NEWARK, N.J. -- Brandon Dubinsky had a goal and an assist in returning to the lineup from a concussion, and the injury-riddled Columbus Blue Jackets snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night.
Recently acquired defenseman Justin Falk got his first points of the season with a goal and an assist. Sergei Bobrovsky made 21 saves as Columbus beat the Devils for the first time in three meetings this season.
Marko Dano also scored on a night the Blue Jackets set a single-season team record for total man-games lost to injury with 413, two more than the old mark.
Jordin Tootoo and Peter Harrold scored for New Jersey, which remains eight points behind Boston for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference (see full recap).
Hudler, Flames roll over Red Wings
DETROIT -- Jiri Hudler scored twice against his former team, and the Calgary Flames beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Friday night.
Sean Monahan, Matt Stajan and Mason Raymond also scored for the Flames, who rallied in convincing fashion after Detroit's Justin Abdelkader scored the game's first two goals.
Calgary moved into a tie for second with Vancouver in the Pacific Division, where four teams are scrambling for spots in the postseason behind first-place Anaheim. The Flames have one game remaining on a seven-game road trip -- they've won four of the first six.
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Detroit's three-game winning streak was snapped, although the Red Wings outshot the Flames 35-24. Calgary's Jonas Hiller made 33 saves, blanking Detroit after Abdelkader's two early goals (see full recap).
Blackhawks top Oilers in shootout
CHICAGO -- Newcomer Antoine Vermette scored the lone goal of the shootout in the third round, giving the Chicago Blackhawks a 2-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.
Vermette, acquired on Saturday from Phoenix, missed on several chances in regulation, but beat Ben Scrivens on a backhander in the tiebreaker.
Chicago's Corey Crawford made 46 saves through overtime, then stopped all three Oilers in the shootout. The Blackhawks improved to 3-1 without injured leading scorer Patrick Kane.
Chicago's Brent Seabrook scored on a screened drive from the blue line -- and on the Blackhawks' 33rd shot -- to tie the game with 7:02 left in the third period, spoiling Scrivens' shutout bid and setting up overtime.
Edmonton's Derek Roy scored in the first period on a broken play and Scrivens finished with 38 saves through overtime (see full recap).