senators 2, devils 1

Artem Zub and Zack Ostapchuk each scored a goal and Anton Forsberg stopped 25 shots to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday.

Zub snapped a 1-1 tie in the third period with his second goal of the season.

Ostapchuk scored his first career NHL goal that provided the Senators with a brief 1-0 lead in the second period.

Michael Amadio and Matthew Highmore, Ostapchuk’s linemates on the fourth line, had the assists.

Tomas Tatar scored for the Devils, who have lost four in a row and are 2-6-3 in their past 11 games.

Tatar tied it at 1-1 just 1:18 after Ostapchuk’s goal from Curtis Lazar and Luke Hughes. It was Tatar’s fourth goal this season.

Jacob Markstrom stopped 18 saves for the Devils.

The Devils received solid production from their fourth line of Tatar, Lazar and Nathan Bastian. In addition to the goal, the trio combined for seven shots on goal.

Brady Tkachuk, the Senators leading goal scorer, was held in check. He registered just one shot on goal in 18:23 of ice time.

canadiens 5, rangers 4, ot

After two highlight-reel saves by his netminder Jakub Dobes, Patrik Laine scored the overtime winner as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the New York Rangers 5-4 on Sunday night at Bell Centre.

Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky, Brendan Gallagher and Christian Dvorak also scored for the Canadiens (23-19-4), who trailed 4-3 heading into the third period.

Montreal, which has won 12 of its last 16 games, rebounded after blowing a three-goal lead on home ice Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs on their way to an eventual 7-3 loss.

stars 4, red wings 1

Jason Robertson had one of three first-period goals plus a third-period assist and Jake Oettinger made 33 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Sunday night.

Wyatt Johnston and rookies Matej Blumel and Mavrik Bourque also scored for the Stars, who are 10-3-1 in their last 14 games.

Simon Edvinsson pulled Detroit within 3-1 with 7:59 to play, but Johnston answered 2:08 later on Robertson’s assist.

Robertson scored twice in 40 seconds in Dallas’ 6-3 loss at Colorado on Saturday. His goal Sunday came on the power play for the NHL’s worst home unit (8 of 72 for 11.1%).

Alex Lyon stopped 21 shots for the Red Wings, who also lost Saturday (5-1 at Tampa Bay).

Robertson has a season-best five-game points streak, 29 in 24 games, and eight goals in 13 games.

Matt Duchene’s two assists gave him seven points in four games and a team-high 45 this season.