NHL roundup: Habs hold off Caps

[February 25, 2016]  WASHINGTON -- Alex Galchenyuk scored twice, Mike Condon made 33 saves, and the Montreal Canadiens built a 3-0 lead before holding on for a 4-3 win over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.

Brendan Gallagher and Tomas Fleischmann also scored for Montreal.

The Canadiens led 4-1 after two periods, but Washington's Dmitri Orlov scored with 7:35 left and Andre Burakovsky beat Condon from the slot with 2:53 remaining. Washington pulled goalie Philipp Grubauer with 1:40 left, but couldn't get another puck past Condon.

Bruins 5, Penguins 1

BOSTON -- David Pastrnak scored two goals, including one on a penalty shot, and Tuukka Rask stopped a season-high 41 shots to power Boston past Pittsburgh.

The Bruins improved their home record to just 13-15-3 (they are 20-7-3 on the road) after surrendering 15 goals in the two previous home games.

Jimmy Hayes, Landon Ferraro and Brad Marchand scored in a 4:53 span of the third period for Boston, breaking open a close game. Rookie Tom Kuhnhackl scored for Pittsburgh in the second period, cutting a two-goal deficit in half.

Avalanche 4, Sharks 3 (SO)

DENVER -- Calvin Pickard made 30 saves through overtime and stopped both shots he faced in the shootout, and Colorado beat San Jose.

Nathan MacKinnnon and Matt Duchene scored shootout goals for the Avalanche, who picked up two valuable points in their bid for one of the two wild cards in the Western Conference.

Gabriel Landeskog, Jarome Iginla and Shawn Matthias had regulation goals for the Avalanche, while Joel Ward, Brent Burns and Nick Spaling scored for the Sharks. Martin Jones had 38 saves for San Jose.

Ducks 1, Sabres 0

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Frederik Andersen stopped 26 shots for his first shutout of the season to lead Anaheim over Buffalo at the Honda Center.

Sami Vatanen's power-play goal enabled Andersen to earn his fourth career shutout and the Ducks to match their longest winning streak of the season with their sixth successive victory.

Robin Lehner made 28 saves for the Sabres, who played their second consecutive game without center Ryan O'Reilly, the team's leading scorer who will miss three to four weeks because of an injury.

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