Marc Savard scored a hat-trick as the Boston Bruins recovered from a 5-1 hiding on Friday to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2.

Savard netted in all three periods as the Bruins bounced back emphatically from the 5-1 defeat to the Montreal Canadiens.

It made for a miserable return to Boston for the Maple Leafs' former Bruin Phil Kessel, who was booed throughout and committed a turnover which led to Boston's third goal by Zdeno Chara.

The only home player who finished the game frustrated was netminder Tuukka Rask, who lost his bid for a second shut-out of the season with less than five minutes remaining when Niklas Hagman scored.

Rookie defenseman Victor Hedman scored his first NHL goal and Mike Smith made 30 saves to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning past the New York Islanders 4-0.

Hedman completed the scoring in the final period, while Smith recorded his first shut-out this season and ninth in the NHL as the Lightning ended a run of four defeats.

The Philadelphia Flyers outshot the Washington Capitals 36-30 but lost 8-2.

Daniel Carcillo picked up nine minutes of penalties which proved decisive as Washington netted three times on the powerplay to assume control of the game and send the Flyers on the way to a seventh defeat in eight games.

Daymond Langkow and Olli Jokinen scored as the Calgary Flames held on to beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 in the clash of division leaders.

Ryane Clowe replied for the Pacific pacesetters but the Canadian side were able to maintain their one-point lead in the Northwest division.

Kris Versteeg scored in overtime as the Chicago Blackhawks snapped the Pittsburgh Penguins' five-game home winning streak with a 2-1 victory - their 10th in 13 games.

Erik Cole's hat-trick helped the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-3, while the Colorado Avalanche inflicted an eighth defeat in nine games on the Columbus Blue Jackets with a 3-2 success.

Andrew Brunette, Andrew Ebbett, James Sheppard, Andrew Brunette, Antti Miettinen and Eric Belanger netted as the Minnesota Wild picked up a fifth straight success - 5-3 at the expense of the Nashville Predators.

Shawn Horcoff scored in the fifth round and Jeff Deslauriers denied four of five Dallas shooters to give the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 win over the Stars, who led 2-0 in the first period.

Paul Kariya scored twice in the third period and Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes had shoot-out goals to give the St Louis Blues a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, while the New York Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Patrik Elias scored the winning goal in the fourth round of the shoot-out to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings, while Rich Peverley scored the winner in the shoot-out as the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers 2-1.

Phoenix Coyotes ended a winless run against the Ottawa Senators stretching back more than six and a half years with a 3-2 win. Ed Jovanovski, Taylor Pyatt and Petr Prucha were on the mark to seal a fourth successive victory.