Offensive explosion leads to Bruins’ victory

Brad Stuart scored his second goal of the third period with 1:42 remaining and the Boston Bruins held off the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 on Monday night in Montreal.

Stuart scored midway through the period to give Boston – which led 4-1 in the second – a 5-4 advantage before Montreal’s Sheldon Souray tied it moments later with his team-leading 10th goal on a power play.

The Bruins’ defenseman restored Boston’s lead once again at 18:18 with his fourth of the season.

Stars 1, Sharks 0: At Dallas, Marty Turco stopped 25 shots for his 26th career shutout and Mike Modano scored a power-play goal before leaving with an injury in Dallas’ victory that ended San Jose’s season-high five-game winning streak.

With 1:47 left and the Sharks with the extra attacker after pulling goaltender Evgeni Nabokov, Turco made a glove save on a close-in shot by Joe Pavekski to preserve his second shutout of the season.

Coyotes 3, Predators 2: At Glendale, Ariz., Patrick Fischer scored with 11:20 remaining to lift Phoenix past Nashville for the Coyotes’ fifth straight home victory.

Oleg Saprykin and Yanic Perreault also scored and Mikael Tellqvist earned his first win for the Coyotes, who have won four of five.

Steve Sullivan and Alexander Radulov scored for the Predators, who lost in regulation for just the third time in 23 games since opening the season with three straight losses.

Oilers 4, Canucks 0: At Vancouver, British Columbia, Daniel Tjarnqvist and Joffrey Lupul scored 34 seconds apart early in the second period and Dwayne Roloson made 36 saves for his second shutout of the season to lead Edmonton to a win over Vancouver.

Shawn Horcoff and Raffi Torres also scored, and Petr Sykora added two assists, as Edmonton snapped a three-game losing streak despite missing two of its top three scoring forwards in Ryan Smyth (broken thumb) and Ales Hemsky (shoulder).