Dominic Moore scored the only shootout goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Friday evening.However, netminder Dan Ellis was the true matchwinner for the visitors, making 30 saves in regulation and overtime before stopping Mike Santorelli, Michael Frolik and Stephen Weiss in the shootout.
Elsewhere, Michael Grabner scored twice and Matt Moulson, Jack Hillen and PA Parenteau were also on target as the New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2.
Buffalo's Nathan Gerbe scored two goals five seconds apart late in the third period, but it was too little, too late.
There were even more goals in Calgary, where the Flames beat the Dallas Stars 7-4 to end the visitors' franchise-record winning streak on the road at eight games.
Jarome Iginla reached 20 goals for the 12th straight season while David Moss scored twice and Mikael Backlund, Brendan Morrison, Alex Tanguay and Olli Jokinen were also on target.
And the high scoring continued in Ottawa as the Senators were thrashed 7-1 by the visiting Montreal Canadiens.
Tomas Plekanec scored twice and Max Pacioretty, Andrei Kostitsyn, Benoit Pouliot, Brian Gionta and PK Subban also found the net for the Canadiens.