League-leading Caps top Flames in Washington

WASHINGTON At Washington, Alex Ovechkin had a goal and two assists, T.J. Oshie scored his 30th of the season and the NHLleading Washington Capitals defeated the surging Calgary Flames.

The top line of Ovechkin, Oshie and Nicklas Backstrom dominated the entire game. Ovechkin led all players with a season-high 11 shots, finally beating Flames goaltender Brian Elliott late in the third period for his 29th goal.

Evgeny Kuznetsov and Kevin Shattenkirk also scored, and Backstrom had three assists as the Capitals snapped Elliott's franchiserecord winning streak at 11 games. Elliott kept his team in it by stopping 36 shots as Calgary lost for just the fifth time in 22 games.

Playing his 300th career game, counterpart Braden Holtby celebrated his bobblehead night by making 29 saves for Washington, which has 102 points.

Sean Monahan and former Capitals winger Troy Brouwer scored for the Flames.

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SENATORS 3, BRUINS 2

At Boston, Kyle Turris scored twice and Craig Anderson made 33 saves as Ottawa beat Boston to end a four-game losing streak.

Mike Hoffman had two assists for the Senators, who moved six points ahead of Boston for second place in the Atlantic Division with their first win since March 11.

Tom Pyatt also scored for Ottawa, which never trailed and went up for good on Turris' goal 4:04 into the third period.

Torey Krug had a goal and an assist, and David Krejci also scored in Boston's third straight defeat. Tuukka Rask made 19 saves for the Bruins.

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RED WINGS 2, CANADIENS 1, OT

At Montreal, Anthony Mantha scored at 4:10 of overtime to lift Detroit over Montreal.

Mantha got his 15th goal of the season on a wrist shot from close range to give the Red Wings their third win in four games.

Justin Abdelkader scored early in the first period for Detroit. Artturi Lehkonen tied it for the Canadiens at 17:31 of the third.

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JETS 3, FLYERS 2

At Winnipeg, Blake Wheeler and Mark Scheifele each had a goal and two assists, and Winnipeg edged Philadelphia for its third straight victory.

Mathieu Perreault added a goal and an assist to help the Jets post their second threegame winning streak of the season.

The teams were tied 1-all until Wheeler beat goalie Steve Mason at 7:02 of the third period. After a Flyers turnover in their end, Scheifele scored his 29th of the season at 13:51.

Matt Read scored with two seconds left after the Flyers pulled Mason for an extra attacker. Jordan Weal also scored and Claude Giroux had a pair of assists for Philadelphia. Mason stopped 30 shots.

Michael Hutchinson made 24 saves for the Jets in his first start since Jan. 16.