Bergeron guides Bruins to 2-1 victory
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The Associated Press - Published: November 21, 2009
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Patrice Bergeron scored with 47 seconds into overtime, lifting the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
Bergeron won a faceoff and then was in the slot to tip in a shot by Zdeno Chara.
Buffalo outshot Boston 15-6 in the third period and had several good chances to take a lead against goalie Tuukka Rask, who made his third straight start.
Rask stopped 25 shots, including a point-blank save on Thomas Vanek 3 minutes into the third and a blocker stop on Jochen Hecht's snap shot from the left circle with about 4 minutes remaining.
Buffalo's Ryan Miller made 24 saves, including 14 in the second period. Paul Gaustad scored for Buffalo, which has lost two straight.
Milan Lucic, who returned to the Boston lineup on Thursday after missing 14 games with a broken finger, scored his first of the season. The Bruins won back-to-back games for the second time.
Gaustad opened the scoring 4:20 into the first period, parking himself in the slot and tipping in Jason Pominville's shot from the blue line.
Lucic converted a 2-on-1, give-and-go with Byron Bitz midway through the second period to tie the game. Bitz delivered a perfect cross-ice pass to Lucic, who was charging in from the left.
Canadiens 3, Capitals 2
WASHINGTON — Travis Moen and Tomas Plekanec scored in a three-minute span early in the second period, Michael Cammalleri added a goal in the third, and the Montreal Canadiens withstood a furious comeback to beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Friday night.
Montreal led 3-1, but Brendan Morrison scored with 2:32 remaining to pull Washington within a goal. Then Maxim Lapierre was whistled for hooking with 1:52 to play, giving the Capitals a power play through the end of regulation.
Carey Price made 32 saves for the Canadiens, who won for only the third time in nine road games.
Panthers 2, Red Wings 1, OT
DETROIT — Bryan McCabe's goal 40 seconds into overtime gave Florida a win over Detroit.
Stephen Weiss scored Florida's other goal and added an assist. Nathan Horton had two assists and Scott Clemmensen stopped 39 shots.
Pavel Datsyuk also scored for Detroit, which lost its second straight at home. Chris Osgood made 18 saves.
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