RESULTS, SCHEDULE

* at Boston 5, Toronto 2: Peter Schaefer had two third-period goals and Tim Thomas stopped 34 shots.

* N.Y. Rangers 4, at Philadelphia 3: Brendan Shanahan scored the only goal in a shootout. The Flyers suffered their first home loss.

* at Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2: Daniel Alfredsson scored two first-period goals and Martin Gerber made 35 saves.

* at Pittsburgh 3, New York Islanders 2: Georges Laraque scored for the first time in 40 games to help the Penguins break a four-game losing streak.

* at Florida 2, Washington 1: Richard Zednik and Kamil Kreps scored to help the Panthers end a four-game losing streak.

* at Nashville 5, Chicago 4: Martin Erat scored at 19 seconds of overtime for the Predators.

* San Jose 6, at Phoenix 0: Evgeni Nabokov made 15 saves to record his second shutout in four days.

* Minnesota 4, at Edmonton 2: Eric Belanger had a career-high four assists and the Wild ended a two-game losing streak.

* Ducks 6, at Kings 3: Corey Perry had two goals and an assist to lead Anaheim.

Associated Press

*--* TODAY’S SCHEDULE *--*

*--* Atlanta at Carolina, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Montreal at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Columbus at St. Louis, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Vancouver, 7 p.m. *--*