Crosby scores twice in win

After being blanked by Steve Mason for more than two periods, the Sharks finally broke through with goals from Dany Heatley and Pavelski in the third. San Jose scored two third-period goals Thursday night to rally to a 3-2 victory over Montreal.

Andrew Murray scored the lone goal for Columbus.

Coyotes 4, Ducks 0 At Glendale, Arizona, Ilya Bryzgalov made 32 saves for his seventh shutout of the season, and Wojtek Wolski scored his second goal in two games with Phoenix.

Wolski, acquired from Colorado on Wednesday before the trade deadline, added an assist, and Petr Prucha, Vernon Fiddler and Keith Yandle also scored to help the Coyotes win their second straight after a three-game losing streak.

Panthers 4, Hurricanes 1 At Sunrise, Florida, Michael Frolik and Kamil Kreps scored in a 1:11 span of the first period, and Tomas Vokoun made 31 saves as Florida snapped Carolina's winning streak at seven games.

Cory Stillman scored late in the third period, and Kreps added an empty-net goal to help Florida win its second straight game after a seven-game losing streak.

Canadiens 4, Kings 2 At Los Angeles, Brian Gionta scored in the first minute, Benoit Pouliot connected in the opening minute of the third period and Dominic Moore put Montreal ahead to stay with a short-handed goal in the second.

Tomas Plekanek scored his 18th goal into an empty net with 1:11 to play, and Scott Gomez had two assists. Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves for the Canadiens.

Anze Kopitar scored his 30th goal of the season in his 300th NHL game, and Fredrik Modin scored his first goal for Los Angeles after being acquired from Columbus.

Maple Leafs 2, Senators 1, SO At Ottawa, Phil Kessel and Nikolai Kulemin scored on Toronto's first two shootout attempts, and Jonas Gustavsson turned aside Ottawa's two attempts.

Kessel, who scored his 22nd goal and had another potential goal waved off in the second, beat Pascal Leclaire with Toronto's first shot in the tiebreaker, and Kulemin ended it when he converted the Maple Leafs' second attempt.

Gustavsson stopped 22 shots in his first start since playing for Sweden during the Olympics. Chris Neil scored for Ottawa.

Bruins 3, Islanders 2 At Uniondale, New York, Marc Savard scored in the second period and Tim Thomas made 37 saves to lead Boston past New York in the opener of the Bruins' season-high seven-game road trip.

Milan Lucic and David Krejci also scored for Boston.

Josh Bailey and Matt Moulson scored for the Islanders.

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