
OTTAWA, Ontario— Jake Allen made 34 saves and Josh Anderson broke a tie early in the third period to lead the Montreal Canadiens to a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
Jeff Petry also scored as Montreal gave Coach Claude Julien his 200th win with the franchise.
Colin White scored for Ottawa, which was playing its first home game since Jan. 21. Matt Murray had 30 saves for the Senators, who beat the Canadiens 3-2 in Montreal on Thursday for their only win on a seven-game road trip (1-6-0).
Anderson scored the winner 1:35 into the final period, knocking in a rebound for his fourth goal in three games.
Petry, who has four goals in the last three games, and White scored power-play goals in the first period.
The Canadiens improved to 8-2-2, while the basement-dwelling Senators fell to 2-9-1.
COYOTES 3, BLUES 1: Jakob Chychrun scored twice and Clayton Keller added a power-play goal, helping Arizona win at St. Louis.
Keller, a St. Louis native, rushed past Oskar Sundqvist and beat rookie Ville Husso through the goaltender’s legs 10:44 into the second period.
Chychrun added an empty-netter in the final minute.
Coyotes goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 23 shots to improve to 3-5-1.
Robert Thomas scored for St. Louis. Husso made 16 stops in his third start.
Arizona jumped in front when Chychrun scored on a wrist shot 2:50 into the first period. Keller set him up with a pass from behind the net.
ISLANDERS 4, PENGUINS 3: Anders Lee scored on the power play late in the third period, and host New York snapped a five-game skid.
Lee scored with 2:44 left after Pittsburgh’s Teddy Blueger was penalized for delay of game.
MAPLE LEAFS 5, CANUCKS 1: Auston Matthews scored twice to extend his goal streak to a career-best seven games and Toronto won at home.
Wayne Simmonds also scored twice and Zach Hyman had a goal and an assist. Mitch Marner added three assists to extend his point streak to seven games.
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