Benn Ferriero's goal early in the third period proved to be the winner, as the San Jose Sharks kept the Chicago Blackhawks reeling with a 5-3 victory at HP Pavilion.

Benn Ferriero scored the tiebreaking goal with 14:20 remaining in the third period to send the San Jose Sharks off on a lengthy trip on a winning note, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-3 on Friday night.

The Los Angeles Kings placed center Jarret Stoll on injured reserve Friday with an abductor muscle injury.

Ryan O'Reilly scored on a slap shot with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime and Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped a season-high 39 shots in the Colorado Avalanche's 4-3 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.

Ryan O'Reilly scored the game-winner with 1.2 seconds left in overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche a 4-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Nathan Gerbe scored in the fifth round of the shootout to lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars. In the fifth round, Gerbe deked to the backhand and lifted it high over Kari Lehtonen. Michael Ryder then missed the net to the right with his shot to give Buffalo the win. Derek Roy and Thomas Vanek both scored for the Sabres, who have won five of their past six games. Ryan Miller made 24 stops in the win. Ryder and Tomas Vincour each had a goal for the Stars, who have dropped two of three. Lehtonen made 30 stops in the loss.

Todd Bertuzzi supplied the decisive goal in the third round of the shootout, as the Detroit Red Wings edged the Anaheim Ducks, 2-1, to push their franchise-record home winning streak to 19 games.