Bruins rookie beats Caps in 2nd NHL start

Brad Marchand scored a shorthanded goal, Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves to win his second NHL start and the Boston Bruins beat the hostWashington Capitals 4-2 on Thursday night.

Jeremy Lauzon, Anton Blidh and Craig Smith also scored for Boston, which won back-to-back starts by its rookie fourthstring goaltender fresh out of college in his first professional season. Swayman allowed two power-play goals in under 20 seconds to Alex Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie but kept the Bruins ahead when the Capitals tilted the ice toward him in the second period.

Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov allowed a leaky goal to Lauzon 33 seconds into the game and was unlucky when defenseman Justin Schultz’s attempt to flick the puck off the glass behind the net instead took a fluky bounce to Blidh for a tap-in later in the first period. The goal was Blidh’s second in the

NHL and first since 2016.

Marchand gave the Bruins a 3-0 lead early in the second period when he deked two Washington defenders and lifted a backhander past Samsonov, who finished with 28 saves.

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Lightning 6, Blue Jackets 4:

Tampa Bay scored three times in the first six minutes of the game, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 32 saves and the Lightning beat host Columbus.

Devils 6, Sabres

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3: Jesper Boqvist scored the go-ahead goal with 11:15 remaining and New

Jersey overcame the disappointment of having two key veteran forwards traded to win at Buffalo.

The win snapped the Devils 0-2-2 skid, and came a day after Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac were packaged in a trade to the New York Islanders for two draft picks, including a first-rounder, and two minor-league forwards.

Pavel Zacha scored two power-play goals, and

Jack Hughes snapped a 10-game scoring drought while adding two assists in a game the Devils rallied in after squandering a 3-1 first-period lead.

Penguins 5, Rangers

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2: Kris Letang and Evan Rodrigues scored in the second period, and Pittsburgh snapped a twogame skid and beat hostNew York for the sixth time in eight games this season.

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2: Connor Hellebuyck made 36 saves and Winnipeg beat host Montreal to open a five-game trip. Josh Morrissey, Trevor Lewis, Nikolaj Ehlers and Andrew Copp scored for the Jets. The improved to 24-13-3, with only two regulation losses in their last nine games.

Oilers 3, Senators 1:

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Devin Shore broke a tie with 7:02 left, Mike Smith made 39 saves and Edmonton beat host Ottawato sweep the nine-game season series. The Oilers have points in nine of their last 10 games, and moved back within five points of the Toronto Maple Leafs for first in the Canadianbased North Division. Anton Forsberg stopped 20 shots for the Senators.

They have lost three straight and four of their last five in regulation.

Jets 4, Canadiens