Dainius Zubrus tipped in Zach Parise's soft shot 7:51 into the third period and the New Jersey Devils remained undefeated on the road with a 4-2 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night.
Zubrus' first goal this season made a winner of Martin Brodeur, who had never beaten Rangers counterpart Henrik Lundqvist in regulation on the road in the regular season. Brodeur made 29 saves to push the Devils to 4-0 away from home.
Brodeur, the NHL's career leader with 562 victories, had an anxious moment shortly before Zubrus snapped the 2-2 tie. Marian Gaborik stole the puck from Brodeur behind the net but couldn't get it to a teammate for a shot.
Parise scored twice.
Also Thursday
Canadiens 5, Islanders 1: Scott Gomez and Marc-Andre Bergeron scored in the first period and host Montreal beat New York to win in regulation for the first time in 13 games dating to last season.
Josh Bailey had a short-handed goal for the Islanders.
Capitals 5, Thrashers 4: Jeff Schultz, Matt Bradley and Chris Clark scored in an 88-second span of the second period, and Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 shots to help Washington win its third straight game by defeating host Atlanta.
Predators 6, Senators 5 (OT): Shea Weber scored on a power play in overtime for Nashville, ripping a shot between goalie Pascal Leclaire's pads to beat host Ottawa.
Weber also had a goal and an assist in regulation.
Chris Phillips scored the tying goal for the Senators with 1.6 seconds left while Ottawa was playing short-handed and Leclaire on the bench for an extra attacker.
Flyers 4, Bruins 3 (SO): Claude Giroux scored on a backhand-to-forehand move in the shootout, and Michael Ryder's wrist shot hit the post on Boston's final attempt, giving host Philadelphia the victory.
Lightning 5, Sharks 2: Goalie Mike Smith won for the first time in nine months, and James Wright scored his first NHL goal to lead host Tampa Bay over San Jose.
Smith missed the final 32 games last season because of post concussion syndrome.
Late Wednesday
Stars 4, Ducks 2: Defenseman Trevor Daley scored his first goal of the season on a power play, and James Neal set up goals by Loui Eriksson and Brenden Morrow to lead Dallas past Anaheim.
Notes
NHL suspends Artyukhin: Anaheim Ducks right wing Evgeny Artyukhin has been suspended three games by the NHL for a slew-footing incident in Wednesday's game against the Dallas Stars.
Artyukhin will lose $34,756.11 in salary for the suspension announced Thursday. Stars defenseman Matt Niskanen was injured on the play at 4:23 of the second period, though no penalty was called on the play.
Artyukhin, who was also suspended two games last January, has two goals and 23 penalty minutes in eight games this season.
