpikoski added a short-handed goal early in the third period to help Phoenix beat Dallas. Predators 3, Panthers 0: At Nashville, Tennessee, Anders Lindback made 22 saves in his first NHL shutout, and Ryan Suter had a goal and an assist to carry Nashville past Florida. Hurricanes 2, Blues 1, SO: In St. Louis, Jussi Jokinen scored the lone goal in the shootout and Cam Ward stopped 38 shots to lead Carolina over St. Louis. Ward stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout. Carolina improved to 2-4 in tiebreakers this season, while St. Louis fell to 3-3. Brandon Sutter gave the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead in the third period, but defenseman Alex Pietrangelo's power-play goal leveled the score. Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1: In Toronto, defenseman Tomas Kaberle's first goal in 35 games lifted Toronto past Montreal. Sharks 2, Blackhawks 1, OT: At San Jose, California, Ryane Clowe scored his second goal of the game 3:52 into overtime to give San Jose a victory over Chicago. Wild 3, Kings 2, OT: In Los Angeles, defenseman Brent Burns scored a power-play goal 2:50 into overtime to lead Minnesota past Los Angeles. Lightning 5, Canucks 4, OT: At Vancouver, British Columbia, Steven Stamkos scored his second goal of the game on a power play 34 seconds into overtime to help Tampa Bay held off Vancouver.
