NHL ROUNDUP
Bruins 2, Canadiens 1
Brad Marchand scored 2:06 into overtime to lift Boston to a comeback win over Montreal on Saturday. It was the Bruins' third straight victory and completed their four-game sweep of the season series with their archrivals for the first time since 1994-95. Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy suffered what the club called "a lower body injury" on the game's opening shift. It only took a few minutes for the team to announce that he was "not likely" to return, and it gave no further information. Marchand had the puck along the left boards, circled the net and snapped in a wrist shot for the Bruins' 50th shot on goal. Boston was coming off an eight-goal game — its highest total since 2012 — in a win over Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Bruins didn't score Saturday until Jake DeBrusk's tying goal with 2:45 left in regulation. With Boston in danger of being shut out for the second time this season, DeBrusk tipped Nick Holden's shot past Antti Niemi after center Jonathan Drouin was sent off for a delay-of-game penalty. Anton Khudobin made 27 saves for Boston.
Penguins 3, Islanders 2
Sidney Crosby finished off a 2-on-1 by burying a shot past Chris Gibson 3:48 into overtime to give Pittsburgh a win over New York. Derick Brassard's first goal with Pittsburgh tied it with less than nine minutes to go in regulation. The Penguins killed off a penalty early in the extra period before Crosby's 22nd goal of the season helped Pittsburgh snap a three-game losing streak. Patric Hornqvist added his 18th goal of the season for the Penguins. Phil Kessel picked up two assists to become the sixth American-born player to reach 400 career assists. Tristan Jarry overcame an ugly start to finish with 25 saves. Brandon Davidson scored his first goal with New York since being acquired in a trade last week, and Anders Lee added his team-leading 31st. Gibson was spectacular at times in his first NHL start in nearly two years. He finished with 47 saves but couldn't get a handle on Crosby's winner. The Islanders have dropped six straight. The Penguins were coming off an ugly 8-4 setback in Boston on Thursday night, one that extended their losing streak to three and blunted their recent surge toward the top of the Metropolitan Division. Coach Mike Sullivan, rarely hesitant to shake things up during even the slightest of downturns, opted for minor tweaks instead of major ones.
Late Friday Rangers 3, Flames 1
Henrik Lundqvist became the first goalie to stop 50 or more shots in consecutive victories since the NHL began tracking saves in 1955, lifting New York over the Calgary. Lundqvist tied a career high with 50 stops on his 36th birthday. He is only the third NHL goalie to post consecutive 50-save games, joining the Rangers' Gump Worsley on Jan. 27 and 30, 1963, and Chicago's Al Rollins on Oct. 9 and 15, 1955. Worsley lost both his 50-save games, and Rollins split his. No Rangers goalie had made 50 saves in a win since Mike Richter in 1996 before Lundqvist beat Vancouver 6-5 in overtime Wednesday night. Recently acquired center Ryan Spooner led New York with a goal and an assist. The 26-year-old has one goal and six assists in three games since he was part of a package traded to the Rangers from Boston for Rick Nash. Spooner is the first in franchise history with six assists in his first three games with the team, and also the first Ranger with multipoint efforts in his first three games with the club, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.