The Boston Bruins moved into first place in the Northeast standings after Michael Ryder scored the only goal of a shootout for a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
Ryder scored past Ottawa netminder Brian Elliott in the fourth round of the shootout to give the Bruins their fifth win in six games.
Ottawa’s Daniel Alfredsson opened the scoring five minutes into the first period and then assisted on Milan Michalek’s power-play score at 7:22.
“I thought we got off to a real good start, almost too good too soon and then we got very lethargic in the middle frame,” Senators coach Cory Clouston said.
David Krejci scored a power-play goal less than a minute into the second period to make it 2-1 and Ryder leveled the score, again with the man advantage, just before the 10-minute mark.
Dennis Wideman gave the Bruins their first lead at 3-2 midway through the third with their third power-play goal of the game, before Michalek forced overtime by scoring his second of the game with 20 seconds left in regulation.
Ottawa’s Elliott had 30 saves and turned back Boston’s first three shots in the shootout.
KINGS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1
In Los Angeles, Anze Kopitar and Jack Johnson scored in the first two rounds of a shootout as the hosts edged Chicago in the NHL on Saturday.
Jonathan Quick stopped both Chicago attempts as the Blackhawks saw their lead in the Central Division sliced to four points.
Quick finished with 32 saves, and Wayne Simmonds scored early in the second period.
Jonathan Towes had a third-period goal for Chicago.
In other NHL action, it was:
• Penguins 8, Rangers 3
• Flames 4, Blue Jackets 3, SO
• Devils 6, Islanders 1
• Capitals 4, Canadiens 3, SO
• Stars 4, Lightning 3, OT
• Thrashers 1, Flyers 0
• Predators 4, Panthers 1
• Wild 3, Avalanche 2, SO
• Red Wings 4, Blues 3, SO
• Canucks 7, Oilers 3
• Sabres 5, Hurricanes 1
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