• PITTSBURGH 3, BOSTON 0: Marc-Andre Fleury made 17 saves for Penguins' first shutout of the season in their victory over the Bruins on Thursday night in Pittsburgh. After their much-anticipated retaliation against Matt Cooke, right, the Bruins showed little passion despite fighting for a playoff berth. Cooke, whose blindside hit sidelined Boston's Marc Savard indefinitely with a concussion on March 7 in Pittsburgh, took the ice for the first time 1:53 into the game. Seconds later, he and Shawn Thornton got into a fight. Cooke's helmet fell off and he went to the ice. Thornton, who kept swinging while Cooke was crouched, was given a 10-minute misconduct.
• PHOENIX 4, FLORIDA 3 (SO): Radim Vrbata scored with 59.7 seconds left in the third period to force overtime, then added the winner in the third round of a shootout in the Coyotes' comeback victory over the host Panthers.
• TORONTO 2, NEW JERSEY 1 (SO): Phil Kessel scored in regulation and in a shootout to help the host Maple Leafs win for the fifth time in six games. Nikolai Kulemin and John Mitchell also scored shootout goals for Toronto, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 24 saves.
• ATLANTA 6, OTTAWA 3: Nik Antropov and Colby Armstrong scored two goals apiece for the Thrashers, who gave themselves hope in the playoff race with a second consecutive victory over the Senators in Atlanta. The Thrashers are three points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
• ST. LOUIS 4, N.Y. RANGERS 3: The visiting Blues scored four times on their first 14 shots and handed the ninth-place Rangers a key loss in their pursuit of an Eastern Conference playoff spot. New York is three points behind Boston with 11 games left.
• CAROLINA 4, WASHINGTON 3 (OT): Ray Whitney scored at 4:02 of overtime to give the Hurricanes the victory over the Capitals in Raleigh, N.C. Washington played without captain and scoring leader Alex Ovechkin, serving the second of a two-game suspension for his hit on Chicago defenseman Brian Campbell on Sunday.
• BUFFALO 6, TAMPA BAY 2: Jason Pominville scored a hat trick and the Sabres beat the host Lightning to move within four points of New Jersey for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference.
• PHILADELPHIA 3, DALLAS 2: Scott Hartnell scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period to send the Flyers to the victory over the Stars' in Dallas. Brian Boucher made 25 saves for Philadelphia; top goalie Michael Leighton will be out at least eight weeks because of a sprained ankle.
