MONTREAL — Rookie Anthony Beauvillier scored in the first period and Thomas Greiss made 24 saves as the New York Islanders beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-0.
Anders Lee scored in the second period and John Tavares added an empty-netter in the final minute to seal the Islanders’ third straight win. New York has won the first two games on a crucial nine-game road swing and improved to 12-4-2 since interim coach Doug Weight replaced the fired Jack Capuano.
Josh Bailey and Brock Nelson each had two assists, and Greiss got his third shutout of the season. Carey Price finished with 21 saves as the Canadiens lost coach Claude Julien’s 1,000th NHL game. Montreal is 1-2-0 since Julien replaced Michel Therrien last week and has totaled just 14 goals while going 2-7-1 in the last 10 games, including four shutouts.
Rangers 2, Maple Leafs 1, SO
Mika Zibanejad scored the shootout winner and the New York Rangers continued a strong February.
Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves and J.T. Miller scored the tying goal in the third period for the Rangers, who improved to 8-1-1 this month.
New York moved into third place in the Metropolitan Division with 80 points.
Connor Brown scored for Toronto, which fell to 1-7 in shootouts this season. The Leafs hold the third playoff spot in the Atlantic Division (68 points), two points back of Ottawa (70) and four behind Montreal.
Bruins 4, Kings 1
Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak scored their 26th goals of the season, and Boston improved to 5-1-0 under interim coach Bruce Cassidy.
Anton Khudobin made 27 saves in his second start since Christmas for the Bruins.
Pastrnak punctuated a strong all-around game with his seventh power-play goal of the season early in the second period. Dominic Moore ended his 26-game goal drought with an empty-net score, and David Krejci added another empty-netter with 7.2 seconds left.
Kevin Gravel scored his first NHL goal and Peter Budaj stopped 21 shots for the Kings, who have lost six of eight.
Flames 3, Lightning 2
Sean Monahan scored his 100th NHL goal, Brian Elliott made 23 saves, and Calgary kept up its strong play.
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and two assists, and Mikael Backlund also scored to help the Flames improve to 7-2-1 over their last 10 games.
Other results: Predators 4, Avalanche 2; Blackhawks 6, Coyotes 3. — AP
