Best of NHL: Gardiner Scores in OT to Lift Leafs Over Penguins

TORONTO -- Jake Gardiner scored 2 minutes into overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night to end a three-game skid.

Gardiner was set up by Mitch Marner, whose shot just shuffled past defenseman Derrick Pouliot in front. Nikita Zaitsev also scored for Toronto, which had dropped four straight at home.

The young Maple Leafs outshot the defending Stanley Cup champions 49-34 and got 33 saves from Frederik Andersen.

Evgeni Malkin scored for the Penguins, and Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray combined to make 47 saves. Fleury was forced to leave briefly in the first period after being cut around his chin by a skate (see full recap).

Senators snap three-game skid with 3-1 win over Devils
OTTAWA, Ontario -- Derick Brassard scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period, Mike Condon stopped 29 shots and the Ottawa Senators beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Saturday night to snap a season-high three-game losing streak.

Bobby Ryan scored in the first period and Zack Smith added an empty-netter for the Senators.

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John Moore scored and Keith Kinkaid finished with 28 saves for the Devils, who have lost five straight.

Ottawa went up 2-1 at 1:14 of the second period when Brassard tipped a shot by Zack Smith past Kinkaid. That goal was changed after originally being credited to Smith (see full recap).

Price bounces back as Canadiens beat Capitals 2-1
WASHINGTON -- Carey Price made exactly the statement Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz expected a night after getting pulled, and this time his Montreal Canadiens teammates were there to back him up.

Price stopped 20 of the 21 shots he faced as the Canadiens rebounded from a bad loss at home to beat the Capitals 2-1 Saturday night and snap their winning streak at six games. Artturi Lehkonen and Jeff Petry scored for Montreal, which went back to Price for back-to-back starts.

A day after glaring at Michel Therrien after Montreal's coach yanked him for allowing four goals on 18 shots in a 4-2 loss to San Jose, Price made big saves on T.J. Oshie, Marcus Johansson and former teammate Lars Eller for his 17th victory of the season and 250th of his NHL career. Those 17 wins rank him second in the league behind Sergei Bobrovsky of the Columbus Blue Jackets (see full recap).

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