Ottawa continues to set pace with win

Chris Phillips, Patrick Eaves and Peter Schaefer scored, and Dominik Hasek made 23 saves to lead the Ottawa Senators past the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Wednesday night at Washington.

Matt Pettinger scored for the Capitals, but the Senators (28-7-1-2) sealed the win with Schaefer’s empty-net goal with 22 seconds left. Ottawa improved its NHL-best point total to 59.

The Senators played without leading scorer Daniel Alfredsson, who missed his second straight game with a cracked rib, but his teammates picked up the slack.

Hurricanes 4, Thrashers 3: At Raleigh, N.C., Cory Stillman had two goals and two assists to run his point streak to nine games, and Carolina rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat Atlanta.

Islanders 4, Panthers 3 (OT): At Uniondale, N.Y., Wade Dubielewicz played only 2:24 but earned his second NHL victory when Mark Parrish scored in overtime, lifting New York over Florida to snap a five-game losing streak.

Predators 4, Blues 3: At St. Louis, Vernon Fiddler scored the go-ahead goal and had the first two-goal game of his career, helping Nashville end a four-game losing streak with a victory over St. Louis.

Stars 3, Canucks 1: At Dallas, Steve Ott, Jason Arnott and Mike Modano scored in the third period, and Dallas rallied to hand Vancouver its eighth loss in nine games.

Around the league

Alexander Mogilny was placed on waivers by the New Jersey Devils, a day after the return of Patrik Elias.

Elias was back in the lineup Tuesday night against Florida after missing several months with hepatitis.

•Florida Panthers backup goalie Jamie McLennan lasted only one period during his first appearance in 13 games.

McLennan got a rare start in place of regular goalie Roberto Luongo but was forced out of the game against the New York Islanders a little while after getting run over in the crease.