Canadiens stop streaking Penguins in OT

Sheldon Souray scored 2:01 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens ended Pittsburgh’s six-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory over the Penguins on Sunday in Montreal.

Tomas Plekanec scored twice in regulation before setting up Souray’s winner on a 2-on-1. Souray, who was ejected from Montreal’s 5-4 shootout loss in Pittsburgh on Wednesday for fighting with Colby Armstrong, one-timed Plekanec’s pass, driving a shot past Marc-Andre Fleury into the right side of the net.

Sidney Crosby, who ended an eight-game points streak the day before in Pittsburgh’s 2-0 win over Washington, assisted on power-play goals by Jordan Staal and Ryan Whitney. The 19-year-old leads the NHL with 84 points.

The Penguins’ winning streak was their longest since they won six in a row from Jan. 17-26, 2002. Pittsburgh has recorded points in 10 straight games (8-0-2).

Michel Ouellet tied it at 3 on the Penguins’ third power-play goal of the game with 2:34 remaining in regulation. Ouellet deflected Ryan Malone’s centering pass over David Aebischer’s left pad for his 11th goal.

Capitals 2, Islanders 1 (SO): At Washington, Alexander Semin scored the lone goal in a shootout, and the Capitals beat New York to end a three-game losing streak.

Washington’s Alex Ovechkin, who leads the NHL with 33 goals, was held scoreless on just two shots – one in regulation and none through the first two periods. He also misfired in the shootout.

Olie Kolzig had 31 saves for the Capitals and was flawless in the shootout, stopping Miroslav Satan, Viktor Kozlov and Jason Blake. Washington was winless in five shootouts before Sunday.

Off the ice

Robert L. Wolfson, who helped bring the NHL to St. Louis and was a part-owner during the Blues’ early success in the late 1960s, died at a hospital in Creve Coeur, Mo. He was 88.