TAMPA, Florida: Steven Stamkos had two goals and set up another as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 Monday in a matchup of the Atlantic Division’s top teams.

Both have 93 points, but Montreal has played one fewer game.

Valtteri Filppula and Victor Hedman also scored for the Lightning, who have outscored Montreal 16-5 in winning all four games between the teams this season.

Montreal got goals from Tomas Plekanec and Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau.

Washington’s Evgeny Kuznetsov scored in regulation and the lone goal in the shootout to lead the Capitals over the last-place Buffalo Sabres 4-3.

Matt Niskanen had two assists for the Capitals, who overcame a pair of one-goal deficits. Curtis Glencross and Mike Green also scored for Washington, which matched last season’s win total and opened a four-point edge over eighth-place Boston in the Eastern Conference standings.

Braden Holtby made 30 saves in his 14th consecutive start, and was coming off a 2-0 shutout over the Bruins on Sunday.

Johan Larsson leveled the game with 6:10 left in the third, when he deflected in defenseman Chad Ruhwedel’s shot from the right point. Tyler Ennis and Cody Hodgson also scored for the Sabres.

In Los Angeles, Andy Andreoff scored his first NHL goal late in the second period and Jonathan Quick earned his sixth shutout of the season, leading the Kings to a vital 1-0 victory over the Arizona Coyotes.

The defending Stanley Cup champions, Washington and Florida, climbed back into the second and final Western Conference wild-card spot. They have 13 games left to hold onto it.

The Edmonton Oilers downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 after Benoit Pouliot scored two goals and Jordan Eberle had a goal and two assists.

Anton Lander also scored for the Oilers, who ended a seven-game skid.

James van Riemsdyk scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost three in a row and six of their past seven.

The Oilers started the scoring just 53 seconds into the first period on the game’s first shot as a blast from Pouliot deflected off the stick of Eric Brewer and past Toronto starter Jonathan Bernier.