Bruins, Devils win in OT; Biron, Flyers blank Capitals

Marc Savard came off the bench on a delayed penalty to score with 9:25 gone in overtime Sunday night, and the Boston Bruins beat the visiting Montreal Canadiens for the first time this season, winning 2-1 in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.

Tim Thomas made 27 saves, stopping several shots at close range in overtime, and Milan Lucic also scored for Boston.

Alex Kovalev had a power-play goal and Carey Price stopped 29 shots for the Canadiens, who had beaten the Bruins in all eight games in the regular season and the first two of their best-of-seven playoff series.

Devils 4, Rangers 3 (OT): John Madden scored 6:01 into overtime to get the New Jersey Devils back into their first-round series against the host New York Rangers.

New Jersey beat the Rangers for just the second time in 11 games this season, and will look to tie the series in Game 4 on Wednesday night. The series will then shift back to New Jersey on Friday.

The Devils' Sergei Brylin made it 1-0 in the first, and Patrik Elias and Zach Parise scored power-play goals 2:23 apart in the second.

Flyers 2, Capitals 0: Martin Biron kicked Alex Ovechkin's power-play wrist shot away in the first period, used the handle of his stick to deflect Alexander Semin's breakaway attempt in the second, and he sprawled on his back while corralling the puck with his left arm to thwart Dave Steckel in the third.

As a result, the Philadelphia is are going home with its series against Washington tied. Biron made 24 saves for his third shutout in four games, leading a 2-0 victory over host Washington in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.

R.J. Umberger and Jeff Carter scored first-period goals on odd-man rushes, and the Flyers limited league MVP favorite Ovechkin to 5 shots.