Bruins continue winning ways, top Devils
BOSTON — Brad Marchand had a goal and an assist, and the Boston Bruins continued surging toward the All-Star break with a 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.
Patrice Bergeron and Riley Nash also scored for the Bruins, who won their fourth straight and improved to 13-0-4 in their last 17 games. Tuukka Rask stopped 37 shots as Boston won again despite being outshot 39-24.
Miles Wood and Damon Severson scored for New Jersey, which has lost three straight in regulation for the first time this season. Corey Schneider made 27 saves in the first two periods and Ken Appleby stopped the only four shots he faced in the third for the slumping Devils, who are 2-6-3 in the last 11.
New Jersey outshot Boston 20-9 in the first period, but couldn’t get anything past Rask. After a wild second period, Rask stopped 12 more shots. Marchand gave the Bruins the lead on a breakaway goal, his 21st, with 33 seconds left in the middle period.
Marchand also assisted on Bergeron’s powerplay goal with 7:07 to go in the second that tied it 2-all. It was the 20th goal of the season for Bergeron, who joined linemates Marchand and David Pastrnak to reach 20 goals. Dominik Simon and JeanSebastien Dea scored 76 seconds apart in the second period, fellow rookie Casey DeSmith made 34 saves and Pittsburgh beat Carolina at home. Jake Guentzel added a goal midway through the third and Sidney Crosby extended the NHL’s longest active point streak to eight games for Pittsburgh, which has won six of eight.
Jonathan Drouin had a goal and two assists, and Montreal ended Colorado’s 10-game winning streak with a home victory over the Avalanche. Nicolas Deslauriers, Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher also scored for the Canadiens. Travis Konecny scored 27 seconds into overtime, lifting Philadelphia to a road win over Detroit. The goal stood up after a video review, which determined Konecny was not offside when he got the puck near the blue line after Dylan Larkin lost it along the boards. Carter Hutton made 25 saves for his 10th career shutout and St. Louis got goals from Vladimir Sobotka and Vladimir Tarasenko in a home victory over Ottawa. Brayden Schenn, who also had an assist, added an emptynet goal at 17:34 of the third period. It was his 20th goal of the season.
Yanni Gourde scored 1:45 into overtime to give Tampa Bay a road victory over Nashville. Chris Kunitz had a goal and two assists, and Vladislav Namestnikov and Steven Stamkos for Tampa Bay. Ryan Ellis, Viktor Arvidsson and P.K. Subban scored for Nashville.
Alexander Radulov had two goals and an assist to lead Dallas to a home victory over Florida.
Ryan O’Reilly scored twice as Buffalo pulled away with four goals in the second period for a road win over Edmonton. The Sabres’ Jake Eichel scored his 20th goal of the season and Robin Lehner made 33 saves for the shutout.