nhl roundup | Saturday’s game

Blues 2, Blue Jackets 1

ST. LOUIS

Jay Bouwmeester tied it in early the third period and Vladimir Tarasenko scored the winner late in overtime to lift the Blues over the Blues Jackets. Carter Hutton stopped 20 shots for his second win of the season, helping the Blues improve to 4-1-1 at home this season and have give them five wins in the last six meetings with the Blue Jackets at Scottrade Center. Josh Anderson scored for Columbus, who was coming off a 10-0 win against Montreal the previous night and snapped a three-game winning streak. Curtis McElhinney finished with 28 saves. Bouwmeester ripped a shot past McElhinney from the left dot at 2:16 of the third with his first goal since Feb. 22, 2016, against San Jose. Tarasenko’s wrister with 43 seconds on the clock in overtime broke his seven-game goal-scoring drought.

Canadiens 5, Flyers 4

MONTREAL

Tomas Plekanec scored a short-handed goal in the third period to lift Montreal. Andrei Markov, Greg Pateryn, Alex Galchenyuk and Phillip Danault also scored for Montreal (10-1-1) while Carey Price stopped 34-of-38 shots. Chris VandeVelde, Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia (6-6-1), which saw its three-game winning streak snapped. Michal Neuvirth made 12 saves in defeat. Plekanec scored the eventual winner at 10:57 while the Habs were playing down a man. Streaking down the wing, Plekanec beat Neuvirth for his first goal of the season. Saturday’s contest was the second game of a back-to-back for Montreal. The Habs were coming off a 10-0 drubbing at the hands of the Blue Jackets on Friday — the first time Montreal conceded 10 goals since Dec. 2, 1995.

Sabres 2, Senators 1

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Kyle Okposo and Sam Reinhart scored in the third period in Buffalo’s comeback victory. Robin Lehner made 32 saves for his first win against his former team. Okposo tied it early in the period, tipping a point shot from Jake McCabe past Craig Anderson.

Oilers 4, Islanders 3, SO

NEW YORK

Mark Letestu scored the only goal in the shootout to lift Edmonton. Letestu beat Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak to the glove side to snap the Oilers’ three-game skid (0-2-1) after starting the season with seven wins in eight games. Patrick Maroon, Leon Draisaitl, and Milan Lucic scored in regulation for the Oilers, and Cam Talbot made 30 saves as Edomonton beat the Islanders on the road for the first time since December 1999. Nick Leddy, Shane Prince and Casey Cizikas scored for New York, and Halak finished with 20 saves. The Islanders have lost three straight, including the last two in shootouts.

Maple Leafs 6, Canucks 3

TORONTO

Tyler Bozak scored twice and had an assist to lead Toronto, handing Vancouver its eighth straight loss. Nazem Kadri, Mitch Marner, Nikita Soshnikov and Jake Gardiner also scored as the Leafs won their third straight. Frederik Andersen stopped 23 of 26 shots before being replaced by Jhonas Enroth, who had three saves in his 5:08. Derek Dorsett, Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks, and Ryan Miller finished with 36 saves.

Capitals 4, Panthers 2

WASHINGTON

T.J. Oshie scored twice, including the game-winner during a third-period flurry, as Washington captured its fifth consecutive victory. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin and Lars Eller scored three goals on five shots in less than five minutes as the Capitals finally cracked Roberto Luongo.

Rangers 5, Bruins 2

BOSTON

Derek Stepan and Kevin Hayes each scored short-handed goals, Antti Raanta made 35 saves for surging New York. Pavel Buchnevich added a power-play goal, Stepan had two assists, and Michael Grabner and Nick Holden also scored for New York, which won its fourth straight game.

Associated Press