WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Justin Barron scored a power-play goal 1:09 into overtime to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
Josh Anderson and Christian Dvorak also scored for the Canadiens, who have are 3-1-1 in their last five games.
“It´s the most organized that we´ve been since I´ve taken this job,” said Montreal coach Martin St. Louis, according to AP.
“It takes time to build that, different parts of the game. … I think we´re just evolving as a team, but as a group I feel we´re really locked in.”
Jake Allen made 30 saves for his first win in eight games (1-6-1).
“I feel like the last few games I´ve been playing well, just haven´t found a way to get that win and I´m just going to stay patient,” Allen said.
Cole Perfetti and Gabriel Villardi scored for the Jets, and Connor Hellebuyck had 23 saves.
Elsewhere, Adam Henrique scored his fourth goal in two games and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3.
Henrique was coming off his first career hat trick against New Jersey.
Radko Gudas, Pavel Mintyukov and Troy Terry also scored for the Ducks, who have won two straight after a five-game losing streak. Lukas Dostal made 30 saves.
Alex DeBrincat surpassed 400 career points with two power-play goals in the third period for Detroit. Jeff Petry scored his first goal this season and Patrick Kane added two assists. The slumping Red Wings have lost six of seven.
Matt Duchene scored twice and assisted on Thomas Harley´s goal 2:16 into overtime that gave the Dallas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken.
Jason Robertson also scored for the Stars, who improved to 3-0-1 in their past four games.
“We knew we deserved it and whether we were going to get it or not, who knows?” Duchene said. “It´s a coin flip when you get to OT, but fortunately we were able to get it done.”
The Kraken sent the game to overtime on Eeli Tolvanen´s 6-on-5 goal with 21.8 seconds left in regulation.
Scott Wedgewood (7-1-2) won the matchup of backup goalies, with the teams´ No. 1 netminders injured. Wedgewood made 35 saves and shook off an early scare about three minutes in, when he dropped to the ice after taking a slap shot near his left collarbone where there was no padding.
“It stung like hell,” Wedgewood said. “It´s one of those ones where your Adam´s Apple´s in the back of your throat, you want to make sure you can breathe.”
Tomas Tatar and Matty Beniers each had a goal and an assist for the Kraken, who have lost 10 of their last 12 games (2-6-4). Joey Daccord (5-5-8) stopped 24 shots in his fourth straight start.
It was the first meeting between the teams since Dallas´ seven-game victory in the second round of last season´s Stanley Cup Playoffs.
“Really proud of the point that we earned. Again, disappointed we weren´t able to get the second point in overtime,” said Kraken coach Dave Hakstol, whose team came in off a shootout loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
Duchene scored 1:14 in, tapping in the puck on a 2-on-1 with Tyler Seguin. Duchene´s second goal, his 10th of the season, came 53 seconds into a delayed penalty against the Kraken at 6:20 of the second period for a 3-1 lead.
Dallas took a 2-0 lead midway through the first with its second score on the rush. Robertson scored his 10th, fed by Joe Pavelski after the play began at center ice with Roope Hintz making the initial pass from his knees.
Tatar, acquired from Colorado last Friday, scored on a rebound 32 seconds into the second period after Wedgewood´s save on Beniers to pull the Kraken to 2-1.
Beniers´ goal at 13:48 of the second was his fifth after he scored 24 last season as the runaway winner of the Calder Trophy for NHL Rookie of the Year.
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