Canadiens stop Pens in SO

Associated Press

MONTREAL

Tomas Plekanec scored on Montreal’s eighth attempt in the shootout to lead the Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.

Carey Price made 32 saves during regulation and then stopped six of eight Pittsburgh shooters in the tiebreaker, including Jason Williams on the Penguins’ final attempt.

Evgeni Malkin used a spin-around move to convert Pittsburgh’s second attempt after Rene Bourque shot and scored on Montreal’s first.

Montreal’s Lars Eller and Pittsburgh’s Chris Kunitz both scored in the fifth round.

The Canadiens, who beat Winnipeg 3-0 on Sunday, won for just the second time in nine shootouts this season.

Louis Leblanc scored in the second period to put Montreal up 1-0. Eller restored the Canadiens’ lead at 2-1 with his 11th goal 3 minutes into the third.

James Neal scored his 28th goal 7:32 into the third as Pittsburgh erased a pair of one-goal deficits in the period. Evgeni Malkin assisted on the goal to extend his NHL lead to 62 points.

Pascal Dupuis drew Pittsburgh even at 1 early in the third when he drove the net to score a short-handed goal.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots for the Penguins, who fell to 7-3 in shootouts.