Lundqvist celebrates with win

BOSTON » Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves on his 35th birthday and the New York Rangers got third-period goals from Pavel Buchnevich and Oscar Lindberg to beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday night.

New York, which has beaten Boston five straight times, outscored the Bruins 12-5 while sweeping the three-game season series.

Lundqvist stymied the Bruins on several outstanding chances and improved to 25-12-2 against Boston with a 1.93 goalsagainst average. He earned his 403rd NHL win, tying Grant Fuhr for 10th on the career list. CANADIENS 2, PREDATORS

1» Paul Byron scored the tiebreaking goal with nine seconds left and Montreal edged Nashville in P.K. Subban’s first game against the Canadiens since they traded him last summer.

The Canadiens saluted Subban with a video montage before the puck was dropped. A teary-eyed Subban acknowledged the crowd during a long standing ovation. BLUE JACKETS 1, WILD 0 » Brandon Saad scored in the third period and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 38 shots to lift Columbus over Minnesota.

Saad got his 19th goal of the season at 4:32 when he charged in to get his own rebound and poked it past Devan Dubnyk, who played an otherwise excellent game. Dubnyk made 39 saves for the Wild, who lost for the first time in three games. CAPITALS 1, DEVILS 0 » NHL-leading Washington won its franchise-record 14th consecutive home game, beating New Jersey thanks to rookie forward Jakub Vrana’s power-play goal with about 12½ minutes left in the third period.

Capitals goalie Braden Holtby only needed to make 15 saves for his eighth shutout of the season. New Jersey’s previous season low for shots on goal was 17. New Jersey lost its fifth in a row. SENATORS 2, AVALANCHE 1 » Alex Burrows scored twice in his debut with Ottawa and led his new club to a win over Colorado. SABRES 6, COYOTES 3 » Evander Kane scored the go-ahead goal with 5:36 remaining and Buffalo was finally able to preserve a third-period lead in a victory over Arizona. ISLANDERS 5, STARS 4 » Ryan Strome had a goal and two assists, and New York rallied with four straight goals to beat Dallas.

Thomas Greiss made 22 saves for New York.