Bruins beat Canadiens, avoid 3rd straight shutout

Senators 3, Lightning 2, OT At Ottawa, Jason Spezza scored a power-play goal 4:17 into overtime to lift Ottawa over Tampa Bay.

Spezza, sidelined for two games because of back pain, drove a slap shot past Antero Niittymaki after Tampa Bay's Mattias Ohlund was sent off for holding 3 minutes into overtime. Spezza also assisted on Daniel Alfredsson's first-period goal.

Mike Fisher also scored for Ottawa and Pascal Leclaire made 18 saves.

Alex Tanguay and Steven Stamkos scored power-play goals for Tampa Bay. Niittymaki stopped 26 shots in his second start in a row.

Coyotes 3, Blackhawks 1 At Glendale, Arizona, Peter Mueller scored his first goal of the season and Martin Hanzal added a goal and an assist as Phoenix beat Chicago.

Scottie Upshall also scored, and Ilya Bryzgalov made 31 saves for the Coyotes, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Kris Versteeg had a short-handed goal for the Blackhawks, who have lost two of three.

Flames 2, Blues 1, OT At St. Louis, Dion Phaneuf's goal 2:50 into overtime gave the Calgary a victory against St. Louis.

Phaneuf fired a shot past Chris Mason, who made 27 straight saves after giving up an early goal to Jarome Iginla. Phaneuf, a defenseman, has six goals this season. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 30 shots.

Lars Eller scored the lone Blues goal while playing in his first NHL game.

Rangers 4, Oilers 2 At Edmonton, Alberta, Ales Kotalik had a goal and two assists as the New York Rangers beat Edmonton.

Marian Gaborik, Christopher Higgins and Ryan Callahan also scored for the Rangers, who had won only two of their previous eight games.

Lubomir Visnovsky and Mike Comrie had goals for Edmonton.

Ducks 4, Predators 0 At Anaheim, California, Jonas Hiller made 40 saves to earn his fifth NHL shutout and Teemu Selanne scored two goals to overtake Hall of Famer Jean Beliveau on the career points list as Anaheim beat short-handed Nashville.

The Ducks had won only once in seven games. Selanne increased his career point total to 1,221, breaking a tie with Beliveau for 38th place. Selanne has played in 1,146 regular-season games, 21 more than Beliveau.

Todd Marchant scored for Anaheim, snapping his 13-game point drought from the start of the season. Bobby Ryan also had a goal, and Saku Koivu and Ryan Getzlaf each had two assists.

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