Tyler Johnson scored in overtime to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in a battle between Eastern Conference leaders on Tuesday.
Johnson took his own rebound and saw the puck go in off defenseman Tom Gilbert’s skate.
The Lightning (42-20-6) won a fourth straight game and are now one point behind conference-leading Montreal (42-18-7).
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The 21,000 fans in Montreal were treated to hockey at a frantic pace, but no goals through three periods between two of the Eastern Conference’s fastest teams.
The Lightning had a 35-19 shot advantage, including 10-2 in the third period.
It was the third meeting between the clubs, with the Lightning winning the first two by a combined 11-3. They play twice more later this month.
RANGERS 2, ISLANDERS 1
Rick Nash scored a deflected goal to break a tie 2 minutes, 50 seconds into the third period as the New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders in their last regular-season visit to Nassau Coliseum.
After dropping the first three matches to the Islanders — including two at home — the Rangers have won two straight on Long Island. The previous meeting was a 6-5 Rangers victory in which they erased a pair of two-goal deficits after falling behind 1-0 just 11 seconds in.
Kevin Hayes scored the tying goal in the second period this time, and Cam Talbot made 29 saves to improve to 11-2-3 since No. 1 goalie Henrik Lundqvist went out with a neck injury. Nash’s team-leading 39th goal was a shot from the right point that caromed in off Islanders forward Ryan Strome.
BRUINS 3, SENATORS 1
Ryan Spooner scored his second and third goals of the season and Tuukka Rask stopped 39 shots to help lead the surging Boston Bruins to victory.
After losing six games straight to open the door for other teams to get back in the playoff race, the Bruins (34-22-10) have won three straight and six of eight. Loui Eriksson added the other Bruins goal.
Matt Puempel scored for Ottawa (30-24-11) and Craig Anderson faced 22 shots in his second straight start after missing 17 games.
The loss was Ottawa’s first in regulation since Feb. 16 and ended a nine-game points streak where Ottawa went 8-0-1 to get back into the playoff race.
BLUES 5, JETS 4
Barret Jackman scored his first goal in 36 games with 1 minute, 3 seconds left to give the Blues the win.
After his team squandered a three-goal, third-period lead, Jackman bailed the Blues out when he got control of the puck along the left boards in the neutral zone.
He appeared to be just dumping the puck into the Jets’ end, but his shot was on net and it handcuffed goalie Ondrej Pavelec.
That was the only goal that Pavelec allowed in from 20 shots faced. He came on in relief in the second period when the Blues scored four goals on four straight shots against Jets rookie goalie Michael Hutchinson.
In other results, it was:
‧ Kings 5, Avalanche 2
‧ Stars 2, Flyers 1
‧ Blue Jackets 4, Hurricanes 3
‧ Wild 6, Devils 2
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