Sidney Crosby helped the Pittsburgh Penguins post a 3-2 home victory over the Buffalo Sabres.
The 22-year-old Crosby scored the winning goal in overtime for Canada against the United States in Vancouver on Sunday.
He was not on the scoresheet tonight but provided an assist for Sergei Gonchar to fire the game's first goal.
Pascal Dupuis doubled Pittsburgh's lead before Toni Lydman and Derek Roy struck to haul Buffalo level, but Ruslan Fedotenko hit the winner midway through the third period.
Buffalo were without United States goaltender Ryan Miller - named MVP at the Olympics - as he was allowed to rest following his exertions in Canada.
US Olympian Ryan Callahan scored twice in the New York Rangers' 4-1 win on the road against the Ottawa Senators, who failed to maintain the form they showed before the NHL's two-week break.
The New Jersey Devils beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3. Travis Zajac's strike early in the third period put the Devils 4-0 in front, before the Sharks mounted a fightback which came too late.
In Toronto, the Maple Leafs failed to add to the feel-good factor in Canadian ice hockey as they crumbled to a 5-1 defeat at home to the Carolina Hurricanes, who had five different scorers and recorded a sixth successive win.
The Montreal Canadiens fared better, leaving all their scoring until the third period as they beat the Boston Bruins 4-1.
Jason Arnott grabbed the decisive goal as the Nashville Predators won 4-3 against the Edmonton Oilers, and the Vancouver Canucks won by the same margin, after overtime, against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Philadelphia Flyers notched a fifth straight win, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-2. Simon Gagne scored twice and the Flyers, who trailed 2-1 at one stage, hit five goals in the third period.
The Los Angeles Kings crushed the Dallas Stars 5-1, while the New York Islanders were thankful to Blake Comeau as his hat-trick set up a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
A fourth successive win for the St Louis Blues came in Glendale as the Phoenix Coyotes suffered a 5-2 home defeat, and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers 4-2.
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