Brad Marchand scored 10 seconds into overtime, while Jonas Gustavsson made 42 saves as the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 1-0 on Tuesday night in a matchup of Atlantic Division leaders.
Patrice Bergeron sent a pass from the right wing through a slot that Marchand redirected past Ben Bishop.
Boston and Tampa Bay both have 83 points, but the Bruins have played one more game.
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Bishop saved 32 shots.
ISLANDERS 2, PENGUINS 1
Anders Lee scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, while Jaroslav Halak stopped 31 shots before leaving late in the third period as New York beat Pittsburgh.
John Tavares scored in the first period for the Islanders, who improved to 11-2-1 in their past 14 games in their first time back at the Barclays Center since Feb. 18. New York were coming off a 6-1-0 trip.
Kris Letang had the Penguins’ goal, while Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 25 saves.
CANADIENS 4, STARS 3, OT
Alex Galchenyuk got his second goal of the game 1 minute, 59 seconds into overtime as Montreal beat Dallas to end a four-game skid.
Max Pacioretty and Phillip Danault also scored for Montreal. Ben Scrivens made 30 saves.
Cody Eakin, Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky had goals for the first-placed Stars. Kari Lehtonen stopped 24 shots.
Galchenyuk one-timed in a pass from Andrei Markov from the faceoff circle.
RANGERS 4, SABRES 2
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists as New York edged Buffalo after nearly blowing a three-goal lead.
J.T. Miller sealed the victory with a backhander into an empty net with a minute left after he lost a glove on the rush up the right wing. Derrick Brassard and Jesper Fast also scored for New York, who extended their winning streak over Buffalo to nine.
The Rangers have not lost to the Sabres since a 3-1 decision on March 12, 2013. They improved to 13-2 in their past 15 meetings.
Sam Reinhart and Johan Larsson scored for Buffalo.
In other games, it was:
‧ Sharks 3, Oilers 0
‧ Predators 4, Jets 2
‧ Blue Jackets 5, Red Wings 3
‧ Hurricanes 4, Senators 3, SO
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