UNDATED (AP) — Peter Budaj (BOO'-dy)) stopped 34 shots and the Montreal Canadiens ended Boston's recent scoring binge with a 4-1 win over the Bruins at TD Garden. The Canadiens won their second game in three nights and ended the Bruins' four-game winning streak.

Alexei Emelin (YEHM'-ih-lihn) scored his first goal of the season for the Habs. Max Pacioretty, Brian Gionta (JAHN'-tah) and Daniel Briere (bree-AYR') also lit the lamp for Montreal. The Habs have beaten the B's five straight times.

In other NHL action:

— Marc Methot, Erik Karlsson, Zack Smith, Kyle Turris and Bobby Ryan scored as the Ottawa Senators jumped out to a four-goal lead and beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3.

— Columbus downed Washington 5-2. Ryan Johansen scored twice and Derek MacKenzie, Brandon Dubinsky and Cam Atkinson also had goals as the Blue Jackets ended a three-game skid.

— Toronto doubled up Florida 6-3. Nazem Kadri (nah-ZEEM' KAH'-dree) had three assists, including his 100th career point.

— Patrik Elias (EHL'-ee-ahsh) scored a power-play goal 40 seconds into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 victory over Dallas.

— Buffalo edged Phoenix 3-2. Zemgus Girgensons (ZEHM'-guhz GEER'-gehn-suhn) scored a short-handed goal in the third period and had an assist.

— Calgary handed the San Jose Sharks their second loss in two nights, 4-1. Sean Monahan got his 15th goal.

— Ryan Getzlaf scored the go-ahead goal in the final minute of the first period and the Anaheim Ducks also got goals from Corey Perry, Patrick Maroon and Daniel Winnik in a 5-3 victory over Philadelphia.

— Pittsburgh downed the L.A. Kings 4-1. Jussi Jokinen (YOO'-see YOH'-kih-nehn) had a goal and two assists. Chris Kunitz notched his 27th goal.

— Semyon Varlamov (VAHR'-aly-mawf) had 35 saves, John Mitchell had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche edged the Minnesota Wild 5-4.

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche have signed goaltender Semyon Varlamov (VAHR'-lay-mawf) to a five-year extension that goes through the 2018-19 season. The 25-year-old Varlamov is thriving under first-year coach and Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy (wah), posting a 26-9-5 record with a 2.43 goals-against average.

All Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GPWLOTPtsGFGAHomeAwayDiv
Boston53341637116011920-6-214-10-112-8-0
Tampa Bay54311856716013616-6-315-12-211-5-1
Toronto56292166416417319-10-110-11-511-5-2
Montreal54292056313513515-9-314-11-28-6-2
Ottawa542420105815517012-11-512-9-511-4-5
Detroit53231911571351499-11-814-8-38-5-5
Florida54212674913217010-11-411-15-39-11-1
Buffalo5315308381041549-15-56-15-35-11-4

Metropolitan Division

GPWLOTPtsGFGAHomeAwayDiv
Pittsburgh54381427817512922-4-016-10-217-5-0
N.Y. Rangers55292336114113912-13-317-10-09-9-3
Columbus54272345815915315-11-212-12-213-8-1
Philadelphia55262365815016314-10-112-13-59-8-3
Carolina53242095713415013-10-511-10-411-7-1
New Jersey552321115713013712-7-611-14-510-7-3
Washington54242285615516314-9-410-13-49-10-2
N.Y. Islanders5621278501581878-12-813-15-05-13-3

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GPWLOTPtsGFGAHomeAwayDiv
Chicago563310137919915618-4-715-6-69-8-3
St. Louis52361157718011919-5-217-6-313-0-1
Colorado53341457315814118-7-316-7-214-5-2
Minnesota56292166413714019-7-210-14-411-9-1
Dallas54242195715616013-9-611-12-36-9-5
Nashville55242385613616613-11-411-12-48-9-0
Winnipeg55252555515516213-11-412-14-16-12-3

Pacific Division

GPWLOTPtsGFGAHomeAwayDiv
Anaheim56401158518913722-2-218-9-315-1-2
San Jose55341567416613319-3-315-12-313-6-2
Los Angeles56302066613412016-8-314-12-311-6-1
Vancouver55271996313914314-9-513-10-49-9-4
Phoenix542519106015616315-9-310-10-711-7-5
Calgary54202774712817011-14-39-13-46-9-3
Edmonton56183264214719010-14-28-18-44-11-3

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday's Games

Montreal 4, Boston 1

Toronto 6, Florida 3

Columbus 5, Washington 2

Ottawa 5, Tampa Bay 3

New Jersey 3, Dallas 2, OT

Colorado 5, Minnesota 4

Calgary 4, San Jose 1

Buffalo 3, Phoenix 2

Anaheim 5, Philadelphia 3

Pittsburgh 4, Los Angeles 1

Friday's Games

N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday's Games

Edmonton at Boston, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Montreal, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 10 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games

Detroit at Washington, 12:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Montreal, 1 p.m.

 

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