Bruins 4, Capitals 1

Elias Lindholm scored with 6:19 left to break a third-period tie, and the Boston Bruins killed a five-minute penalty without allowing a shot on goal on Monday night to beat the Washington Capitals 4-1.

It was 1-1 when Charlie Coyle made a long clearing pass to Lindholm and he slid it over to Brad Marchand at the blue line to start a two-on-one. Marchand passed it back, Lindholm faked goalie Charlie Lindgren to the ice and then backhanded it into the net to make it 2-1.

Coyle made it 3-1 two minutes later, and Marchand added an empty-netter. Justin Brazeau also scored and Jeremy Swayman made 10 saves for the Bruins, who won for the fourth time in five games and improved to 11-4-1 since Joe Sacco replaced Jim Montgomery on the bench.

Jakub Vrana scored and Lindgren stopped 18 shots for the Capitals, who came into the day leading the Eastern Conference, and have lost three of their last six games.

Penguins 7, Flyers 3

Sidney Crosby scored a goal and added three assists to tie Mario Lemieux’s franchise record for most assists in team history and Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia.

Crosby scored a third-period empty-net goal and helped on three of Pittsburgh’s four first-period goals as the Penguins jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Crosby and Lemieux both have 1,033 assists, which ranks 12th all-time in NHL history.

blue jackets 5,

canadiens 4

Kirill Marchenko scored with 2:12 left in regulation, and Columbus beat Montreal after blowing a pair of two-goal leads.

sabres 7, islanders 1

Rasmus Dahlin had four assists and Buffalo stopped a 13-game slide by routing New York.

Blues 4, Red Wings 0

Dylan Holloway scored three times, Jordan Binnington made 19 saves and St. Louis beat Detroit.

Jets 5, Maple LEafs 2

Mark Scheifele scored a hat trick and an assist while Kyle Connor collected two goals and an assist to spark NHL-leading Winnipeg to a win over Toronto.

Rangers 5, Devils 0

Jack Hughes had his second two-goal game of the season against New York and Jacob Markstrom had his second straight 12-save shutout to lead New Jersey to a victory.

predators 5, hurricanes 1

Jonathan Marchessault scored two goals and had an assist to lead Nashville to a win over Carolina.