Pittsburgh, PA -- Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Petr Sykora and Evgeni Malkin each tallied two goals and two assists, as the Pittsburgh Penguins ripped the Philadelphia Flyers, 7-1, at Mellon Arena. Hal Gill added a goal and assist, while Tyler Kennedy tallied, and Marian Hossa scored in his home debut for the red-hot Penguins. They have won three in a row, and scored 18 goals in the span, including back-to-back seven-goal games. The Penguins also moved into the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race with 89 points, breaking a tie with Ottawa, which lost to Carolina on Sunday. Pittsburgh is now just a point behind idle New Jersey, which holds the top spot in both the Atlantic Division and the conference. Pittsburgh played without Sidney Crosby, who is still recovering from a high ankle sprain. But it did get back Hossa -- the team's big acquisition before the trade deadline -- after he missed six games with a sprained right knee. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24- of-25 shots in the win. Mike Knuble scored the only goal for Philadelphia, whose losing streak reached four games. The Flyers, who currently occupy the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 80 points, failed to put any distance between themselves and idle Buffalo, which sits just one point back. Martin Biron started and allowed three goals on eight shots before being pulled in favor of Antero Niittymaki, who stopped 24-of-28 shots.

Final Score: Washington 2, Boston 1 (SO)

Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Viktor Kozlov scored in the third round of the shootout, to lift the Washington Capitals over the Boston Bruins, 2-1, tightening up the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Sergei Fedorov scored in regulation for Washington, which won its third in a row and has 78 points, moving the Caps closer to a playoff spot. Philadelphia, which occupies the eighth spot, lost Sunday and stayed at 80 points. Cristobal Huet allowed just one goal on 40 shots, and made 17 saves in a scoreless third period for Washington. Chuck Kobasew tallied for Boston, which has lost four of five, but gained a point and has 83 on the season. The Bruins moved into a tie with the New York Rangers for sixth. Alexander Auld stopped 32-of-33 shots in a losing effort.

Final Score: Carolina 5, Ottawa 1

Raleigh, NC (Sports Network) - Joe Corvo registered the first hat trick of his career, as the Carolina Hurricanes thumped the Ottawa Senators, 5-1, at the RBC Center. Scott Walker posted a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who recovered from Friday's 7-1 drubbing by Buffalo to win for the sixth time in their last seven games. Cam Ward stopped 16-of-17 shots to pick up his 33rd win of the season. Ward has started 12 consecutive games, going 9-2-1 over that span. The Hurricanes have 83 points on the season and hold a five-point lead over Washington and Florida -- both of whom won on Sunday -- for first place in the Southeast Division. Dany Heatley scored the lone goal for the Senators, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Martin Gerber allowed five goals on 32 shots in defeat. Ottawa currently sits fifth in the Eastern Conference with 87 points, two behind Montreal for first place in the Northeast Division.

Final Score: Columbus 4, Detroit 3

Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Manny Malhotra had two goals and an assist for a career-high three points, as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Detroit Red Wings, 4-3, at Nationwide Arena. Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Nikolai Zherdev scored a goal apiece for the Blue Jackets, who have won two of three. Fredrik Norrena made 43 saves for Columbus, which won despite being outshot 46-17. Johan Franzen scored two goals and Tomas Kopecky had one for the Red Wings, who have dropped two in a row since their five-game winning streak. Detroit goalie Dominik Hasek was pulled in favor of Chris Osgood in the second period after allowing four goals on just 10 shots.

Final Score: Calgary 4, Chicago 2

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Jarome Iginla posted his 45th goal of the campaign as Calgary doubled up Chicago, 4-2, at the United Center. Adrian Aucoin, Kristian Huselius and Dion Phaneuf also tallied, and Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 34-of-36 shots in the win. The Flames snapped a two-game skid and pulled into a tie with idle Minnesota and Colorado for first place in the Northwest Division. Jonathan Toews and Robert Lang scored for Chicago, which has dropped five of its last six contests. Patrick Lalime allowed all four goals on 22 shots, and was lifted for Nikolai Khabibulin in the third period. Khabibulin made five saves the rest of the way.

Final Score: Florida 3, Atlanta 1

Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - Olli Jokinen tallied a goal and an assist as the Florida Panthers won their seventh straight game in a 3-1 victory over the Atlanta Thrashers at BankAtlantic Center. Radek Dvorak and Rostislav Olesz each scored for the Panthers, who now have 78 points and trail Philadelphia by two for the eight spot in the Eastern Conference and are five points behind Carolina for first in the Southeast. Tomas Vokoun stopped 29 shots for Florida, which tied the franchise winning streak first set from November 2-14, 1995 and matched during a seven-game run from March 17-29, 2006. Ilya Kovalchuk tallied his 49th goal of the season and Johan Hedberg stopped 22 shots for the Thrashers, who have dropped four of their last five and 12 of 14 overall.

Final Score: Edmonton 2, San Jose 1 (SO)

San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - Fernando Pisani scored in the fourth round of the shootout as the Edmonton Oilers snapped San Jose's franchise-record 11- game winning streak with a 2-1 win at HP Pavilion. After Dwayne Roloson stopped Jonathan Cheechoo's slap shot, Pisani skated in on net and slid a soft backhander between the pads of Evgeni Nabokov for the win. Roloson finished with 48 saves while Ales Hemsky scored the goal for the Oilers, who have won five of their last six games. Patrick Marleau scored the lone goal while Nabokov stopped 22 shots for the Sharks, who hadn't lost since February 20 in New Jersey. San Jose now has 93 points, which is three more than Anaheim for first place in the Pacific and second overall in the Western Conference.