Washington's Tyler Sloan, Mike Green and Alexander Semin scored in the second period for the Capitals, chasing Boston goalie Tim Thomas, but the Bruins scored three times in a seven-minute span of the third period to pull even and send Washington goalie Michal Neuvirth to the bench.

John Carlson put Washington back ahead with 6:35 left, and Alex Ovechkin had an empty-net goal in the final minute to clinch it.

It was Boston first road loss of the season after five straight wins.

Michael Ryder, Nathan Horton and Shawn Thornton scored in Boston's vain third-period rally.

In Dallas, Loui Eriksson scored two of Dallas' four power-play goals and had two assists to lift the Stars over Phoenix.

Brad Richards had one of his two goals with the man advantage. Brenden Morrow added his 200th career goal, and Jamie Benn also struck on the power play.

Dallas set a season-high for goals, have 15 in their last three games and won its third straight.

In Anaheim, Bobby Ryan, Ryan Getzlaf and Saku Koivu scored during a 6:51 span of the second period to break open a scoreless game and guide Anaheim past Pittsburgh.

Sidney Crosby scored twice for the Ducks in the only meeting of the season between the teams.

In St. Paul, Martin Havlat scored his first goal of the season to break a third-period tie and help Minnesota edge Calgary.

Niklas Backstrom made 33 saves and Cal Clutterbuck also scored to help the Wild finish 3-1-1 on a five-game homestand.

Rene Bourque scored a first-period goal for the Flames, who have lost four games in a row.

In Edmonton, Detroit won its third straight game, beating Edmonton.

Jimmy Howard made 29 saves and Valtteri Filppula broke a tie on a second-period power play.

Justin Abdelkader opened the scoring for Detroit in the first period, and Taylor Hall tied it for Edmonton on a power play in the second. Dan Cleary added an empty-net goal and had two assists for the Red Wings.

The Oilers have one win in their past nine games.

In Buffalo, New York, Benoit Pouliot scored twice as Montreal overcame Buffalo.

Jeff Halpern had a goal and two assists, and Carey Price made 29 saves for the Canadiens, who were without scoring leader Tomas Plekanec because of flulike symptoms.

Mike Grier had a goal and assist for the Sabres, winless in seven home games.

In Newark, New Jersey remains winless in six home games this season after defeat by New York.

Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves for his second shutout of the season.

Brandon Dubinsky scored an even-strength goal in the first period and added a short-handed tally in the third during New Jersey's first power play to tie him for the NHL lead with 10 goals.

Brian Boyle scored in the second.

In Sunrise, Florida, Chris Higgins broke a tie late in the second period and Florida went on to victory over Carolina.

Stephen Weiss score twice, while David Booth, Mike Santorelli, Marty Reasoner and Michael Frolik also netted for Florida, which outshot Carolina 50-31.

Erik Cole, Tim Gleason, Tuomo Ruutu and Sergei Samsonov for Carolina.