Montreal, Julien edge Rangers, 3-2

Paul Byron scored in the fifth round of the shootout and Montreal beat the New York Rangers, 3-2, Tuesday night to give coach Claude Julien his first win in his second stint with the Canadiens.

Carey Price made 28 saves for visiting Montreal. Price stopped Kevin Hayes and J.T. Miller twice in the overtime, including a diving save in the closing seconds of the extra period.

Shea Weber had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens. Andrew Shaw also scored for Montreal.

The Rangers’ Mats Zuccarello opened the shootout with a goal and Montreal’s Alexander Radulov tied it in the third round.

Rick Nash and Oscar Lindberg scored in regulation for the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves.

Lundqvist stopped Max Pacioretty halfway through overtime and Montreal’s Tomas Plekanec also hit the post late in the period.

Price then preserved the lead when he made a nice right pad save on Nash’s breakaway attempt a couple of minutes later.

“You always want to get two points, but it was good hockey,” said Rangers’ Derek Stepan, who hit the crossbar on his shootout attempt.

“Overtime was entertaining, back and forth action. You’re going to see a lot more of those games down the stretch.”

Other games

Senators 2, Devils 1: Craig Anderson made 29 saves and visiting Ottawa beat New Jersey despite playing without three of its top forwards.

Islanders 3, Red Wings 1: Calvin de Haan was credited with a go-ahead goal that caromed off an opponent late in the second period and visiting New York beat Detroit.

Lightning 4, Oilers 1: Ondrej Palat scored two goals to lead Tampa Bay past visiting Edmonton.

Maple Leafs 5, Jets 4: Jake Gardiner scored at 2:29 of overtime to give host Toronto a win against Winnipeg.

Blackhawks 5, Wild 3: Jonathan Toews had three goals and two assists as visiting Chicago beat rival Minnesota.

Flames 6, Predators 5: Mark Giordano scored at 0:43 of overtime to lead visiting Calgary past Nashville. The Predators’ Filip Forsberg had a hat trick with all three in the second period for Nashville.

Kings 2, Avalanche 1: Tyler Toffoli and Trevor Lewis scored in the second period as Los Angeles won in Colorado.