NEW YORK — Paul Byron scored in the fifth round of the shootout and Montreal beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Tuesday night to give Coach Claude Julien his first win in his second stint with the Canadiens.

Carey Price made 28 saves for Montreal. Price stopped Kevin Hayes and J.T. Miller twice in overtime, including a diving save in the closing seconds of the extra period.

Shea Weber had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens. Andrew Shaw also scored for Montreal.

The Rangers’ Mats Zuccarello opened the shootout with a goal and Montreal’s Alexander Radulov tied it in the third round.

Rick Nash and Oscar Lindberg scored in regulation for the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves as New York had its five-game home winning streak snapped.

Lundqvist stopped Max Pacioretty halfway through overtime and Montreal’s Tomas Plekanec also hit the post late in the period.

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PENGUINS 3, HURRICANES 1: Sidney Crosby scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection in the second period, and Pittsburgh beat host Carolina.

SENATORS 2, DEVILS 1: Craig Anderson made 29 saves and visiting Ottawa beat New Jersey despite playing without three of its top forwards.

ISLANDERS 3, RED WINGS 1: Calvin de Haan was credited with a go-ahead goal that caromed off an opponent late in the second period and New York won at Detroit to start a nine-game trip.

LIGHTNING 4, OILERS 1: Ondrej Palat scored twice and Nikita Kucherov had a goal and three assists to lead Tampa Bay over visiting Edmonton.

Ben Bishop stopped 20 shots to win his fifth consecutive start for the Lightning, who won for the fifth time in seven games while extending a season-best point streak to seven games (5-0-2).

BLACKHAWKS 5, WILD 3: Jonathan Toews had three goals and two assists and visiting Chicago beat rival Minnesota.

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Toews notched his fourth career hat trick on an empty-netter with 1:02 left to stave off a spirited rally by the Wild, who began a franchise-record eight-game homestand on Feb. 8 with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Blackhawks. Toews had a goal and two assists in that one and has 37 points in 35 career games against Minnesota.

FLAMES 6, PREDATORS 5: Mark Giordano scored 43 seconds into overtime as Calgary won at Nashville, Tennessee.

MAPLE LEAFS 5, JETS 4: Jake Gardiner’s goal 2:29 into overtime gave Toronto a win over visiting Winnipeg.

Rookie Patrik Laine scored twice for the Jets, giving him 30 goals this season.


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