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Boston • Jaromir Jagr scored off his skate in his Bruins debut and Tuukka Rask stopped 40 shots to lead Boston to a 1-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night.
Acquired from Dallas this week shortly before the trade deadline, Jagr joined the Bruins for the pregame skate Thursday morning and quickly endeared himself to the Boston fans. Brad Marchand's centering pass went off Jagr's left skate and past Martin Brodeur to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead with 80 seconds gone in the second period.
Rask earned his third shutout of the season. Brodeur made 25 saves for the Devils.
The Bruins keep pace with Montreal, which entered the night with a one-point lead in the Northeast Division. New Jersey, the defending Eastern Conference champions, fell into ninth and out of playoff position.
Capitals 2, Islanders 1 (SO) • At Washington, Mike Green scored his fifth goal in four games, Braden Holtby made 35 saves and then was perfect in the shootout, and Washington's long, slow comeback toward a playoff spot took another big step with a shootout win over New York.
Lightning 5, Hurricanes 0 • At Raleigh, N.C., Ben Bishop earned a shutout in his debut with Tampa Bay and the Lightning routed reeling Carolina.
Bishop, acquired Wednesday from Ottawa for promising rookie Cory Conacher, stopped a career-high 45 shots. EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 38 28 10 0 56 125 94
N.Y. Islanders 38 18 16 4 40 109 117
N.Y. Rangers 36 18 15 3 39 88 87
New Jersey 37 15 13 9 39 89 101
Philadelphia 37 17 17 3 37 105 114
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 37 24 8 5 53 118 90
Boston 36 24 8 4 52 101 77
Ottawa 36 19 11 6 44 91 79
Toronto 37 20 13 4 44 115 105
Buffalo 37 14 17 6 34 98 114
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 37 18 17 2 38 109 105
Winnipeg 39 18 19 2 38 94 119
Carolina 36 16 18 2 34 96 111
Tampa Bay 36 16 18 2 34 117 106
Florida 37 12 19 6 30 91 127
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 36 27 5 4 58 122 80
Detroit 37 18 14 5 41 96 98
St. Louis 35 19 14 2 40 102 97
Columbus 37 16 14 7 39 90 98
Nashville 38 15 15 8 38 93 103
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 37 20 11 6 46 98 93
Minnesota 37 21 14 2 44 100 97
Edmonton 37 16 14 7 39 99 102
Calgary 35 13 18 4 30 96 126
Colorado 36 12 20 4 28 87 114
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 37 25 7 5 55 116 92
Los Angeles 37 21 13 3 45 107 91
San Jose 36 19 11 6 44 92 88
Phoenix 37 16 15 6 38 101 104
Dallas 36 16 17 3 35 96 112
Thursday's Games
Washington 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO
St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, SO
Boston 1, New Jersey 0
Philadelphia 5, Toronto 3
Tampa Bay 5, Carolina 0
Montreal 4, Winnipeg 1
Columbus 3, Nashville 1
Phoenix 4, Detroit 2
Vancouver 4, Edmonton 0
Los Angeles 3, Minnesota 0
Friday's Games
Ottawa at Buffalo, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
Columbus at St. Louis, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Anaheim, 8 p.m.
Calgary at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.