Habs hang on against charging Caps

Travis Moen and Tomas Plekanec scored in a three-minute span early in the second period, Michael Cammalleri added a goal in the third, and the visiting Montreal Canadiens withstood a furious comeback to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday night.

Montreal led 3-1, but Brendan Morrison scored with 2:32 remaining to pull Washington within a goal. Then Maxim Lapierre was whistled for hooking with 1:52 to play, giving the Capitals a power play through the end of regulation.

Carey Price made 32 saves for the Canadiens, who won for only the third time in nine road games despite getting outshot 27-8 over the last two periods.

Eric Fehr scored in the first period for the Capitals.

Also Friday

Panthers 2, Red Wings 1 (OT): Bryan McCabe's goal 40 seconds into overtime gave Florida a win over host Detroit.

Stephen Weiss scored Florida's other goal and added an assist. Nathan Horton had two assists and Scott Clemmensen stopped 39 shots.

Pavel Datsyuk also scored for Detroit, which lost its second straight at home. Chris Osgood made 18 saves.

Bruins 2, Sabres 1 (OT): Patrice Bergeron scored with 47 seconds into overtime, lifting Boston past host Buffalo. Bergeron won a faceoff and then was in the slot to tip in a shot by Zdeno Chara.

Buffalo outshot Boston 15-6 in the third period and had several good chances to take a lead against goalie Tuukka Rask, who made his third straight start and stopped 25 shots.

Buffalo's Ryan Miller made 24 saves, including 14 in the second period. Paul Gaustad scored for Buffalo, which has lost two straight.

Milan Lucic, who returned to the Boston lineup on Thursday after missing 14 games with a broken finger, scored his first of the season.

Late Thursday

Blackhawks 7, Flames 1: Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the visiting Blackhawks rout Calgary in a rematch of a first-round playoff series.

The Blackhawks beat the Flames in six games last season in the playoffs, ending the series with a 4-1 victory in Calgary.

Troy Brouwer and Patrick Kane added power-play goals for the Blackhawks, 4 for 5 with the man advantage. Dustin Byfuglien, Andrew Ladd and Ben Eager also scored to help Chicago.

Ducks 4, Lightning 3 (OT): Scott Niedermayer scored a power-play goal 52 seconds into overtime after host Anaheim blew a three-goal lead.

Corey Perry extended his career-best point streak to 13 games with a power play goal and two assists, and Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu Selanne each had a goal and two assists for the Ducks in the first game of a seven-game homestand.

Note

NHL suspends Stars' Neal: The NHL has suspended Dallas Stars forward James Neal two games for a boarding infraction that injured the Columbus Blue Jackets' Derek Dorsett.

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