NHL Capsules

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -Marian Hossa scored twice in his first game for Chicago, and the Blackhawks beat the San Jose Sharks 7-2 on Wednesday night for their eighth straight victory.

Troy Brouwer, Patrick Sharp, Dustin Byfuglien, Brent Seabrook and John Madden also scored for the Blackhawks, playing the fourth game of a six-game trip. Cristobal Huet made 22 saves to help send San Jose its first home regulation loss of the season.

Chicago had three short-handed goals, the most San Jose has ever allowed.

Dan Boyle and Joe Pavelski scored late goals for San Jose.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby scored a goal and set up another with an no-look pass and Pittsburgh matched a franchise record for victories in its first 25 games.

The Penguins are 17-8 with five victories in six games since losing four in a row and five of six. The only other seasons they won 17 of their first 25 were 1995-96 (17-5-3) and 1994-95 (17-6-2), when there were tie games.

Crosby has four goals and an assist as the Penguins have outscored Montreal 9-2 in two games in Pittsburgh, including a 6-1 victory on Oct. 28 in which Crosby had his only three-goal game this season. Bill Guerin and Sergei Gonchar also scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 18 saves, allowing only Max Pacioretty's third-period goal.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves for his first regular-season shutout, and Alex Ovechkin scored his team-high 17th goal before drawing a third-period ejection in Washington's victory over Buffalo.

Eric Fehr also scored for the Capitals. Varlamov, who had two shutouts in the playoffs last spring against the New York Rangers, wasn't severely tested until the third period, when Ovechkin's absence put Washington at a decided disadvantage .

Ovechkin drew a major for boarding and a game misconduct 3:38 into the third period when he ran Buffalo's Patrick Kaleta into the boards opposite the benches. It was the second career ejection for Ovechkin, and both have come against Buffalo at Verizon Center. The other was Dec. 2, 2006, when he checked Daniel Briere from behind.

DETROIT (AP) - Ondrej Pavelec made 40 saves for Atlanta for his second shutout of the season and his career, and Vyacheslav Kozlov had a goal and an assist.

Nik Antropov also scored to help Atlanta snap a three-game losing streak. Jimmy Howard stopped 23 shots for Detroit. The Red Wings have lost four of their last five.

DENVER (AP) - David Legwand scored at 3:07 of overtime to give Nashville its seventh straight victory and 11th in its last 13 games.

J.P. Dumont, Marcel Goc and Shea Weber also scored, and Pekka Rinna made 19 saves.

Milan Hejduk had a goal and an assist, Ryan Wilson and Marek Svatos added goals, and Craig Anderson stopped 21 shots for Colorado.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Niklas Hagman had two goals, and Matt Stajan scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period for Toronto.

Nikolai Kulemin also scored to help the Maple Leafs improve to 5-11-7. Rookie defenseman Carl Gunnarsson had three assists in his sixth career NHL game.

Andrej Meszaros, Vincent Lecavalier and Ryan Malone scored for Tampa Bay.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - P.A. Parenteau scored in a shootout for New York, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped all three Florida shooters.

Marian Gaborik scored a power-play goal in the second period for New York, his NHL-leading 19th goal of the season. Dominic Moore tied it for Florida with 4:53 left in the third period.

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Petteri Nokelainen scored the go-ahead goal for Anaheim with 7:17 left, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 27 saves to hand Carolina its franchise-record 12th straight road loss to start the season.

Teemu Selanne had a goal and an assist, and Corey Perry assisted on Scott Niedermayer's power-play goal to extend his career-best points streak to 16 games, the longest in the NHL this season and one off the Ducks' franchise record set by Selanne during the 1998-99 campaign. Tom Kostopoulos and Brandon Sutter scored for Carolina.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - David Krejci scored the shootout winner, and rookie goalie Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots to help Boston win its fourth straight game.

The Bruins closed out a perfect four-game trip by beating the Wild for just the second time in team history despite managing a season-low 16 shots.

Byron Bitz opened the scoring for Boston in the first period, and Minnesota newcomer Andrew Ebbett tied it on a power play midway through the second.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Scott Hartnell scored from the high slot with 5:27 left, and Brian Boucher made 28 saves for Philadelphia.

Mike Richards added his 10th goal for Philadelphia. Trent Hunter had a first-period goal for Islanders, and former Flyers goalie Martin Biron stopped 26 shots.

DALLAS (AP) - Brad Boyes scored in the second round of the shootout, and Ty Conklin stopped Stephane Robidas in the third to give St. Louis the victory.

Dallas' Brenden Morrow tied it at 3 with 25.4 seconds left in regulation and goalie Mart Turco off for a sixth attacker.

T.J. Oshie, Erik Johnson and David Backes scored for St. Louis, and Conklin stopped 34 shots. Robidas and Toby Petersen added goal for Dallas.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Niclas Bergfors, Patrik Elias and Jamie Langenbrunner scored, and Martin Brodeur made 24 saves to help New Jersey end a three-game losing streak.

Andy Greene had two assists for the Devils. Milan Michalek scored for Ottawa.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Nigel Dawes scored the go-ahead goal with 5:44 remaining, and Miikka Kiprusoff made 27 saves for Calgary.

Daymond Langkow opened the scoring for the Flames late in the second period, and Keith Yandle tied it on a power play midway through the third.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Jonathan Quick made 22 saves, and Wayne Simmonds had a goal and an assist for Los Angeles.

Matt Greene and Alexander Frolov also scored for the Kings. Ryan Potulny scored for the Oilers.