Brayden Schenn broke the tie early in the third period and the Saint Louis Blues won 5-2 over the Rangers on Monday in New York, for the debut of Jim Montgomery behind the bench.
Montgomery was fired by the Boston Bruins last week and replaced Drew Bannister, fired Saturday, at the helm of the Blues.
Quebecer Zachary Bolduc, twice, Jordan Kyrou, Pavel Buchnevich scored the other goals for the Blues, who had lost seven of their nine previous clashes.
Will Cuylle scored both goals for the Rangers, who lost a third straight game.
Joel Hofer made 27 saves to end a three-game losing streak. In the defeat, Igor Shesterkin stopped 38 shots.
Flames 3 – Senators 4
Brady Tkachuk scored the key goal early in the third period and the Senators ended a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames in Ottawa
Adam Gaudette, Drake Batherson and Cole Reinhardt also scored for Ottawa, while Anton Forsberg blocked 24 shots.
Jonathan Huberdeau, Yegor Sharangovich and Mikael Backlund provided the Flames’ response. Dustin Wolf stopped 25 shots.
Calgary was looking for its fifth straight win.
Avalanche 2 – Lightning 8
Brandon Hagel had five goals, including four in the first period, as the Lightning Bay beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-2 in Tampa Bay.
Nikita Kucherov had three points, including a goal, and Jake Guentzel scored two goals for the Lightning, who ended a two-game losing streak.
Nick Perbix, Luke Glendening, Anthony Cirelli, Brayden Point and Michael Eyssimont scored the other goals for the Florida team. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 23 saves.
Rookie Ivan Ivan scored both goals for the Avalanche, who saw their winning streak stopped at three.
The Avalanche goaltenders struggled in this game. Justus Annunen allowed five goals on 11 shots and Alexandar Georgiev was denied three times on 17 shots.
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