nhl roundup | Monday’s games

Avalanche 2, Bruins 1

BOSTON

Daniel Briere scored his 300th career goal off a rebound with less than a second left in the third period to lift Colorado over Boston. Jamie McGinn also scored for the Avalanche, who had opened the season with two shutout losses. Backup goalie Reto Berra made 27 saves in his first start of the season. Loui Eriksson had a power-play goal for the Bruins, who have lost three straight. Boston backup goalie Niklas Svedberg played his first game of the season and made 28 saves.

Ducks 5, Sabres 1

BUFFALO, N.Y.

William Karlsson scored his first two NHL goals in leading Anaheim past winless Buffalo. Ryan Kessler scored on a third-period penalty shot, and Corey Perry and Matt Beleskey each had a goal during a one-sided game in which the Ducks outshot the Sabres 44-12. The Ducks were so dominant — and Sabres so inept — that Anaheim was outshooting Buffalo 40-10 when Kessler beat goalie Michal Neuvirth with a low shot inside the left post with 7:35 remaining.

Lightning 7, Canadiens 1

TAMPA, FLA.

Steven Stamkos scored three goals while defenseman Victor Hedman had a career-high four points. After Stamkos scored on a breakaway off a pass from deep in the defensive zone by Hedman at 13:15 of the second period, the Lightning captain completed the hat trick from the top of the right circle on Tampa Bay’s sixth power-play goal this season. That made it 4-1 with 1:46 left in the middle period. Hedman scored in his third consecutive game finished with a goal and three assists. Ryan Callahan, Ondrej Palat and Vladislav Namestnikov had the other Tampa Bay goals.

Senators 1, Panthers 0

SUNRISE, FLA.

Craig Anderson made 30 saves, Clarke MacArthur scored a power-play goal and Ottawa beat winless Florida in front of the smallest crowd in Panthers history. The announced crowd of 7,311 — it appeared much smaller — in Florida’s second home game of the season broke the previous franchise low of 10,063 against Carolina on Oct. 31, 2007.

Associated Press