NHL: Rangers top Canadiens as playoffs begin.

Tanner Glass scored in the first period and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves to help the New York Rangers beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of their firstround playoff series in Montreal.

Michael Grabner added an empty-net goal with 1:10 left to play.

Montreal outshot New York 16-5 in the first period, but couldn’t beat Lundqvist.

The Canadiens are looking to a avenge a sixgame loss in the first round to New York in 2014, a series in which Carey Price was injured in the opening game on a hit from Chris Kreider. This time, Kreider pulled up when barreling toward Price in the first period. Bruins 2, Senators 1:

Brad Marchand broke a tie with 2:33 left and Boston held in Game 1 of the first-round playoff series in Ottawa.

Frank Vatrano added a goal for Boston, and Tuukka Rask made 26 saves. Bobby Ryan scored for Ottawa, and Craig Anderson stopped 23 shots.

Trailing 1-0 and without a shot since the first period, the Bruins had two quick ones and Vatrano beat Anderson to tie it at 4:55 of the third. Penguins 3, Blue Jackets 1: Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 31 shots in a surprise start in place of injured Matt Murray and Pittsburgh opened its Stanley Cup title defense with a victory at home.

Murray was scheduled to get the nod in the playoff opener but was a late scratch after suffering a lower-body injury during warm-ups. Fleury withstood an early push by Columbus, and the Penguins responded by pulling away from the untested Blue Jackets.

Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh. Nick Bonino and Bryan Rust also scored.