NHL roundup: Habs use 4-goal period to top Caps

The Canadiens won their third straight while ending the Capitals' 13-game
point streak.

Shea Weber, Jordan Weal and Nick Suzuki also scored for the Canadiens, who
have earned at least one point in five consecutive games (4-0-1) and are 7-1-1
in their last nine. Carey Price made 26 saves for Montreal.

Alex Ovechkin scored his 14th on the power play and Evgeny Kuznetsov also
delivered in the third period for Washington, but by that time it proved too
late. The Capitals, who entered Friday an NHL-leading 32 points, were amid an
11-0-2 stretch before falling Friday.

Bruins 4, Maple Leafs 2

Brad Marchand scored two goals in the third period to help Boston win at
Toronto. Charlie Coyle added a goal and an assist, and Zdeno Chara scored a
goal for the Bruins, who ended a four-game losing streak.

Auston Matthews and Kasperi Kapanen scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost
four in a row. Boston's Tuukka Rask made 29 saves, and Toronto's Frederik
Andersen stopped 30 shots.

Marchand gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead with a wrist shot only 11 seconds into the
third period after going around a defenseman. Kapanen tied the game less than
four minutes later, but Marchand put Boston on top again at 5:08 when he
scored on a wrist shot off his own rebound. Chara's empty-netter ended the
scoring.

Devils 2, Penguins 1

MacKenzie Blackwood made a season-high 38 saves and New Jersey held on to top
Pittsburgh in Newark, N.J., for its fourth win in seven games.

The Devils avoided losing for the fifth time when holding a lead through two
periods. They held on two nights after allowing three goals in the final 6 1/2
minutes against Ottawa.

Travis Zajac and Blake Coleman scored in the opening two periods for the
Devils, who are 4-0-4 in one-goal games this season. Defenseman Jack Johnson
scored in the third period for Pittsburgh, which has trailed by at least two
goals in five straight games. The Penguins lost their first game since
announcing Sidney Crosby would be out at least six weeks with a core muscle
injury.

Blue Jackets 3, Blues 2

Zach Werenski scored an overtime power-play goal to lead Columbus past
visiting St. Louis.

The Blue Jackets, who also got goals from Vladislav Gavrikov and Pierre-Luc
Dubois, won for just the second time in nine games (2-5-2). Joonas Korpisalo
made 25 saves for the victory.

The Blues, who got goals from Mackenzie MacEachern and Brayden Schenn,
extended their points streak to nine games (7-0-2). They have lost just three
times in regulation during the first 20 games of the season.

Senators 2, Flyers 1

Tyler Ennis and Filip Chlapik scored second-period goals to lift host Ottawa
past Philadelphia.

Goaltender Anders Nilsson made 26 saves, and the Senators won for the second
straight game and the fourth time in five contests.

Tyler Pitlick scored the lone goal for the Flyers, who had their seven-game
points streak snapped (5-0-2). It was their first regulation loss since an
Oct. 29 setback at Pittsburgh.

--Field Level Media