Travis Moen and Tomas Plekanec scored in a three-minute span early in the second period, Michael Cammalleri added a goal in the third, and the visiting Montreal Canadiens withstood a furious comeback to beat the Washington Capitals, 3-2, last night.

Montreal led, 3-1, but Brendan Morrison scored with 2:32 remaining to pull Washington within a goal.

Then Maxim Lapierre was whistled for hooking with 1:52 to play, giving the Capitals a power play through the end of regulation.

Washington pulled its goalie with a minute left, one of the Canadiens players lost his stick, and the Capitals kept the puck in the offensive zone.

But the closest they got to tying the score came when Mike Green's drive hit the right post with less than 25 seconds left.

• Panthers 2, Red Wings 1: Bryan McCabe's goal 40 seconds into overtime gave Florida a win against host Detroit. Steven Weiss scored Florida's other goal. Pavel Datsyuk scored for Detroit, which lost its second home game in a row.

• Bruins 2, Sabres 1: Patrice Bergeron scored 47 seconds into overtime, lifting Boston to a win against Buffalo.

• Wild 3, Islanders 2: Owen Nolan's second goal of the game with 67 seconds remaining lifted host Minnesota to a come-from-behind victory against New York.

• The NHL suspended Dallas forward James Neal two games for a boarding infraction Thursday that caused a head injury to Columbus' Derek Dorsett.

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