OTTAWA -- Jason Spezza scored a power-play goal 4:17 into overtime to give the Ottawa Senators a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
Spezza, sidelined the previous two games because of back pain, drove a slap shot past Antero Niittymaki after Tampa Bay's Mattias Ohlund was sent off for holding three minutes into overtime. Spezza also assisted on Daniel Alfredsson's first-period goal.
Mike Fisher also scored for Ottawa (7-4-2) and Pascal Leclaire made 18 saves in the third meeting between the two teams this season, the second in seven days.
Alex Tanguay and Steven Stamkos scored power-play goals for Tampa Bay (5-4-5). The Lightning are 1-1-1 on a four-game trip that included a 2-1 overtime win in Toronto on Tuesday night. Stamkos has 12 goals this season.
Niittymaki stopped 26 shots in his second start in a row.
Stamkos drew the Lightning even at 2 when he drove a slap shot past Pascal Leclaire 13:40 into the second for Tampa Bay's second power-play goal of the game.
Referee Kerry Fraser waved off a pair of Ottawa goals with under five minutes remaining in the third, including Chris Kelly's high-stick tip with 26.8 seconds left. Full story
Ducks 4, Predators 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jonas Hiller made 40 saves to earn his fifth NHL shutout, Teemu Selanne scored two goals to overtake Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau on the career points list, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the short-handed Nashville Predators.
The shutout was the first for the Ducks since Jan. 17, when Hiller won at Minnesota. He was making his fourth consecutive start since Jean-Sebastien Giguere re-aggravated a groin injury in a loss to Columbus. The Predators were blanked for the fourth time this season after winning three in a row.
The Ducks had won only once in seven games. Selanne increased his career point total to 1,221, breaking a tie with Beliveau for 38th place. Selanne has played in 1,146 regular-season games, 21 more than Beliveau.
Todd Marchant scored for Anaheim, snapping his 13-game point drought from the start of the season. Bobby Ryan also had a goal, and Saku Koivu and Ryan Getzlaf each had two assists.
Blue Jackets 4, Thrashers 3
ATLANTA -- Raffi Torres scored two uncontested second-period goals and the Columbus Blue Jackets held off the Atlanta Thrashers.
The Thrashers, coming off road wins at Ottawa and Montreal, lost for the fourth time in five home games.
The Blue Jackets took a 2-0 lead in the first period when Jakub Voracek and Derick Brassard each had a goal and an assist, and Columbus never trailed. Mathieu Garon stopped 32 shots in his first start against the Thrashers since 2000.
Pavel Kubina's power-play goal 2:06 into the third period cut Atlanta's deficit to 4-3. Bryan Little and Tobias Enstrom scored in the second. The Thrashers, 2 for 8 on the power play, outshot the Blue Jackets 35-21.
Flames 2, Blues 1 (OT)
ST. LOUIS -- Dion Phaneuf's goal 2:50 into overtime gave the Calgary Flames a win over the Blues.
Calgary won in overtime for the second time in two nights. The Flames broke a two-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 3-2 victory at Dallas.
Phaneuf fired a shot past Chris Mason, who made 27 straight saves after giving up an early goal to Jarome Iginla. Phaneuf, a defenseman, has six goals this season. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 30 shots.
Lars Eller scored the lone Blues goal while playing in his first NHL game.
Coyotes 3, Blackhawks 1
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Peter Mueller scored his first goal of the season and Martin Hanzal added a goal and an assist as the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks.
Scottie Upshall also scored, and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves for the Coyotes, who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Kris Versteeg had a short-handed goal for the Blackhawks, who have lost two of three.
Hanzal needed just 2:34 to give the Coyotes a 1-0 lead, sending a sharp wrist shot from the middle of the left circle between Cristobal Huet's pads.
