Jaromir Jagr scored a power-play goal 3 minutes, 39 seconds into overtime as the New Jersey Devils beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on an emotional Saturday in Canada’s capital.
It was the Senators’ first game since the shooting death of Corporal Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial on Wednesday. A touching tribute took place prior to puck drop as players and fans united to commemorate the loss of Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, who was killed in a hit-and-run attack on Monday near Montreal.
Marek Zidlicky and Damon Severson also scored for the Devils, who snapped a four-game winless streak. Cory Schneider had 33 saves.
Alex Chiasson and Bobby Ryan scored for the Senators, who had won four in a row. Robin Lehner made 26 stops in front of a sellout crowd of 19,266.
Ryan’s power-play goal midway through the third tied it at 2, but Jagr’s second goal of the season sent New Jersey home with the victory.
PENGUINS 3, PREDATORS 0
In Nashville, Tennessee, Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assist to help hand Pittsburgh handed Nashville their first loss in regulation.
The Predators were the last NHL team to lose in regulation this season.
Evgeni Malkin and Pascal Dupuis also scored for Pittsburgh, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Marc-Andre Fleury made 25 saves for his first shutout of the season and 29th of his career.
Pekka Rinne had 23 saves for Nashville.
BLUES 3, BLACKHAWKS 2
In St Louis, Jaden Schwartz, Ryan Reaves and Dmitrij Jaskin scored as St Louis stopped a two-game losing streak.
The Blues had scored just once in losing back-to-back games to Anaheim and Vancouver.
Patrick Sharp and Kris Versteeg scored for the Blackhawks, who have dropped two straight in regulation, falling again after losing in Nashville on Thursday.
Antti Raanta, subbing for injured starter Corey Crawford, made 28 saves for Chicago. Brian Elliott had 22 stops for St Louis.
The Blackhawks eliminated the Blues in a physical playoff series in April.
WILD 7, LIGHTNING 2
In St Paul, Minnesota, Jason Zucker had two goals to power Minnesota to the big win.
Zach Parise and Marco Scandella each had a goal and an assist, and 13 Wild players had at least one point.
Minnesota tied a team record with four goals on eight shots in the first period, capped by Zucker spinning around along the boards and firing the puck past goalie Evgeni Nabokov at 17:15.
Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper pulled Nabokov, who has 16 career wins against Minnesota, and replaced him with Ben Bishop after Zucker’s score.
Anton Stralman and Nikita Kucherov had Tampa Bay’s goals.
BRUINS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 1
In Toronto, Patrice Bergeron earned his 500th point on the first of his two assists, while Tuukka Rask had 32 saves in Boston’s first game since captain Zdeno Chara was sidelined by a left knee injury.
After a moving pre-game ceremony to honor two fallen soldiers, Toronto quickly fell flat and drew boos from the crowd after the Bruins went ahead 4-0 early in the third period.
Carl Soderberg, David Krejci, Gregory Campbell and Dougie Hamilton scored for Boston. Hamilton also had two assists.
Rask, the reigning Vezina Trophy winner, is 10-2-0 in 14 outings against Toronto. He came into the game with a .943 save percentage and 1.64 goals-against average against the Leafs.
CANADIENS 3, RANGERS 1
In Montreal, Lars Eller broke a tie midway through the second period, and Max Pacioretty scored in the third to lead the Canadiens to the win.
Tomas Plekanec had a short-handed goal in the first period, and Carey Price made 34 saves for Montreal.
Carl Hagelin scored the lone goal for the Rangers (4-4).
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Islanders 7, Stars 5
‧ Coyotes 2, Panthers 1, Ot
‧ Flyers 4, Red Wings 2
‧ Sabres 2, Sharks 1
‧ Capitals 3, Flames 1
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