TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Matt Duchene had two goals and Craig Anderson made 33 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 on Monday night.

Duchene put Colorado up 1-0 at 8:16 of the first. His power-play goal from in-close made it 2-0 with 6:22 left in the second.

Anderson stopped a good scoring chance by Steven Stamkos 24 seconds into the game en route to his third shutout this season and 10th overall. He has opened the season by starting 26 of Colorado's 28 games.

Tampa Bay goalie Antero Niittymaki had 26 saves. The Lightning dropped to 6-2-4 at home.

Wojtek Wolski added an empty goal at 19:46 of the third for Colorado.

Flames 5, Predators 0.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 22 shots for his second shutout in a row, and Curtis Glencross had a goal and two assists as the Calgary Flames beat the Nashville Predators 5-0 Monday night.

It was the third shutout of the season for Kiprusoff, who also blanked Detroit 3-0 on Friday night. He has 33 shutouts in his career.

Jarome Iginla added a goal and an assist for Calgary, which won its fourth in a row and third straight on the road.

Red Wings 4, Stars 1.

DETROIT (AP) — Todd Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist and Jimmy Howard made 29 saves to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday night.

Drew Miller, Darren Helm and Dan Cleary also scored for Detroit, which snapped its home scoreless streak at 1 hour, 56 minutes and 30 seconds. Kris Draper added two assists.

Brenden Morrow scored for Dallas and Marty Turco stopped 28 shots.

Penguins 5, Rangers 2.

NEW YORK (AP) — Mike Rupp shook off a leg injury in the third period, snapped a tie with his second goal of the night, and then completed his first NHL hat trick to help the Pittsburgh Penguins break a long losing streak at Madison Square Garden and sweep a home-and-home series from the New York Rangers with a 5-2 victory on Monday night.

Rupp's first goal gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead in the second period and his second made it 3-2 with 8:46 remaining. Rupp left the ice for the dressing room about 5½ minutes earlier after he banged his left leg against the boards after being hit from behind by Dan Girardi.

Rupp scored into an empty net with 1:40 remaining to give him a career-high eight goals.

Marian Gaborik scored both Rangers goals to push his NHL-leading total to 21.

Sabres 3, Maple Leafs 0.

TORONTO (AP) — Ryan Miller stopped all 38 shots he faced Monday night to earn his third shutout of the season and lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Tim Kennedy, Henrik Tallinder and Jochen Hecht scored for Buffalo (15-7-2), which held Toronto scoreless for the first time this season. The Leafs fell to 6-12-7.

Starting with Tuesday's game in Montreal, the Leafs embark on an extremely busy month with 16 games in December.

Toronto raced out to a fast start, building an 8-1 shot advantage, but couldn't get the puck past Miller. He stopped a couple of chances from Phil Kessel before denying Niklas Hagman from in close late in the first period.

Blue Jackets 5, Blues 2.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — R.J. Umberger scored three goals for his second career hat trick to lead Columbus past the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Monday night, ending the Blue Jackets' five-game losing skid.

Steve Mason won the goaltender battle with non-relative Chris Mason stopping 27 shots, including Paul Kariya's wrister from the high slot with just over a minute left that would have tied it.

Kris Russell and Antoine Vermette each added a goal and an assist. Umberger also had an assist.

Erik Johnson and Paul Kariya scored for the Blues, who were starting a three-game trip.

The Blue Jackets had led on each stop of a season-long five-game road trip, only to lose. The play eight of the next 11 at home.

Thrashers 4, Panthers 3.

ATLANTA (AP) — Maxim Afinogenov scored with six seconds remaining in the third period to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers for their fourth consecutive victory.

It was the fifth straight loss for the Panthers.

Afinogenov knocked in a 15-footer for his 11th goal off a pass from Nik Antropov, beating Florida goaltender Scott Clemmensen.

Florida Panthers goalie Tomas Vokoun was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he was accidentally hit in the head by the stick of teammate Keith Ballard in the opening period.

Vokoun had an ear laceration and was alert when taken by ambulance to a local hospital, a Panthers spokesman said.

Capitals 3, Hurricanes 2.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Not even an apparent first-period injury to leading scorer Alex Ovechkin could slow down the Washington Capitals.

Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and an assist while Eric Fehr added a goal and an assist Monday night, leading Washington to a 3-2 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

It was the first meeting between the Southeast Division rivals this season. Washington is on a three-game winning streak and sits atop the Eastern Conference standings, while Carolina has lost five straight and has the worst record in the league.

Washington played the last 2½ periods without Ovechkin, who was helped off the ice at 7:55 of the first period after initiating a knee-to-knee collision with defenseman Tim Gleason.