Martin Biron stopped 33 shots, ending an 0-2-1 skid, as Buffalo inched within 2 points of eighth-place Montreal in the Eastern Conference.
The Rangers 9-5-1 9-5-1 9-5-1-4-1 skid that camendedthe heels of a seven-game winning streak.
Florida scored a goal in each period to snap an 0-5-1 skid and get its first home victory since Nov. 25.
The Penguins had been on a 1-6-1 skid and were 1-2-1 in the four games Jagr missed.
The Capitals are 2-0-1 after an 0-2-1 skid, butheirir offense failed to score more than three goals for the 12th straight game.
Defensemen Fedor Tyutin and Nikita Nikitin both scored for the Blue Jackets, who had been 0-9-1 skid againsthehe Avalanche dating back to the 2009-10 season.
With Toronto hanging in front of them like a bauble today, the Islanders came back to beat the reeling Flyers (42-27-10-3, 97 points), who finished the regular season with a 1-7-1 skid -- and only a point ahead of the Islanders.
Patrik Stefan scored twice for Atlanta, on an 0-5-2 skid.
Howard had been in a 5-for-35 skid with 20 strikeouts.
Corey Patterson snapped an 0-for-11 skid with four hits and scored two Toronto runs.
Then Martin, who snapped an 0-for-30 skid against Boston, came through with his hit.
