Alexei Kovalev scored the lone shootout goal to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the St Louis Blues on Sunday night.
After the Blues missed on all three of their shots in the tiebreaker, Kovalev beat Manny Legace with a high backhander for the win.
Andrei Kostitsyn and Robert Lang scored in regulation for the Canadiens, who won for only the second time in six games after starting the season 8-1-1.
Carey Price stopped 24 shots.
The Canadiens were 0-for-10 on the power play and have scored twice in their last 36 chances. St Louis were 1-for-9 with the man advantage.
Steve Regier scored twice for the Blues and Legace also stopped 24 shots.
SHARKS 6, BLACKHAWKS 5
In Chicago, Devin Setoguchi’s power-play goal with 4 minutes, 15 seconds left helped San Jose hand Chicago their first home loss in regulation this season.
Setoguchi, who also had an assist, scored on a screened shot from the high slot.
Dan Boyle scored two power-play goals for the Sharks, who went 4-for-6 with the man advantage. Milan Michalek, Joe Thornton and Jeremy Roenick also connected to help NHL-leading San Jose win their second straight to improve to 9-1-1 in their last 11.
Chicago defensemen Brian Campbell and Cam Barker each had a goal and two assists. The Blackhawks’ Kris Versteeg scored a pair of fluke goals on misplays by San Jose goalie Brian Boucher. Patrick Kane also scored for Chicago, 6-1-4 at home this season and 4-1-2 in their last seven overall.
HURRICANES 3, LIGHTNING 2, SO
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Rick Tocchet lost in his first game as Tampa Bay’s coach when Tuomo Ruutu and Rod Brind’Amour scored in the shootout and Cam Ward stopped two shots in the tiebreaker for Carolina.
Other NHL results on Sunday:
• Ducks 2, Kings 0
• Flyers 4, Thrashers 3
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