Washington survive shootout against New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey: T.J. Oshie and Alex Ovechkin scored in the shootout and the Washington Capitals tied the game late and beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 on Saturday.

Paul Carey, called up from the minors Friday, had tied the score in the third period with his first NHL goal.

Andre Burakovsky scored in his fifth straight game for Washington and Braden Holtby made 22 saves in winning his league-high 32nd game. He is 24-1-3 in his last 29 games.

Joseph Blandisi and Adam Henrique scored for the Devils, who have lost two straight games in shootouts. Cory Schneider had 28 saves for the Devils, who are trying to get to the playoffs for the first time in four years.

Brad Marchand scored on a penalty shot midway through overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres in Boston.

Marchand got the penalty shot after being grabbed by defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen while skating in alone 2:32 into overtime. The Bruins wing came in on goalie Robin Lehner, shifted to his backhand and slipped a shot inside the right post.

Loui Eriksson also scored while the Bruins improved to 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. The Bruins beat Buffalo 3-2 in a shootout in the first of a home-and-home on Thursday night.

Sam Reinhart scored for Buffalo, which has points in a club-record eight straight road games (6-0-2).

Results

Saturday’s matches

Washington 3, New Jersey 2, SO

N.Y. Rangers 3, Philadelphia 2, SO

Montreal 5, Edmonton 1

Detroit 5, N.Y. Islanders 1

Boston 2, Buffalo 1, OT

Ottawa 6, Toronto 1

Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2, OT

St. Louis 4, Minnesota 1

Nashville 6, San Jose 2