CANADIENS 3, OILERS 0
Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as Montreal blanked Edmonton on Monday night.
Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle and Jake Evans — into an empty net — scored for Montreal, which matched its longest winning streak of the season with a second consecutive victory.
Montembeault earned his second shutout of the campaign after a 48-save showing against Toronto in the season-opener.
Calvin Pickard made 22 saves for Edmonton. The Oilers lost their second in a row after falling 4-3 in overtime to Toronto on Saturday.
Gallagher deflected a hard pass from Mike Matheson into the top right corner to open the scoring with 31 seconds left in the second period.
BLUE JACKETS 5, BRUINS 1
Mathieu Olivier scored short-handed in a threegoal first period that ended with Bruins fans booing their team off the ice, and Columbus beat Boston.
Justin Danforth also scored a short-handed goal, making it 4-1 midway through the third period. Yegor Chinakhov made it 5-1 with about six minutes left, bringing out more boos and sending most of the remaining fans to the exits.
James van Riemsdyk and Dmitri Voronkov also scored for Columbus, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 29 shots.
Charlie Coyle scored Boston’s only goal, and Jeremy Swayman made 24 saves as the Bruins lost their third straight game.
DUCKS 4, STARS 2
Brett Leason had a goal and two assists for a career-high three points, Lukas Dostal stopped 34 shots and Anaheim held on to beat Dallas.
Olen Zellweger, Cutter Gauthier and Jackson La- Combe also scored for the Ducks, who saw a 3-0 lead in the third period shrink to one goal before getting consecutive wins for the first time this season. Dostal won for the first time since Oct. 29, snapping a personal 0-4-1 streak.
Esa Lindell and Matt Duchene scored for the Stars, who snapped a threegame winning streak and lost at home for the first time in eight games this season. Casey DeSmith finished with 24 saves.
CAPITALS 6, UTAH 2
Alex Ovechkin tallied two goals on three shots as Washington routed Utah.