NHL ROUNDUP Washington claims fourth straight

The Senators topped the Canadiens in double overtime.
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WASHINGTON -- Jaromir Jagr and Peter Bondra scored 53 seconds apart in the second period Friday to lead the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils.
Olaf Kolzig made 29 saves and Steve Konowalchuk also scored for the Capitals, who have won four straight. It's Washington's longest winning streak of the season and put its record over. 500 for the first time since Oct. 26.
Jamie Langenbrunner and Sergei Brylin each scored power-play goals for the Devils, who had a three-game unbeaten streak snapped.
Senators 3, Canadiens 2 OT
OTTAWA -- Marian Hossa scored 50 seconds into overtime, after Mike Fisher scored with 45.7 seconds left in regulation.
Zdeno Chara also scored for the Senators, who are 5-0-1 since a 3-2 loss to Montreal on Dec. 16. Ottawa has lost just twice in its last 23 games (17-2-4).
Yanic Perreault scored goals 52 seconds apart late in the second period for Montreal, which was outshot 39-12 overall while losing its second straight.
Thrashers 5, Hurricanes 2
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brad Tapper redirected a shot from Andy Sutton early in the third period as Atlanta won in Don Waddell's first game as coach.
Ilya Kovalchuk scored two goals for the Thrashers, who came in with an NHL-worst 21 points and a 2-12-1-2 record in road games. But they rallied from an early two-goal deficit and won for just the second time in their last 11 games.
Waddell, the team's general manager, took over after firing Curt Fraser on Thursday.
Lightning 5, Bruins 2
TAMPA, Fla. -- Martin St. Louis and Fredrik Modin scored two minutes apart midway through the third period for Tampa Bay.
Modin added another goal while Dave Andreychuk and Vaclav Prospal also scored for the Lightning.
Coupled with Carolina's 5-3 loss to Atlanta, the Lightning took a two-point lead over the Hurricanes for first place in the Southeast Division.
Lee Goren and Glen Murray scored for Boston, which is 1-6-1 over the past eight games.
Stars 4, Panthers 0
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Ron Tugnutt made 23 saves and Jere Lehtinen scored two goals.
Manny Malhotra and Scott Young also scored for Dallas.
It was Tugnutt's first shutout for Dallas and the 22nd of his career. His last shutout was March 2 at Los Angeles when he played for Columbus.
Flyers 2, Avalanche 1, OT
DENVER -- Eric Desjardins scored with 3:22 left in overtime, on the first shot by either team in the extra period.