By Canadian Press

NHL roundup: Canadiens snap Senators’ 6-game win streak with 6-3 victory

Mar 18, 2025 | 10:37 PM

MONTREAL (AP) — Nick Suzuki’s power-play goal late in the third period lifted the Montreal Canadiens over Ottawa 6-3 on Tuesday night, snapping the Senators’ six-game NHL winning streak

Josh Anderson scored twice, including an empty-netter, while Lane Hutson and Christian Dvorak also had goals for Montreal. Brendan Gallagher added a second into the empty net and Sam Montembeault stopped 22 shots.

Travis Hamonic had a goal and an assist for the Senators, while Michael Amadio and Drake Batherson also found the back of the net. Linus Ullmark made 27 saves.

Suzuki buried his shot into an open cage at 15:23 after Ullmark failed to properly cover the puck, helping Montreal take a 4-3 lead. The Canadiens have now won three of their last four games.

Elsewhere in the NHL on Tuesday:

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60-70 Trash Bags Filled

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FLAMES 2 RANGERS 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Nazem Kadri and Matt Coronato scored first-period goals and Calgary edged New York 2-1.

Defenceman MacKenzie Weegar added two assists and Kadri also had an assist for the Flames who snapped a three-game losing streak. Dan Vladar made 12 saves.

Artemi Panarin scored his 30th goal for the Rangers, and Igor Shesterkin finished with 33 saves. New York lost its second straight with another subpar home performance as it was outshot 35-13.

The Rangers dropped out of the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with Montreal’s 6-3 win over Ottawa.

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ISLANDERS 4 PENGUINS 2

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pierre Engvall scored the tiebreaking goal in New York’s four-goal third period, and the Islanders rallied to beat Pittsburgh.

Kyle Palmieri had a goal and two assists, Noah Dobson added a goal and an assist, and Simon Holmstrom also scored to help New York get four goals in the third after trailing 2-0 for the second straight game. Ilya Sorokin finished with 20 saves.

Sidney Crosby scored his 24th goal, Joona Koppanen got the first of his NHL career, and Tristan Jarry stopped 34 shots for the Penguins, who snapped a four-game win streak.

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CAPITALS 4 RED WINGS 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist and Washington beat Detroit.

Pierre-Luc Dubois, Tom Wilson and Connor McMichael also scored for Washington, winners of seven of the last eight.

Dylan Larkin scored the lone goal for the Red Wings, who have lost eight of their last 10 and remain two points out of a playoff spot.

Logan Thompson made 22 saves to win his fifth straight start and advance to 30-4-5 on the season. He is two wins away from tying Jose Theodore’s franchise record for the most wins in his first season with the team.

Petr Mrazek, who made his fourth straight start in goal, stopped 22 of 26 to fall to 12-21-2.

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BLUES 4 PREDATORS 1

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jordan Kyrou scored two goals, Joel Hofer made 22 saves and St. Louis defeated Nashville 4-1.

Justin Faulk and Jake Neighbours each had a goal and an assist and Dylan Holloway had three assists for St. Louis, winners of three straight.

Brady Skjei scored and Juuse Saros, playing in his 400th career game, made 17 saves for the Predators, losers of three straight.

The Blues entered Tuesday just outside the Western Conference’s second wild-card position, even in points with the Vancouver Canucks, but having played one more game than Vancouver.

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STARS 4 DUCKS 3 (OT)

DALLAS (AP) — Mikael Granlund’s second goal of the game 2:32 into overtime gave him 600 career points and lifted Dallas to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Anaheim.

Defenceman Thomas Harley had a goal and two assists and Wyatt Johnston also scored for the Stars, who have won eight consecutive home games for the first time since January-March 2006. Jake Oettinger made 22 saves.

Leo Carlsson scored two goals, one on a penalty shot, and rookie Nikita Nesterenko also scored for the Ducks, who are 2-5-1 in their last eight games. Lukas Dostal stopped 27 shots.

Granlund has three goals and 11 points since being acquired from San Jose on Feb. 1.

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KRAKEN 6 BLACKHAWKS 2

CHICAGO (AP) — Shane Wright scored twice, Adam Larsson had a goal and two assists, and Seattle beat Chicago 6-2.

Matty Beniers had a goal and an assist, Jordan Eberle and Jared McCann also scored, and Andre Burakovsky had two assists for the Kraken, who trailed by two late in the first period. Joey Daccord stopped 26 shots to move to 23-18-4 on the season.

Tyler Bertuzzi had a goal and an assist, and Connor Bedard also scored for Chicago, which has lost six of its last seven games (1-4-2). Spencer Knight had 24 saves.

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OILERS 7 UTAH 1

EDMONTON, Alta. (AP) — Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist and Calvin Pickard stopped 29 shots as Edmonton beat Utah 7-1.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Connor McDavid and Mattias Ekholm each had a goal and two assists, and Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson also scored for the Oilers, who pulled two points behind first-place Vegas in the Pacific Division.

Sean Durzi scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka gave up three goals on 14 shots in the first period, and Jaxson Stauber had 24 saves over the final 40 minutes.

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CANUCKS 6 JETS 2

VANCOUVER, B.C. (AP) — Brock Boeser scored twice and had an assist as Vancouver handed Winnipeg a rare 6-2 drubbing.

Pius Suter added two goals, including one into an empty net, while Nils Hoglander and Drew O’Connor had one goal each and Quinn Hughes contributed two assists. Kevin Lankinen stopped 19 of the 21 shots he faced.

Nikolaj Ehlers and Alex Iafallo scores for the Jets, whose three-game win streak came to an end. Connor Hellebuyck made 16 saves.

The Associated Press

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