Caps' winning streak snapped at 14
MONTREAL — Tomas Plekanec scored his second goal of the game in overtime and the Montreal Canadiens ended Washington's team-record winning streak at 14 games with a 6-5 victory Wednesday night.
Washington, which hadn't lost in nearly a month, fell three wins short of tying the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins' NHL-record streak of 17 games.
Brooks Laich tied it at 5 for Washington, scoring his third goal of the game with 18.4 seconds left and goalie Jose Theodore pulled for an extra attacker.
Trailing 5-2 after Plekanec scored Montreal's fourth goal of the second with 1:04 left in the period, Washington battled back with three goals in the third — including two by Laich — to send the game to overtime.
Scott Gomez, Glen Metropolit, Maxim Lapierre and Tom Pyatt added goals for the Canadiens. Nicklas Backstrom and Mike Green also scored for Washington.
Blue Jackets 3, Sharks 0
Steve Mason made 40 saves for his second shutout in three games since Claude Noel took over as interim coach, and Columbus beat San Jose to end the Sharks' road winning streak at nine games.
Flyers 3, Devils 2, OT
Simon Gagne scored at 3:27 of overtime and Philadelphia overcame a 2-0 deficit for the second straight game to beat New Jersey.
Gagne had chances on a wraparound and a shot in close before beating Martin Brodeur with a shot.
Avalanche 4, Thrashers 3
Kyle Cumiskey scored 9 seconds into overtime after Colorado overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period.
Ducks 3, Oilers 2
Todd Marchant scored the go-ahead goal with 11:39 left in the third period and Anaheim beat Edmonton, setting a franchise record with its 11th straight home victory and extending the Oilers' club-record road losing streak to 11.
Predators 2, Rangers 1
Colin Wilson scored the go-ahead goal on a second-period power play, Jordin Tootoo also scored, and Dan Ellis made 37 saves to help Nashville snap a five-game road losing streak.
Vinny Prospal had a power-play goal for New York, 2-8 in its last 10 games.
Coyotes 3, Wild 2
Martin Hanzal had a goal and an assist and Phoenix beat Minnesota to complete a four-game season sweep.
