Paul Mara, Scott Gomez, Nigel Dawes and Chris Drury each had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who had lost four of five coming into the game.

New York is now halfway done its season and has posted a record of 24-14-3, good for first place in the Atlantic Division and third overall in the Eastern Conference.

Defenseman Brian Rafalski of the Detroit Red Wings was named the week's second star, while Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Cam Ward was honored as the third star.

Nash notched two goals and seven assists last week to help Columbus win three of its four road games. That includes a season-high four points off a goal and three assists in a victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday.

Lundmark has played just three games with the Flames this season, notching two assists without a goal. In 35 games with Quad City this year, the 27-year-old has 10 goals and 26 assists.

Selected ninth overall by the New York Rangers in 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Lundmark has played for multiple teams during his NHL career, including the Los Angeles Kings and Phoenix Coyotes. He has 27 goals and 46 assists in 235 career NHL contests.

New York is last in the NHL with 28 points in 40 games this year and has just a 5-15-2 mark as the road team this year. The Islanders haven't won away from Uniondale since a victory in Montreal on November 24.

After going just 2-10-2 in December, the Islanders have dropped their first two tests of January, with both setbacks coming on the road. New York began a four-game swing in Phoenix on Friday with a 5-4 setback before getting handed a 5-3 loss in San Jose on Saturday.

The Penguins have struggled since a 1-0 victory over New Jersey back on December 26. They fell in defeat at home versus Montreal before getting swept in a home-and-home set by Boston to bridge 2008 and '09. Pittsburgh returned home to host Florida on Saturday, but was routed 6-1.

Ruslan Fedotenko had the lone goal on the day that Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were both named starters for the upcoming All-Star game. Crosby, who is third in the NHL with 50 points, set a record with 1,713,021 votes, surpassing Jaromir Jagr's previous record of 1,020,736 tallies set in 2000.

Chris Pronger and Bobby Ryan got the goals for Anaheim, both on the power play -- and both their seventh of the season -- as the Ducks won for just the second time in their last seven games.

They did so without the services of the club's second leading scorer in Corey Perry, who was suspended by the league for four games following an elbowing incident in a loss to Philadelphia on Friday.

Niklas Backstrom made 32 saves for his fourth shutout of the season for Minnesota, which has won two of three and snapped a six-game road losing streak.

Tyler Arnason had a team-high five shots for the Avalanche, who have lost three straight on the heels of a three-game win streak. Peter Budaj stopped 35-of-37 shots in the loss.

Playing without star forward Patrick Kane because of a high ankle sprain suffered in the Winter Classic game against Detroit, the Blackhawks managed to end their brief two-game slide. Chicago also found out Saturday that three of its players -- Kane, center Jonathan Toews and defenseman Brian Campbell -- will start in the NHL's All-Star game, to be played in Montreal, January 25.

Andrew Ladd and Patrick Sharp also recorded a goal and an assist, while Kris Versteeg and Dustin Byfuglien also tallied for Chicago, which has now won 10 of 12 overall. Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves in the win for the Blackhawks.

Mike Smith made 27 saves, as the Lightning moved one point ahead of the now- last place Thrashers. Steve Eminger and Ryan Malone also scored for Tampa Bay, which recorded its first win in Atlanta since February 22, 2007 and snapped a three-game losing streak.

"I'd like to think (we've turned the corner)," St. Louis said. "We look on the same page. We get in trouble sometimes when we try to go on our own agenda. If we stay in the team concept, we're a tough team to play against. It just takes one guy on his own program, and it hurts the other four on the ice. When were all five working to the team concept, we have a good chance to be successful." Erik Christensen scored the lone goal for the Thrashers, who have lost five of six. Kari Lehtonen allowed four goals on 35 shots

After the first five shooters were all stopped, the newly-named All-Star starter Markov slipped a backhand shot through the legs of Florida's Craig Anderson to give Montreal the win.

The Canadiens found out Saturday that they will have four starters in the All- Star Game to be played in Montreal, January 25. In addition to Markov, forward Alex Kovalev, defenseman Mike Komisarek and goalie Carey Price received starting nods Andrei Kostitsyn scored twice, while Francis Bouillon, Tom Kostopoulos and Robert Lang also tallied for the Canadiens, who have won four of their last five.

The Flames have won five in a row and earned at least a point in 10 straight games (7-0-3).

Kane, 20, sprained his ankle Tuesday at Detroit and aggravated the injury during Thursday's Winter Classic against the Red Wings. It will be the first time that the baby-faced sniper misses a game due to injury since being taken first overall by the Blackhawks in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

With No. 1 netminder Roberto Luongo already out with a strained groin, the Canucks goaltending situation got desperate last Tuesday when Curtis Sanford aggravated a groin ailment of his own. Vancouver was taking on the Flyers and during the game it acquired LaBarbera from the Los Angeles Kings for a 2009 seventh-round draft choice.

LaBarbera started Thursday's victory over Nashville and was back in net on Friday. He ended with 34 stops in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Atlanta Thrashers.

The Coyotes and Ducks enter this game with identical 19-15-5 records and 43 points on the season. However, both clubs trail the San Jose Sharks by 20 points for the top spot in the division.

This is the second of six meetings between Phoenix and Anaheim this year. Helped by two goals out of Shane Doan, the Coyotes posted a 4-2 win in Anaheim on October 12 for their seventh win in the last 10 meetings with the Ducks. It was also Phoenix's fourth win in the last five trips to the Honda Center.

The Wild are 7-9-0 as the visiting team this year thanks to their lengthy road skid, as they haven't won away from Minnesota since November 29 in Nashville.

The club was home last night to face the Red Wings and managed to force a shootout with Detroit. However, Pavel Datsyuk scored the lone shootout tally and all three Minnesota skaters were stopped in a 3-2 loss to Detroit.

Chicago had plenty of momentum heading into its two-game set with the Detroit Red Wings, but after having a franchise-record nine-game winning streak end with a 4-0 loss in Motown last Tuesday, the Blackhawks dropped a 6-4 test to Detroit in Thursday's New Year's Day clash at Wrigley Field.

Playing outdoors in the stadium that usually houses the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball, Kris Versteeg, Martin Havlat and Ben Eager all scored first- period goals to stake the Blackhawks to an early 3-1 lead, but the Red Wings netted the next five tallies to claim the win.

Parise is tops on the Devils with 22 goals and 46 points, while his 24 assists are tied with Elias for most on the team. Elias is also second on New Jersey with 41 points.

The two skaters posted four-point nights each when the Devils took on the Senators for the first time this season back on December 19. Elias had two goals and a pair of assists in the 5-1 victory, while Parise finished with four assists.

Something will give this evening, as Atlanta hosts Tampa Bay at Philips Arena in a battle between the bottom two clubs of the Southeast Division.

The Thrashers halted a four-game losing streak with Friday's 4-3 shootout win over Vancouver that also ended the club's string of three straight losses at home. Eric Christensen gave Atlanta the win, as he stuffed the puck past the Canucks' Jason LaBarbera in the fourth round of the extra session.

After losing four in a row to the Panthers, the Canadiens have responded with four straight victories, taking the final two meetings last year before a pair of victories this season.

Montreal notched a home win over Florida back on October 20 to halt a three- game home losing streak to the Panthers and then posted a 5-2 victory in Sunrise last Monday in a contest that featured the first hat trick of Maxim Lapierre's career.

WayneSimmonds scored a power-play goal in regulation, while Patrick O'Sullivan and Anze Kopitar lit the lamp in the shootout to help the Kings halt a four-game slide.

Scott Hartnell tallied Philly's lone goal, and Antero Niittymaki made 30 saves in defeat. With the hard-earned point, the Flyers, who are 2-3 on a six-game road trip, moved past the Rangers for first place in the Atlantic Division with 50 points.

Patrick Marleau, Dan Boyle and Ryane Clowe each lit the lamp for San Jose, which has still yet to lose at home in regulation this season, going 19-0-2. San Jose is 27-0-3 in its last 30 games as the host dating back to last season, leaving them seven games shy of the NHL record for consecutive games at home with a point. That run of 37 games was set by the Montreal Canadiens in 1976-77 and 77-78, as the club went 31-0 with six ties in that span.

Evgeni Nabokov made 21 saves in the win and Joe Thornton had a pair of assists, giving him a goal and 10 assists over a six-game point streak.

Andrew Cogliano, Erik Cole and Dustin Penner each had a goal for the Oilers, who have won four of their last six games. Dwayne Roloson made 38 saves in the win.

James Neal scored the lone goal while Marty Turco was charged with four goals on 19 shots in the loss for the Stars, who had won three of four coming into the game.

Chad LaRose and Joni Pitkanen each had a goal for the Hurricanes, who have won four of their last five games. Cam Ward made 17 saves in the win.

"Clearly at the 10-minute mark we found our legs and I thought the last 50 minutes of the game we were pretty good and didn't give up a whole lot," said Carolina coach Paul Maurice.

Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Alex Steen had a goal and two assists while Manny Legace made 20 saves as the St. Louis Blues downed the Columbus Blue Jackets, 5-2, at Scottrade Center.

Brandon Crombeen had a goal and an assist while Brad Winchester, Keith Tkachuk and T.J. Oshie each had a goal for the Blues, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Paul, MN (Sports Network) - Pavel Datsyuk posted the lone shootout tally, and the Detroit Red Wings rallied to top the Minnesota Wild, 3-2.

In the first round of the shootout, Datsyuk faked to his backhand, quickly went to the forehand and lifted the puck over Wild goalie Josh Harding.

Alexei Ponikarovsky scored the game-winner while Dominic Moore also lit the lamp for the Maple Leafs, who had lost four of five coming into the game. Vesa Toskala made 30 saves in the win.

Daniel Alfredsson scored the lone goal while Martin Gerber was charged with three goal on 30 shots for the Senators, who have dropped four of their last five.