BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Injured Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff won't be behind the team's bench for Wednesday's game against the Boston Bruins....

DENVER (AP) -- Gabriel Landeskog broke a tie 38 seconds into the third period and David Jones added two goals, helping the Colorado Avalanche snap a five-game skid with a 5-2 win over the struggling Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night....

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- Bryan Little scored the go-ahead in the second period and the Winnipeg Jets earned a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday....

DALLAS (AP) -- Radim Vrbata scored his 25th goal, former Dallas backup Mike Smith made 28 saves and the Phoenix Coyotes improved their playoff positioning with a 4-1 victory over the Stars on Tuesday night....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Alex Edler scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 Tuesday night for their fifth win in six games....

OTTAWA (AP) -- David Perron scored twice and Brian Elliott made 28 saves in his regular-season return to Ottawa and the St. Louis Blues handed the Senators their seventh straight loss, 3-1 Tuesday night....

MONTREAL (AP) -- Tomas Plekanec scored on Montreal's eighth attempt in the shootout to lead the Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night....

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Kyle Clifford and Dustin Penner had second-period goals to lead the Los Angeles Kings past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Tuesday night....

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Rookie defenseman David Savard scored his first career goal and added an assist to lift the Blue Jackets past the Minnesota Wild 3-1 on Tuesday night and give Columbus' Todd Richards a win in his first game as coach against his former team....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Evgeni Nabokov made 45 saves and Frans Nielsen and John Tavares scored on Ilya Bryzgalov in a shootout, helping the New York Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers 1-0 on Tuesday night....