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Montreal • Brendan Gallagher and P.A. Parenteau each had two goals and the Montreal Canadiens won their home opener, 6-4 over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.
Max Pacioretty had a goal and two assists, while Jiri Sekac got his first NHL goal for Montreal.
Zdeno Chara, Carl Soderberg, Loui Eriksson and Simon Gagne, with his first as a Bruin, scored for Boston. The Bruins led 3-2 before fading late in the second period. Boston was coming off a win Wednesday night in Detroit.
Tuukka Rask, who is 3-11-3 against Montreal, allowed five goals on 23 shots before leaving 7:17 into the third in favor of Niklas Svedberg.
Senators net GA to lift over Avalanche
Ottawa • Clarke MacArthur had the go-ahead score during Ottawa's three-goal third period to give the Senators a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.
Bobby Ryan, Zack Smith and David Legwand also scored to help the Senators win their home opener. Craig Anderson stopped 31 shots and Chris Neil had an empty-net goal with 1:22 to go.
Alex Tanguay, John Mitchell and Gabriel Landeskog scored for the Avalanche. Calvin Pickard stopped 23 shots in his NHL debut after replacing Reto Berra at 2:46 of the first period.
Berra left the game after he was knocked over by Ottawa's Kyle Turris, who was pushed by Mitchell. Pickard was called up earlier in the day from Lake Erie of the AHL after the Avalanche placed Semyon Varlamov on injured reserve. —
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 5 4 1 0 8 17 18
Ottawa 4 3 1 0 6 11 8
Tampa Bay 4 2 1 1 5 13 8
Toronto 4 2 2 0 4 14 14
Boston 6 2 4 0 4 11 17
Detroit 3 1 1 1 3 6 7
Buffalo 4 1 3 0 2 8 17
Florida 3 0 2 1 1 3 9
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Islanders 4 4 0 0 8 19 12
New Jersey 4 3 1 0 6 15 12
Washington 4 2 0 2 6 16 10
Pittsburgh 3 2 1 0 4 13 9
Columbus 3 2 1 0 4 10 7
N.Y. Rangers 5 2 3 0 4 13 20
Carolina 4 0 2 2 2 10 15
Philadelphia 4 0 2 2 2 11 16
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville 3 2 0 1 5 9 6
Chicago 3 2 0 1 5 10 6
Dallas 4 2 1 1 5 10 11
Minnesota 2 2 0 0 4 8 0
Colorado 5 1 3 1 3 7 17
St. Louis 2 1 1 0 2 6 4
Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 2 7 9
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 4 3 0 1 7 16 9
Anaheim 4 3 1 0 6 16 12
Calgary 5 3 2 0 6 13 13
Los Angeles 4 2 1 1 5 12 9
Vancouver 2 2 0 0 4 9 6
Arizona 3 2 1 0 4 12 12
Edmonton 4 0 3 1 1 11 23
NOTE: 2 points for a win, one point for OT loss.
Thursday's Games
N.Y. Islanders 4, San Jose 3, SO
N.Y. Rangers 2, Carolina 1, SO
Dallas 3, Pittsburgh 2
Washington 6, New Jersey 2
Montreal 6, Boston 4
Ottawa 5, Colorado 3
St. Louis at Los Angeles, late
Friday's Games
Florida at Buffalo, 5 p.m.
Calgary at Columbus, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.
Nashville at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Anaheim, 8 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Boston at Buffalo, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Montreal, 5 p.m.
Columbus at Ottawa, 5 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 5 p.m.
San Jose at New Jersey, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
Florida at Washington, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Nashville at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 8 p.m.