Goalie Jeff Hackett stopped the NHL's top team as the Montreal Canadiens beat Boston 4-2 on Tuesday to end the Bruins' three-game winning streak.
The Canadiens took a 4-0 lead on goals by Jan Bulis in the first period and Yanic Perreault, Oleg Petrov and Randy McKay in the second.
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Boston cut it to 4-2 when Joe Thornton scored his 15th goal at 10:53 of the second and Mike Knuble got his fifth at 19:16.
Hackett, 3-1 in his last four games, stopped 31 shots, including all 14 he faced in the third period.
Senators 4, Sabres 2
In Buffalo, New York, Martin Prusek made 26 saves in only his fifth career start, and Marian Hossa scored twice to lead Ottawa over Buffalo.
Todd White and Brad Smyth also scored for Ottawa, which won for the first time in Buffalo since Dec. 30, 1998, and snapped an eight-game winless streak (0-7-1) at HSBC Arena.
Prusek is 4-0 this season as a backup for the Senators, who are 10-1-3 since Nov. 12. Hossa, with 18 goals, tied Minnesota's Marian Gaborik for the league lead.
Henrik Tallinder and Ales Kotalik scored for Buffalo, whose season-best three-game winning streak was halted.
Blackhawks 3, Islanders 2
In Uniondale, New York, Tyler Arnason scored the go-ahead goal and also assisted on the tying score in the third period as Chicago beat New York.
Devils 2, Blues 0
In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Jim McKenzie and Turner Stevenson scored, and Martin Brodeur made 28 saves for his third shutout this season as New Jersey beat St. Louis.
Brodeur earned his 58th career shutout for the Atlantic Division-leading Devils, who have lost in regulation only once in eight games (5-1-0-2).
Maple Leafs 4, Penguins 2
In Toronto, Mats Sundin's second goal of the game broke a third-period tie as Toronto handed Pittsburgh its season-high fifth consecutive loss.
Sundin scored on Toronto's first shot of the game, and later gave the Maple Leafs the lead for good with his 14th goal with 6:05 left in the third. Jonas Hoglund and Paul Healey also scored.
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