After watching his team rally for the third straight game with a six-goal third period, all San Jose coach Todd McLellan wanted to talk about was the listless play the first two periods that put the Sharks in the hole. “We were clearly outworked, outplayed, outhustled for two periods and that’s very disappointing,” McLellan said.

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Sharks score 6 in 3rd, top Predators 8-5 (AP)

Miikka Kiprusoff had a lot of help. Kiprusoff made 33 saves for fourth shutout of the season and 34th overall, and his teammates combined to block 30 more shots in the Calgary Flames’ 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. “Guys are paying the price and that’s what you have to do if you want to win games like this,” Kiprusoff said.

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Flames’ Kiprusoff beats Senators 2-0 (AP)

This was one point the St. Louis Blues couldn’t let slip away. Fighting to get back into the Western Conference playoff race, the surging Blues found themselves in a shootout with the slumping New York Islanders

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Surging Blues get by Islanders in SO (AP)

Paul Stastny had a forgettable game in Colorado’s loss to Vancouver on Tuesday night. He made up for it Thursday night. Stastny scored twice, and Craig Anderson made 27 saves to move into a tie for the NHL shutout lead with seven in the Avalanche’s 3-0 victory over the Florida Panthers

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Stastny, Anderson help Avs blank Florida (AP)

The youth movement has injected some life into the Toronto Maple Leafs. The pieces fit together brilliantly Thursday night in a 4-3 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning, with rookies Viktor Stalberg, Tyler Bozak and Luca Caputi doing the heavy lifting in regulation and Phil Kessel, himself just 22, sealing the deal at 3:33 of the extra session.

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Kessel scores in OT, Leafs top Lightning (AP)

The Detroit Red Wings started and finished strong. Johan Franzen scored twice, and Henrik Zetterberg had a goal and two assists in Detroit’s 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. Tomas Holmstrom added a goal and an assist, and Drew Miller also scored for Detroit, which at least temporarily, moved into the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot.

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Franzen, Zetterberg power Wings by Wild (AP)

Jaroslav Halak and the Montreal Canadiens took advantage of a timely game against the NHL’s worst team.

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Habs’ win streak at 4, beat Oilers in SO (AP)

With Marc Savard most likely out for rest of the season because of a concussion, Patrice Bergeron led the way for the banged-up Boston Bruins.

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Rask, banged-up Bruins defeat Flyers 5-1 (AP)

For the second straight night, the Carolina Hurricanes pushed one of the NHL’s best teams to overtime.

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Pothier lifts ‘Canes past Penguins in OT (AP)

The Atlanta Thrashers needed a break. Instead, they got more bad news.

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Thrashers fall, Caps clinch Southeast (AP)