The Montreal Canadiens will be looking to build a streak

The Montreal Canadiens will be looking to build a streak and the San Jose Sharks will be trying to end one when they meet Sunday at Bell Centre.The Canadiens (12-9-5) ended a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 home win over the New York Rangers on Saturday.The Sharks (12-10-5) Adidas Josh Jooris Jersey , meanwhile, lost 6-2 to the Senators in defensemen Erik Karlsson’s emotional return to Ottawa, where he was captain for the past four seasons. San Jose, which suffered its fourth loss in a row (0-3-1), will be attempting to avoid going winless on its five-game road trip.Article continues below ...“We’re struggling right now,” Karlsson told NHL.com. “You’re going to go through periods of this throughout the year. We’re going through it right now and we’re going to have to sort a lot of things out.”After acquiring Karlsson, a two-time Norris Trophy winner as the NHL’s top defenseman on the eve of training camp, the Sharks were viewed as a Stanley Cup contender, but they are off to a mediocre start and sat outside the playoff picture after their loss Saturday.“It’s been tough to stop it right now. We’re finding ways to lose,” Sharks captain Joe Pavelski told NHL.com. “It’s just a breakdown here or there Adidas Timothy Liljegren Jersey , and then something happens. We’ve been trailing in a lot of these games, so we’ll get back to finding ways to start the game off with a goal and get the lead and try to build on that.”Improving their penalty killing would help. The Sharks have given up five power-play goals on 13 chances during their losing streak.The Canadiens moved into the second wild-card position in the Eastern Conference with their win Saturday. They got goals from unexpected sources: two from captain Shea Weber, who was playing just his second game of the season after offseason knee and ankle surgery, and forward Artturi Lehkonen, who doubled his season output.“The biggest thing is winning,” Weber, who has his 18th multi-goal game of his career (but his first in almost a year) told montrealcanadiens.com. “You help out by scoring goals or stopping goals, whichever way it is. Coming in here after this and getting two points is the part I definitely missed the most.”The presence of Weber, one of the most imposing defensemen in the game, is having an immediate impact for the Canadiens.“It’s fairly obvious what he does for our group Adidas Tyler Ennis Jersey ,” Canadiens coach Claude Julien told Sportsnet. “When you look at what happened tonight, you got your captain that sets the tone. He’s got two big goals. From there, we kind of took it over. … At the end of the day, you need those guys (the team’s best players) to come up big and they did.”Both of Weber’s goals came in the first period against the Rangers. The second came with six seconds left in the first period and gave the Canadiens a 2-0 lead.The Canadiens got top-six forward Paul Byron back against the Rangers. He had missed 14 games with a lower-body injury. They placed forward Nikita Scherbak on waivers Saturday afternoon and will find out at noon Sunday if he has been claimed.Scherbak was the No. 26 pick in the 2014 NHL draft, but he has played just 29 games with the Canadiens with five goals and two assists. WASHINGTON (AP) — It takes something special for a shot by Alex Ovechkin to surprise a goaltender.That’s exactly what happened to Henrik Lundqvist on Wednesday night when Ovechkin scored the first of two power-play goals to help the Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4-3 in overtime.John Carlson essentially bounced a pass to Ovechkin in such an awkward position that Lundqvist didn’t expect him to get it on net and again was beaten.“I should know with that guy he can shoot from anywhere,” Lundqvist said. “He received a pass and then, boom, he shot it, and before you know it it’s coming at you and I wasn’t able to recover. I learned my lesson there. I’ve played so many times against him I should know to be ready at all times.”Ovechkin’s two goals on Lundqvist gave him 24 in his career, the most he has scored against any goaltender in the NHL. He has six goals in six games to start the season and tied Hall of Famer Dino Ciccarelli for ninth on the all-time list for power-play goals with 232.Asked how he keeps scoring from his usual spot in the faceoff circle Adidas Antoine Roussel Jersey , Ovechkin said, “It’s all about luck.”Luck wasn’t on Ovechkin’s side when he hit the post with 3:30 remaining in regulation, but defenseman Matt Niskanen put the puck past a lunging Lundqvist 2:18 into overtime to end Washington’s two-game losing streak. Niskanen credited do-it-all playmaker Evgeny Kuznetsov for setting up the winner.“Nice to score,” Niskanen said. “I didn’t do much. Kuzy did a lot of nice work there. I just had to put it in.”Carlson scored the Capitals’ other goal in regulation, and goaltender Braden Holtby stopped 29 of the 32 shots he faced in arguably his sharpest performance so far this season. Holtby’s most important save came with time running out in the second period when he denied Kevin Hayes on a short-handed breakaway.Mika Zibanejad, Jimmy Vesey and Chris Kreider scored for New York, which picked up a point in the second half of a back-to-back after beating Colorado in a shootout Tuesday. Lundqvist made 34 saves as he played for the second consecutive night and battled through fatigue with the kind of play the rebuilding Rangers will need all season.“Personally, every time you play back-to-back, it’s definitely a fun challenge to try to stay sharp,” Lundqvist said. “A little disappointing obviously not to come up with two points when you take it to overtime Adidas Tim Schaller Jersey , but three out of four here in two nights, that’s definitely a good step for us.”Rangers defenseman Neal Pionk had three assists, a positive sign for the Rangers’ youth movement and another signal of coach David Quinn pushing the right buttons. Quinn scratched Pionk earlier in the season and has gotten similar results from other players after taking them out of the lineup.“Neal played outstanding,” Quinn said. “He probably was our best player. He certainly had a lot of energy. He did a great job on the power play, does a great job on the first goal. He’s a big piece of what we’ve got moving forward.”NOTES: Capitals C Nicklas Backstrom had two assists to reach 598 for his career. … F Pavel Buchnevich returned to the Rangers’ lineup, replacing Cody McLeod. … F Nathan Walker was back in for the Capitals for the first time since Oct. 4. Dmitrij Jaskin was a healthy scratch to clear a spot for Walker … Quinn returned to the arena he won the NCAA title in as an assistant with Boston University in 2009.UP NEXTRangers: Return home to face the Calgary Flames on Sunday.Capitals: Host the winless Florida Panthers on Friday.

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