Gionta score twice in 500th game

Brian Gionta scored twice in his 500th career game to guide the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-3 win over the Dallas Stars.

Gionta, who scored a power-play goal in the first period, got his second of the game with a man advantage in the third.

Carey Price stopped 33 shots and Benoit Pouliot and Mike Cammalleri also scored for the Canadiens as Dallas suffered a ninth straight road loss.

Mike Modano scored his 550th goal and Toby Petersen and Steve Ott also scored for Dallas.

The Ottawa Senators ended a five-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over the New York Rangers.

Mike Brodeur made 32 saves to earn his second career win just two days after distant relative Martin Brodeur had helped New Jersey beat the Rangers in a shootout at Madison Square Gardens.

Cristobal Huet got his fourth shutout of the season and the Chicago Blackhawks scored a goal in each period to end their two-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Brian Campbell, Dustin Byfuglien and Duncan Keith scored for Chicago as the Blackhawks avoided their first three-game losing streak this season.

Huet had 24 saves for his 24th career shutout.

Daniel Winnik scored with 8:08 remaining to help the Phoenix Coyotes beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3.

Winnik redirected Vernon Fiddler's pass past Martin Brodeur to make it 3-2 moments before he was cut by Devils defenceman Mark Fraser's high stick.

Zbynek Michalek scored 1:16 into the ensuing power play on a blast from the point with help from Taylor Pyatt's screen to give Phoenix a two-goal lead.

Dean McAmmond tipped Brian Rolston's shot from the blue line past Ilya Bryzgalov with 4:44 to go to pull the Devils to 4-3 but they could not take the game past regulation.

Jordan Staal set up Pittsburgh's three third-period goals as the Penguins hit back to win 3-2 against the Edmonton Oilers.

Tyler Kennedy, Matt Cooke and Pascal Dupuis scored to make it 3-1 in their fourth of five road games.

Andrew Cogliano and Lubomir Visnovsky scored for Edmonton who have lost six straight and have won just once in their last 14 games.

Vesa Toskala made 38 saves for his first shutout since October 2008 as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0.

Derek Roy scored a power-play goal in overtime to give the Buffalo Sabres their seventh win in eight games, a 2-1 success over the Atlanta Thrashers.

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 as Drew Miller had a goal and an assist and Jimmy Howard made 37 saves.

Cory Stillman and Rostislav Olesz scored in the third period as the Florida Panthers rallied for a 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Chris Mason stopped 19 shots in a 19th career shutout and TJ Oshie scored 26 seconds into the third period as the St Louis Blues win 2-0 against the Minnesota Wild.

The Los Angeles Kings won 4-0 over the Anaheim Ducks and the Boston Bruins had a 2-1 shootout victory over the San Jose Sharks.