Pittsburgh’s Brandon Sutter scored 52 seconds into overtime to give the Penguins a breathless 7-6 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, and a three-point lead atop the NHL’s Atlantic Division.
Sutter took a pass from Simon Despres on a rush, stepped around an opponent and beat the goalie.
In other key games, Phoenix defeated Anaheim in a shootout, Philadelphia downed Ottawa, Boston came from two goals down to beat Tampa Bay and Vancouver scored five to down Los Angeles.
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Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke and Chris Kunitz, both netted two goals, while Sidney Crosby also scored.
Brian Gionta had a pair of goals, and Brandon Prust, Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and P.K. Subban also scored as Montreal stretched their string of games without a regulation loss to 10.
Phoenix’s Steve Sullivan scored the tying goal with 6:28 remaining in regulation and then netted the lone goal in the shootout to lift the Coyotes to a 5-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
Lauri Korpikoski scored twice, Matthew Lombardi added a goal, and Mike Smith stopped 31 shots through overtime, and then all three shootout attempts for the Coyotes.
Andrew Cogliano had three goals, while Saku Koivu added a goal and an assist for the Ducks.
Philadelphia’s Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds scored as the Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1.
Boston’s Brad Marchand scored a tiebreaking goal on the power play with 2:16 left in the third period, completing the Bruins’ comeback from a two-goal deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2
Marchand’s 11th goal of the season came late in a double high-sticking penalty to Brendan Mikkelson. It was the second power-play goal of the game for the Bruins.
Tyler Seguin also scored on the power play for the Bruins 3:22 into the second period, pulling Boston within 2-1. Rich Peverley tied it 1:17 later. Patrice Bergeron and Marchand broke free for a two-on-one late in the third for the tiebreaking goal.
Steven Stamkos and Alexander Killorn scored for Tampa Bay.
Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin and Jannik Hansen scored 2:44 apart late in the second period to help the Canucks down the Los Angeles Kings 5-2.
Dan Hamhuis, Mason Raymond also scored, while Chris Higgins added an empty-net goal for Vancouver.
Goals by San Jose’s Dan Boyle and Joe Pavelski helped the Sharks beat the Nashville Predators 2-1.
Buffalo’s Jason Pominville scored twice in regulation and added a shootout goal as the Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3.
Carolina’s Jussi Jokinen scored twice and Riley Nash netted his first goal as the Hurricanes earned a 6-2 win over the Florida Panthers.
Washington’s Mike Ribeiro had a goal and an assist as the Capitals won 3-0 at the Winnipeg Jets.
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