BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Devan Dubnyk stopped 18 shots for his 10th career shutout in his Minnesota debut, Jason Pominville had three assists against his former team, and the Wild snapped a six-game skid with a 7-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night.

The Sabres extended their losing streak to nine ”“ all decided in regulation. No NHL has done that since the Edmonton Oilers lost nine straight in regulation from Feb. 25 to March 15, 2007, according to STATS.

Zach Parise, Kyle Brodziak and Erik Haula had a goal and assist each in a game in which the Wild scored five times on their first 25 shots, and before the second period was over. Thomas Vanek, another ex-Sabres star, also had a goal and assist for Minnesota, which had its largest margin of victory in franchise history.

Matt Cooke, Matt Dumba and Jared Spurgeon also scored for the Wild, who rebounded from a 7-2 loss at Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

CANUCKS 4, FLYERS 0

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Henrik Sedin had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Miller made 29 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Nick Bonino, Radim Vrbata and Jannik Hansen also scored for Vancouver, which snapped a three-game losing streak and broke out of a scoring slump. The Canucks tallied just two goals during their skid.

It was Miller’s fourth shutout this season and 33rd of his NHL career. He returned to the net after missing two games due to illness.

Philadelphia dropped its second straight and fell further out of playoff contention. The Flyers entered Thursday 11 points out of a wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

SENATORS 4, CANADIENS 1

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored his first goal of the season to help lead the Ottawa Senators past the Montreal Canadiens.

Mika Zibanejad, Erik Karlsson and Erik Condra also scored for the Senators. Craig Anderson stopped 25 shots in his 399th game and has allowed two goals or less in eight of his last 10 starts.

Max Pacioretty scored the lone goal for the Canadiens as Dustin Tokarski turned away 31 of 34 shots.

It marked the Senators’ first home game since returning from a four-game road trip, where Ottawa went 1-2-1 and they looked motivated from the start right through the final buzzer.

LIGHTNING 3, OILERS 2

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ondrej Palat scored a pair of third-period goals, and the Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Edmonton Oilers.

Steven Stamkos also scored in his fourth straight game for the Lightning, who overtook the idle New York Islanders atop the East.

Tampa Bay finished a run of 21 games that included a 6-0-1 record against Edmonton, Buffalo and Carolina, the NHL’s worst three teams. The Lightning went 5-8-1 against other opponents during that stretch.

Edmonton, which has lost 14 consecutive road games, got two goals from Benoit Pouliot. He has scored the last five Oilers goals.

RED WINGS 3, BLUES 2, OT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pavel Datsyuk scored at 4:57 of overtime to give the Detroit Red Wings a win over the St. Louis Blues.

Detroit won for the fourth time in five games and completed a six-game road trip with a 4-2 mark. Petr Mrazek made 25 saves and improved to 3-0 in four career appearances against St. Louis.

Joakim Andersson and Tomas Tatar scored in a 60-second span in the second period to give the Red Wings a 2-0 lead. Datsyuk’s 14th goal of the season helped Detroit improve to 5-9 in overtime.

David Backes and Alexander Steen had goals for St. Louis, which had a five-game winning streak snapped. Steen scored with 47 seconds left in regulation to tie it 2-2.

AVALANCHE 4, PANTHERS 2

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Holden scored the go-ahead goal in the third period to lift the Colorado Avalanche over the Florida Panthers.

Tyson Barrie had a goal and an assist, and Gabriel Landeskog and Jarome Iginla also scored for Colorado.