Matt Cullen scored his second goal of the game with 6:05 remaining and the New York Rangers extended their winning streak to four with a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL on Saturday.
Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves for the streaky Rangers, whose surge has come after a seven-game skid. New York defenseman Michal Rozsival, who fed Martin Straka's 22nd goal in the second, gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead just 38 seconds into the third.
Sheldon Souray scored Montreal's third power-play goal 8:40 into the third to tie it. Mark Streit and Tomas Plekanec scored in the second as the Canadiens rallied from a 2-0 deficit.
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Devils 3, Senators 2
At Ottawa, Brian Gionta scored twice and New Jersey got strong goaltending from Martin Brodeur in a victory over Ottawa.
Zach Parise also scored for the Devils.
Bruins 4, Flyers 3
At Boston, Marc Savard scored two goals and assisted on two others, helping Boston avoid its longest losing streak of the season with a win over Philadelphia.
Glen Murray scored his 20th goal for Boston, his fifth straight season with 20 or more.
Hurricanes 4, Islanders 2
At Raleigh, North Carolina, Erik Cole scored two goals and Carolina snapped out of its scoring slump by beating New York.
Justin Williams had his team-leading 20th goal and an assist and Eric Staal scored his first goal in 10 games for the Hurricanes, who were shut out in their previous two games.
Sabres 4, Maple Leafs 3
At Toronto, Daniel Briere, Ales Kotalik and Chris Drury had a goal and assist each and Buffalo held on for a victory over Toronto.
Dmitri Kalinin also scored for the Sabres.
Capitals 3, Thrashers 2, OT
At Washington, Alexander Semin scored his second goal of the game with 17.7 seconds remaining in overtime, pushing Washington past Atlanta.
Semin took a spinning backhanded feed from Steve Eminger, skated down the slot and put a high shot over goalie Kari Lehtonen's right shoulder, giving the Capitals their second straight win.
Predators 3, Blues 2
At Nashville, Tennessee, Jason Arnott scored a power-play goal and assisted on another in Nashville's win over St Louis.
Nashville beat St Louis for the 13th straight time, including five times this season.
Avalanche 2, Wild 1, SO
At St Paul, Minnesota, Milan Hejduk's shootout goal beat Manny Fernandez and Colorado topped the Minnesota Wild.
Kyle Cumiskey scored his first career goal and Colorado goalie Peter Budaj matched Fernandez with a solid performance.
Kings 4, Red Wings 2
At Los Angeles, Michael Cammalleri and Lubomir Visnovsky each scored a goal and had an assist and Rob Blake also scored to lead Los Angeles.
Mathieu Garon made 32 saves and Sean Avery added an empty-net goal for the Kings.
Sharks 5, Blue Jackets 2
At San Jose, California, Ryane Clowe had his first three-goal game, Joe Thornton got three assists and San Jose's formidable power play overwhelmed another opponent.
Patrick Marleau had a goal and Christian Ehrhoff had a goal and an assist for the Sharks, who have scored 13 power-play goals in three straight victories for Vesa Toskala, who made 17 saves.
Flames 4, Stars 2
At Calgary, Alberta, Dustin Boyd scored his first NHL goal with 2:17 left, carrying Calgary over Dallas.
Andrew Ference's slap shot from the blue line missed the net but caromed to the other side, where Boyd sent the puck in.
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