Loui Eriksson and Landon Ferraro on Wednesday scored third-period goals 42 seconds apart to help the Boston Bruins rally past Montreal 3-1 and end a seven-game regular-season skid against rivals the Canadiens.
Patrice Bergeron’s third-period goal pushed him past Milt Schmidt for 11th on the Bruins’ career list, with 576 points.
That score capped a three-goal rally by Boston. Eriksson tied the game 1-1 with his 11th goal 7 minutes, 53 seconds into the final period, and Ferraro scored on a wrist shot 42 seconds later.
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Paul Byron scored for Montreal 8 minutes, 49 seconds into the first as the Canadiens lost their season-high third straight.
Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin and Alexander Edler each had a goal and an assist to lift the Canucks over the New York Rangers 2-1.
Henrik Sedin added two assists for Vancouver, while Ryan Miller made 32 saves. The Canucks won consecutive games for the first time since Oct. 30 and Nov. 2.
Dan Boyle scored on a penalty shot for the Rangers, while Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves.
Daniel Sedin scored the winner on a slick deflection down low at 9 minutes, 24 seconds of the third period off a slap-pass from Edler for his 13th of the season, just 40 seconds after Boyle tied the game 1-1.
In Denver, Beau Bennett and Olli Maatta combined for three goals in 3 minutes, 24 seconds during the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2.
Bennett had two goals during the flurry and Maatta had the winner. Maatta also had an assist.
Bennett tied it at 2-2 with a backhander at 7 minutes, 19 seconds of the third, and Maatta put the Penguins ahead 2 minutes, 5 seconds later when his sharp-angle shot went off goaltender Reto Berra and popped up in the air. The puck hit the crossbar and went off Colorado’s John Mitchell and into the net.
Marc-Andre Fleury had 24 saves for Pittsburgh, while Matt Cullen also scored.
Matt Duchene and Erik Johnson scored first-period goals for the Avalanche. Berra finished with 29 saves.
The Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 for their fourth straight victory after Taylor Hall scored at 3 minutes, 59 seconds of overtime.
Leon Draisaitl, Jordan Eberle and Iiro Pakarinen also scored for the Oilers.
The Sharks lost their fifth straight. Justin Braun, Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski scored for San Jose.
Draisaitl set up Hall’s winner with a pass on a two-on-one that Hall tipped in for his 12th of the season.
Pakarinen made it 3-3 with 4 minutes, 37 seconds left, while Anders Nilsson had 27 saves for the Oilers.
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