LOS ANGELES: Michal Handzus’ short-handed goal early in the third period put Los Angeles ahead and Ryan Smyth connected on a power play to lead the Kings over the Washington Capitals 2-1 in the NHL on Saturday.
Jonathan Quick stopped 26 shots a day after he was selected to the US Olympic team along with Los Angeles teammates Dustin Brown and Jack Johnson.
Quick kept the Kings in the game during a one-sided second period in which the Capitals outshot Los Angeles 13-2.
Defenseman Mike Green had a power-play goal for Washington.
Lightning 3, Penguins 1: At Tampa, Florida, Zenon Konopka celebrated his 29th birthday with a rare goal, and Martin St. Louis and Steve Downie also scored to help Tampa Bay hand Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh its fourth straight loss.
Konopka gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead in the second with his second goal of the season and sixth in 79 NHL games.
Mike Smith made 25 saves, allowing only Bill Guerin’s first-period goal.
Hurricanes 2, Rangers 1, OT: At New York, Ray Whitney scored at 3:45 of overtime to give Carolina its third victory in 20 road games this season.
Cam Ward made 27 saves, and Tom Kostopoulos had a goal for Carolina, which was last in the NHL.
Marian Gaborik scored his NHL-leading 27th goal for New York.
Canucks 3, Stars 1: At Dallas, Daniel Sedin scored the go-ahead goal on a power play early in the third period, and Roberto Luongo made 31 saves for Vancouver.
Ryan Kesler had a second-period goal and Alex Burrows added an empty-netter for the Canucks, who have won four of their five games on a road trip. Loui Eriksson scored for Dallas.
Flames 3, Maple Leafs 1: At Calgary, Alberta, Curtis Glencross scored the go-ahead goal on a power play midway through the second period and added an empty-netter for Calgary’s fourth straight win.
Jarome Iginla had a goal and two assists, and Miikka Kiprusoff made 24 saves to help the Flames. Jason Blake scored for Toronto, which has lost five of its last six games.
Islanders 6, Thrashers 5, SO: At Uniondale, New York, Jeff Tambellini and Frans Nielsen scored shootout goals to give New York its third win in five games.
Atlanta, which erased two three-goal deficits, lost for the eighth straight time.
Matt Moulson, Jon Sim, Richard Park, Trent Hunter and Josh Bailey scored for New York. Maxim Afinogenov scored twice, and Ilya Kovalchuk, Nik Antropov and Rich Peverley added goals for the Thrashers.
Avalanche 3, Blue Jackets 2: At Columbus, Ohio, T.J. Galiardi crashed the net and scored on a rebound with just under a minute left to lift Colorado past Columbus.
Kyle Cumiskey and Chris Stewart also scored for the Avalanche, who have won five of their last six road games.
Kristian Huselius and Derick Brassard scored for Columbus.
Blackhawks 6, Blues 3: At St. Louis, Tomas Kopecky scored twice for his third career multipoint game, and Patrick Sharp also had two goals to help Chicago beat St. Louis after the Blues fired coach Andy Murray and replaced him with interim coach Davis Payne.
Brian Campbell and Kris Versteeg also scored for Chicago.
The Blackhawks have won five of six and are tied for second overall in the NHL, two points behind San Jose.
Eric Brewer, Andy McDonald and Keith Tkachuk scored for the Blues.
Red Wings 4, Coyotes 1: At Glendale, Arizona, Tomas Holmstrom deflected two of Nicklas Lidstrom’s shots into the net for his 14th and 15th goals to lead Detroit past Phoenix.
Pavel Datsyuk added a power-play goal, and Darren Helm had an empty-netter for the Red Wings, who opened a five-game trip with their second straight win.
The Coyotes had a two-man advantage when Matthew Lombardi scored their lone goal.
Predators 3, Ducks 1: At Nashville, Tennessee, Jason Arnott broke a tie with his first goal in 10 games, and Shea Weber and David Legwand also scored for Nashville.
Pekka Rinne made 25 saves, allowing only Mike Brown’s first-period goal.
