Ducharme gets first win as head coach
MONTREAL — Carey Price made 26 saves and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Tuesday night to give rookie coach Dominique Ducharme his first NHL victory.
Jeff Petry and Brendan Gallagher each had a goal and an assist. Tyler Toffoli scored into an empty net for Montreal (10-6-5), which snapped a five-game losing streak.
Artem Zub scored for last-place Ottawa (8-161), which had won four of five. Joey Daccord stopped 30 shots in his second NHL start for the Senators, who fell to 3-2-0 against the Canadiens this season following Monday’s 5-1 victory over Calgary.
Ottawa winger Drake Batherson’s six-game goal streak, which tied a franchise record, came to an end.
■ Islanders 2, Devils 1: At Newark, N.J., Rookie Oliver Wahlstrom broke a scoreless tie with a wicked wrist shot early in the third period to back Semyon Varlamov, who made 28 saves.
■ Penguins 5, Flyers 2: At Pittsburgh, Kasperi Kapanen scored two goals and Cody Ceci and Mike Matheson added goals for Pittsburgh, which has won five of its past seven.
■ Rangers 3, Sabres 2: At New York, Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist to back Igor Shesterkin, who stopped 22 shots.
■ Blue Jackets 4, Red Wings 1: At Columbus, Ohio, Cam Atkinson had a short-handed goal and an assist. Joonas Korpisalo made 19 saves.
■ Jets 5, Canucks 2: At Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kyle Connor and Blake Wheeler each had a goal and two assists. Laurent Brossoit had 30 saves.
■ Hurricanes 4, Predators 2: At Nashville, Tenn., Sebastian Aho scored twice for Carolina, winners of three straight. James Reimer made 35 saves.
■ Lightning 2, Stars 0: At Dallas, Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots for his third consecutive shutout, extending his scoreless streak to 200 minutes.