David Desharnais scored on a power play with 1 minute, 8 seconds left in regulation to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.
Max Pacioretty added an empty-netter 20 seconds later, while Tomas Plekanec and Lars Eller also scored for league-best Montreal, who have points in five straight games (4-0-1). Rookie goalkeeper Mike Condon had 29 saves to improve to 6-0-1.
Loui Eriksson and Frank Vatrano scored for Boston, who have lost six straight against Montreal. Jonas Gustavsson also had 29 saves.
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Desharnais was at the right side of the net to fire a rebound of a shot by Alex Galchenyuk into an open side for the winner.
FLAMES 5, PENGUINS 2
Johnny Gaudreau scored twice and had an assist as Calgary ended Pittsburgh’s six-game winning streak.
Sean Monahan and Sam Bennett each had a goal and an assist, while Joe Colborne also scored and Mikael Backlund had three assists for Calgary. Karri Ramo had 23 saves to help the Flames win consecutive games for the first time this season and snap a nine-game losing streak against the Penguins.
Phil Kessel and Nick Bonino scored for Pittsburgh, while Marc-Andre Fleury had 26 saves.
With the score tied 1-1, Gaudreau put the Flames ahead for good by converting a slick feed from Monahan on a power play with 3 minutes, 39 seconds left in the first. It was the first power-play goal given up by Pittsburgh in seven games.
Gaudreau capped the scoring with an empty-netter with 2 minutes, 9 seconds left.
In other games, it was:
‧ Ducks 1, Sharks 0
‧ Wild 1, Lightning 0
‧ Capitals 3, Maple Leafs 2, SO
‧ Hurricanes 3, Senators 2, OT
‧ Flyers 3, Jets 0
‧ Blues 4, Predators 0
‧ Kings 4, Panthers 1
‧ Sabres 3, Canucks 2
‧ Rangers 4, Coyotes 1
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