Panthers reclaim Southeast lead

SUNRISE, Fla. -- Mikael Samuelsson had two goals and the Florida Panthers beat Washington 4-2 on Wednesday.

Stephen Weiss and Shawn Matthias also scored for Florida, and Scott Clemmensen stopped 26 shots. Tomas Fleischmann had a pair of assists for the Panthers, who moved into first place in the Southeast Division - one point ahead of Washington.

Brooks Laich and John Carlson scored for the Capitals.

Maple Leafs 1, Penguins 0 James Reimer stopped all 25 shots he faced and Clarke MacArthur scored in the third period to lift host Toronto over Pittsburgh .

Reimer, who was starting for only the second time in 14 games, registered his first shutout since opening night.

Rangers 1, Sabres 0: Ryan Callahan scored the decisive shootout goal and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 34 shots to lead the visiting Rangers to a win over Buffalo.

Callahan scored in the fifth round of the shootout by driving in on Ryan Miller, leaning to his right and snapping a shot into the open left side.

Both goalies earned a shutout, with Miller stopping 29 shots.

Notes:

NHL doles out fines: New Jersey forward Eric Boulton and Columbus forward Jared Boll were fined $2,500 by the NHL.

Boulton slashed New York Rangers forward Mike Rupp on Tuesday. Boll delivered an illegal check to the head of Sharks forward Joe Thornton.

Sabres recall Kassian: Buffalo recalled rookie forward Zack Kassian from Rochester of the American Hockey League.

The move was made a day after leading goal scorer Thomas Vanek sustained an upper body injury.