National Hockey League Game Capsules

Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) – Brad Marchand scored the winner with 1:33 to play in overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. Marchand took a pass from Dougie Hamilton and skated down the middle, making a move to get around Dylan Olsen before switching back to the forehand and wristing it into the left corner for his fifth goal of the season and the win. Patrice Bergeron scored the other goal while Tuukka Rask stopped 18 shots for the Bruins, who have won their past three. Jussi Jokinen scored for the Panthers, who had won two straight coming in. Roberto Luongo stopped 23 shots in defeat.

Final Score: Philadelphia 4, Edmonton 1

Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Steve Mason stopped 35-of-36 shots to earn his first win of the season, while Jakub Voracek tallied twice as Philadelphia topped Edmonton by a 4-1 count on Tuesday. Entering play, Mason was 0-4-1 with a 3.55 goals-against average along with an .887 save percentage, and the only game in which he participated that the Orange and Black won, was a 6-5 overtime decision on Oct. 18 in Dallas where he was pulled after allowing four goals on 18 shots in two periods. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Luke Schenn also lit the lamp for the Flyers, who kicked off a four-game homestand on the right note. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins supplied the lone offense for the Oilers, who began a five-game road trip and lost despite committing one penalty and not giving up a power-play chance. Viktor Fasth surrendered all four markers on just 25 shots.

Final Score: Calgary 4, Washington 3 (OT)

Washington, DC (SportsNetwork.com) – Sean Monahan’s goal 4:17 into overtime gave the Calgary Flames a 4-3 win on Tuesday over the Washington Capitals and new franchise points leader Alex Ovechkin. Monahan ended a back-and-forth game by beating Braden Holtby from the low left side off a pass from Josh Jooris that was tipped by a Washington player. Lance Bouma, Mark Giordano and Markus Granlund also scored for Calgary, with Granlund’s goal going off an opponent’s skate to tie the score at 14:50 of the third period. Jonas Hiller, who also let in an own-goal during the game, had 31 saves in the Flames’ third straight win — none better than a pad stop on Tom Wilson in the final seconds of regulation. Hiller improved to 6-0-1 in his last seven outings and Calgary moved to 5-1-2 in its last eight. Ovechkin broke a tie with Peter Bondra to become the Capitals’ all-time points leader with an assist on Nicklas Backstrom’s goal in the first period. He had two assists, giving him 827 points in his 10th season. The Capitals have lost five games in a row, but earned a point for the first time in the slump. It’s their first five-game skid since an 0-3-2 stretch from March 25-April 4 last season. Holtby allowed four goals on 23 shots and Marcus Johansson and Joel Ward also scored in the loss.

Final Score: Carolina 4, Columbus 2

Columbus, OH (SportsNetwork.com) – The Carolina Hurricanes continued their recent surge by posting a 4-2 win over the slumping Columbus Blue Jackets in the front end of a home-and-home set. Justin Faulk scored a critical short- handed goal and Cam Ward made 17 saves for the Hurricanes, who have opened November with three consecutive wins after going 0-6-2 in October. Columbus trimmed its deficit to 3-2 on Nick Foligno’s second goal with 5:23 remaining in the third period, but Eric Staal scored into an empty net for Carolina with 12 seconds to play. Curtis McElhinney stopped 33 shots in the Blue Jackets’ sixth straight loss.

Final Score: St. Louis 1, New Jersey 0

Newark, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) – Jake Allen stopped 26 shots for his second shutout of the season to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 1-0 win over the New Jersey Devils in the front end of a home-and-home set. Vladimir Tarasenko had the only goal of the game for the Blues, who have won six straight contests. Cory Schneider suffered the tough-luck loss as he allowed just one goal on 23 shots for the Devils, who had won three of four coming into the game. These two squads will meet in New Jersey on Thursday.

Final Score: Chicago 5, Montreal 0

Montreal, QC (SportsNetwork.com) – Corey Crawford stopped all 28 shots he faced in his hometown, Kris Versteeg scored a pair of goals and Chicago dominated Montreal 5-0 on Tuesday night at Bell Centre. Jonathan Toews produced a goal and one assist for the Blackhawks, who shook off a shutout loss at home to Winnipeg on Sunday and put an end to a two-game skid. Patrick Kane and Brad Richards also scored, while Bryan Bickell and David Rundblad produced two assists each as Chicago blanked the Habs in Montreal for the first time since 1999. Following the game, Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said forward Patrick Sharp will be “out for a bit” after leaving the game late with an apparent right leg injury. Carey Price was on the hook for all five goals on 32 shots for the Canadiens, who have lost a season-high three straight games.

Final Score: Ottawa 3, Detroit 1

Ottawa, ON (SportsNetwork.com) – Patrick Wiercioch tallied the go-ahead goal late in the third to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. Erik Karlsson finished with a power-play goal and an assist and Clarke MacArthur scored on an empty net for Ottawa, which snapped a two-game skid. Craig Anderson turned aside 31 shots in the win. Henrik Zetterberg provided Detroit’s lone goal and Jimmy Howard stopped 29-of-31 shots.

Final Score: Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 1

St. Paul, MN (SportsNetwork.com) – Thomas Greiss made 33 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins continued their superb defensive play with a 4-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday. Pittsburgh, which was coming off back-to- back shutouts of the Kings and Sabres courtesy of starter Marc-Andre Fleury, had success with their backup between the pipes. The team’s shutout streak ran to 205:28 before Greiss allowed a goal midway through the third period. Nick Spaling, Brandon Sutter, Chris Kunitz and Patric Hornqvist all scored for the Penguins, who won their fifth straight game. Nino Niederreiter supplied Minnesota’s lone goal and Darcy Kuemper allowed three goals on 21 shots in the Wild’s first home loss.

Final Score: Winnipeg 3, Nashville 1

Winnipeg, MB (SportsNetwork.com) – The Winnipeg Jets’ shutout streak is over, but their winning streak reached three games. Andrew Ladd and Mark Scheifele scored power-play goals in the first period as the Jets beat the Nashville Predators 3-1 on Tuesday night. Ondrej Pavelec made 23 saves in his 300th career game, and Blake Wheeler added an empty-net goal for the Jets, who improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight contests. Nashville rookie forward Filip Forsberg scored at 16:17 of the second period, snapping Winnipeg’s shutout streak at a franchise-record 164 minutes, 44 seconds. The Jets were coming off consecutive 1-0 victories against the Rangers and Blackhawks. Carter Hutton, making only his second start of the season in place of workhorse Pekka Rinne, stopped 23 shots for Nashville, which fell to 2-2-0 on its six-game road trip.

Final Score: Los Angeles 3, Dallas 1

Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Dustin Brown netted the go-ahead goal early in the third period, as Los Angeles closed out a difficult five-game road swing by rallying for a 3-1 victory over Dallas at American Airlines Center. Trevor Lewis and Kyle Clifford also lit the lamp while Jonathan Quick made 33 saves for the Kings, who had lost each of their first four on the trip. Shawn Horcoff netted the lone score for the Stars, with Kari Lehtonen halting 27 pucks in defeat. Dallas hasn’t won at home since Oct. 21 against Vancouver, going 0-1-2 since then.

Final Score: Vancouver 5, Colorado 2

Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) – Nick Bonino scored twice during a four-goal third period as the Vancouver Canucks rallied past the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Tuesday night. The Canucks scored five unanswered goals, including four in the first 13:10 of the third period after Henrik Sedin put them on the board with four seconds to play in the second period. Ryan Miller made 20 saves for Vancouver, which opened a four-game road trip by posting its fifth win in six games and avenged a 7-3 loss to Colorado at Pepsi Center on Oct. 24. John Mitchell and Jamie McGinn scored in the first period for the Avalanche, who have dropped three games in a row and fell to 3-6-5 on the season.

Final Score: Arizona 3, Toronto 2

Glendale, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) – Antoine Vermette’s goal in the second period proved to be the winner as the Arizona Coyotes took a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. Sam Gagner and Martin Erat also scored for the Coyotes, who have won their past two. Mike Smith stopped 28 shots in the win. Dion Phaneuf and Cody Franson had goals for the Maple Leafs, who had a three-game winning streak broken. James Reimer made 30 saves in the loss.

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