Andrew Hammond continued his red-hot play with 34 saves as visiting Ottawa gained ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Vernon Fiddler collected a goal and an assist as visiting Dallas scored three times on the power play to spoil defenseman Mike Green’s return to Washington’s lineup.

Alexander Wennberg scored in the fifth round of the shootout and Sergei Bobrovsky denied all five attempts as host Columbus skated to its third straight victory.

Jakob Silfverberg scored his career-high 11th goal as visiting Anaheim snapped a three-game skid and regained the lead in the race for the Presidents' Trophy.

Rookie Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan and Jiri Hudler each recorded three-point performances as host Calgary used a four-goal first period to breeze past Toronto and into second place in the Pacific Division.