Jets spoil Julien’s 1st game behind Habs’ bench

The Winnipeg Jets scored two third-period goals to break a 1-1 tie and put a damper on Claude Julien’s first game as the Montreal Canadiens’ coach on Saturday night.

Julien had been hired by the Habs on Tuesday after being fired by the Boston Bruins on February 7.

Mathieu Perreault and Patrik Laine both scored in the third period for the Jets.

Perreault put Winnipeg ahead 2-1 at 1:16 with a backhand shot past Carey Price from the slot after Dustin Byfuglien carried the puck along the right boards and made a centering pass.

Laine collected his 28th goal into an empty net with 1:17 remaining.

Connor Hellebuyck made 19 saves for Winnipeg with Price having 30 saves for Montreal, which extended its losing streak to three games.

Red Wings 3, Capitals 2

Henrik Zetterberg scored the winner in the fifth round of the shootout as Detroit ended Washington’s six-game winning streak.

After Zetterberg’s goal, Detroit goalie Petr Mrazek made a sliding pad save to foil Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin and clinch the victory. Mrazek stopped four of the five shots he faced.

The victory ended a four-game losing streak and a five-game winless slide for the Wings.

Sabers 3, Blues 2

Evander Kane had a goal and an assist as Buffalo snapped St. Louis’ six-game winning streak.

Nicholas Baptiste and Ryan O’Reilly also scored for the Sabres, who won their third game in a row. Robin Lehner made 37 saves.

Vladimir Tarasenko and Scottie Upshall scored for the Blues, while Jake Allen made 26 saves in defeat.

Senators 6, Maple Leafs 3

Derick Brassard scored two goals and ended a tie with a power-play goal in the third period as Ottawa came back to defeat provincial-rival Toronto. VANCOUVER CANUCKS defenseman Chris Tanev scores the game-winning overtime goal past Calgary Flames netminder Brian Elliott to give the Canucks’ a 2-1 home victory on Saturday night.

Chris Wideman, Ryan Dzingel, Mike Hoffman and Mark Stone also scored for the Senators, who won their second straight. Stone added four assists for Ottawa.

Morgan Rielly, Nazem Kadri and William Nylander scored for the Maple Leafs, who lost their second straight. Auston Matthews had two assists for Toronto. Frederik Andersen stopped 36 shots.

Devils 3, Islanders 2

Cory Schneider made 40 saves, including 20 in the second period, as New Jersey won an important Metropolitan Division game over New York.

The win was only the third in their past 12 home games for the Devils, while the Islanders lost their third straight road contest. The teams switch sides Sunday when the Islanders host the Devils at the Barclays Center.

Schneider’s most important save came at the 8:10 mark of the first period when he denied Islanders captain John Tavares with his right pad on a penalty shot. Schneider faced 16 penalty shots in his career, and stopped 14.

Oilers 3, Blackhawks 1

Matt Benning, Milan Lucic and Connor McDavid scored and Cam Talbot made 38 saves as Edmonton beat Chicago.

Lucic produced the winning goal for the Oilers, who won their third straight game, when he scored unassisted midway through the third period.

McDavid sealed the victory with an empty-netter, his 20th goal of the season and 67th point.

After Talbot stopped 34 straight shots, the Blackhawks got on the board when Richard Panik scored with just under five minutes left. But despite the large advantage in shots, Chicago had its five-game winning streak snapped.

Stars 4, Lightning 3 (OT)

Antoine Roussel had a hat trick and Jamie Benn scored the game-winning goal at 3:47 of overtime as Dallas defeated Tampa Bay.

Benn picked the corner over Andrei Vasilevskiy’s shoulder for his 20th goal of the season. The Stars ended a three-game losing streak and won for only the second time in February.

Victor Hedman recorded a goal and two assists for the Lightning, who lost their first game after a five-day break.

Canucks 2, Flames 1 (OT)

Chris Tanev scored 34 seconds into overtime as Vancouver topped Calgary to move within four points of the Flames for the final wild card playoff spot in the West.

The Flames’ Mark Giordano forced overtime when he tied the game with six seconds left in the third period.