NEW YORK — Jaromir Jagr warned time and again that the New York Rangers' two wins in New Jersey were rooted more in good fortune than stellar play.

Once the bounces started going the Devils' way, the already tight first-round playoff series got that much closer.

John Madden's centering pass 6:01 into overtime Sunday night clipped the skate of Rangers defenseman Marc Staal and caromed into the net, giving New Jersey a crucial 4-3 victory.

It also cut New York's lead in the first-round, best-of-seven series to 2-1.

"Those first two games, the lucky breaks went our way," said Jagr, the Rangers captain. "Today it went their way in overtime. Nobody said it was going to be easy. It's going to be hard. We have to take the positive. We're still ahead 2-1.

"Next game, we have to win it. That's the bottom line. We still have a lead. I don't think we played bad. I don't think they played bad the last two games at home."

There will be one more game in New York, on Wednesday night, before the series shifts back to New Jersey on Friday for a Game 5 that is now necessary.

The Rangers won the opener after Devils goalie Martin Brodeur misplayed a puck to set up Ryan Callahan's deciding goal in the third period on Wednesday.

New York took advantage in Game 2 when New Jersey defenseman Colin White nudged Brodeur off the post just enough to give Jagr a small opening to fit a shot in during the third period Friday night.

Brandon Dubinsky's second goal Sunday — a power-play tally — came 55 seconds into the third period and got New York even at 3, setting up overtime. That's where the Rangers' run of good luck came to a screeching halt.

Marc Savard came off the bench on a delayed penalty to score 9:25 into overtime, and the host Bruins beat Montreal for the first time this season.Tim Thomas made 27 saves, stopping several shots at close range in overtime, and Milan Lucic also scored for Boston.Alex Kovalev had a power-play goal and Carey Price stopped 29 shots for the Canadiens, who had beaten the Bruins in all eight games in the regular season and the first two of the playoff series.

At Washington, Martin Biron made 24 saves for his third shutout in four games and Philadelphia tied the first-round series 1-1.R.J. Umberger and Jeff Carter scored first-period goals on odd-man rushes, and the Flyers limited Alex Ovechkin to five shots.

At Calgary, Alberta, Owen Nolan scored with 3:45 left in regulation to complete Calgary's comeback.Ryane Clowe, Patrick Marleau and Doug Murray scored in the first 3:33 against Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff.