Down 5-0, Montreal storms back

Michael Ryder and Alex Kovalev each scored twice, and the Montreal Canadiens staged the biggest comeback in their storied history, rallying from 5 goals down to beat the visiting New York Rangers 6-5 in a shootout Tuesday night.

Saku Koivu beat Henrik Lundqvist with a forehand deke on Montreal's second shootout attempt and Cristobal Huet stopped Brendan Shanahan, Chris Drury and Jaromir Jagr to the delight of the sold-out Bell Centre crowd of 21,273.

Montreal stormed back from a 5-0 deficit early in the second with 5 unanswered goals.

Ryder scored the first 2 of 4 straight even-strength goals by Montreal as the Canadiens pulled within 1.

Kovalev, who scored Montreal's third goal nine seconds before Mark Streit scored, rolled onto his back amid a wild ovation after he tied it with his team-leading 29th goal at 15:38.

Canucks 3, Wild 2 (OT): Daniel Sedin's overtime goal lifted Vancouver over host Minnesota. Sedin took a drop pass from his brother Henrik, and snapped a wrist shot past Minnesota goaltender Nicklas Backstrom, giving the Canucks a key extra point in the Northwest Division race.

Penguins 3, Panthers 2: Ryan Malone scored twice in the final 3:20 as host Pittsburgh erased a 2-goal deficit in the third period for a win over Florida.

Bruins 3, Hurricanes 2 (SO): David Krejci scored in the third round of the shootout to lift Boston past host Carolina.

Boston blew a 2-0 lead by allowing 2 goals in the final 63 seconds. Krejci's shootout clincher came when he beat Cam Ward with a wrist shot to his glove side.

Maple Leafs 3, Blue Jackets 1: Vesa Toskala made 26 saves while starting for the 17th time in 18 games as host Toronto beat Columbus.

Senators 3, Flyers 2 (SO): Antoine Vermette had a goal in regulation and another in the shootout as host Ottawa defeated struggling Philadelphia.

Predators 5, Oilers 4: Scott Nichol and J.P. Dumont each scored a goal and added a pair of assists as Nashville edged visiting Edmonton.

Dumont scored the winner at 18:05 of the third period when he skated around the net and backhanded a shot past Mathieu Garon.