Canadiens beat Ducks 4-3 in SO

Brian Gionta and Andrei Markov scored in the final 1:50 of regulation, and Plekanec also scored in the second period, helping the Montreal overcome an early three-goal deficit.

Anaheim center Saku Koivu played his first game against the team he spent his 13 previous NHL seasons with and captained for 10 of them tying Jean Beliveau for the longest captaincy in the Canadiens' 101-year history.

Ryan Getzlaf set up first-period goals by Corey Perry and Scott Niedermayer, and newly acquired Lubomir Visnovsky had a power-play goal for the Ducks, who are six points out of a playoff spot with 17 games left on the schedule.

Penguins 2, Bruins 1 At Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin scored early in the third period after former linemate Pascal Dupuis' equalizer as Pittsburgh beat Boston.

Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 21 shots by the NHL's lowest-scoring team to help the Penguins end Boston's five-game road winning streak. Malkin's 23rd goal was a wrist shot through traffic from the right circle less than 90 seconds into the third period. Malkin has at least one point in 16 of 17 games.

Bruins center Marc Savard was carried off the ice on a stretcher after being leveled Matt Cooke in the third period.

Flames 5, Wild 2 At St. Paul, Minnesota, Jarome Iginla had his 10th career hat trick and Vesa Toskala made 27 saves in his first start since being traded to Calgary.

Rene Bourque and Mark Giordano also scored for the Flames, who stayed within a point of Detroit for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Guillaume Latendresse scored twice for the Wild.

Iginla also scored in the third on another slap shot during a 5-on-3 power play. He added an empty-net goal with 1:33 left.

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