Dangkow lifts Flames to win • CALGARY 5, SAN JOSE 2: Daymond Langkow, right, scored two goals and the Flames beat the visiting Sharks on Tuesday night. The Flames have been one of the NHL's hottest teams since losing 6-1 to the Sharks on Nov. 13, going 15-4-3 since then.
• ANAHEIM 3, LOS ANGELES 1: Samuel Pahlsson and Bobby Ryan scored power-play goals, and Jonas Hiller made 17 saves as the Ducks beat the visiting Kings.
• CAROLINA 3, NEW JERSEY 2: Sergei Samsonov scored his 200th career goal, and the Hurricanes withstood a late rally to beat the visiting Devils.
• COLORADO 2, NASHVILLE 1: -- Wojtek Wolski scored both goals as the visiting Avalance beat the Predators. It was the fifth loss in a row for the Predators. The Avalanche ended a two-game slide. Ryan Jones, recalled from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League earlier in the day, scored for the Predators.
• DETROIT 3, COLUMBUS 0: Ty Conklin made 23 saves for his eighth career shutout, and Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and two assists as the Red Wings beat the visiting Blue Jackets.
• CHICAGO 6, PHOENIX 0: Adam Burish started a four-goal outburst in the opening period with his first score of the season as the visiting Blackhawks routed the Coyotes behind Cristobal Huet's 22 saves.
• WASHINGTON 2, PHILADELPHIA 1 (SO): Jose Theodore made 33 saves and stopped all three shots in the shootout as the host Capitals beat the Flyers.
• PITTSBURGH 3, ATLANTA 1: Petr Sykora ended Pittsburgh's seven-game drought without a power-play goal while scoring twice, and Evgeni Malkin had three assists as the Penguins beat the visiting Thrashers.
