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Kozlov goal lifts hot Thrashers

Slava Kozlov hopes his first goal is the start of something good.

Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season, and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.

Kozlov, who had 26 goals last season, put the Thrashers in front with 8:01 left in the third period, converting a pass from Todd White after going scoreless in the first 16 games.

Huet shuts out Red Wings

Cristobal Huet made 20 saves for his second straight shutout, and Duncan Keith had a goal and an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to their fourth victory in a row, 3-0 over the visiting Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night.

Brian Campbell and Dustin Byfuglien also scored to help Chicago move back into first place in the Central Division. Detroit, shut out for the fourth time in its last 15 games, has lost two straight.

Huet, also a 3-0 winner over St. Louis on Wednesday night, had to make only a handful of tough saves against the injury-depleted Red Wings en route to his third shutout this season, 23rd overall and first against Detroit.

Kariya helps Blues to victory

Paul Kariya scored two goals in the third period and the visiting St. Louis Blues got goals from Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes in the first two rounds of a shootout to beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on Saturday.

Boyes and Keith Tkachuk had second-period goals for the Blues and Chris Mason recorded six of his 36 saves in overtime before thwarting Anze Kopitar and Jack Johnson in the shootout.

Kariya's second goal of the game and eighth of the season came during a power play with 2:20 remaining, giving him four in five games following a 14-game drought.

Capitals record 12th victory in a row

Nicklas Backstrom's third-period, power-play goal - his fifth point of the night - gave visiting Washington a 6-5 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday that extended the Capitals' winning streak to a team-record 12 games.

Backstrom already had four assists when he got to a loose puck near the left circle and snapped in his 24th goal of the season to make it 6-5 at 5:34 of the third.

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist to reach 500 career NHL points.

Crosby lifts Penguins to win over Rangers

Sidney Crosby scored the go-ahead goal with 10:04 remaining to help the host Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday, their fifth win in six games.

Fedotenko had a goal and two assists for the Penguins, who closed out a 10-1-2 March by improving to a 5-1-1 on their franchise-record eight-game homestand. Pittsburgh climbed three points ahead of the seventh-place Rangers in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Maxime Talbot added a goal and an assist, and Matt Cooke also scored for Pittsburgh, which improved to 14-2-3 under interim coach Dan Bylsma.