Bruins stay hot, drop Penguins
<p>Pittsburgh's Tyler Kennedy, left, battles for the puck in the corner with Boston's Johnny Boychuk during Monday's game in Pittsburgh.</p>
Gregory Campbell, Benoit Pouliot and Tyler Seguin scored, Tim Thomas stopped 45 shots, and the visiting Boston Bruins kept rolling with a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.
The Bruins improved to 14-0-1 in their last 15 games, their longest point streak since the club went 17 games without a loss in 1983. The defending Stanley Cup champions clamped down on the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins, holding star Sidney Crosby scoreless and dominating the game for long stretches.
Senators 4, Lightning 2: Nick Foligno scored 15:33 into the third period, Zack Smith added two goals, and host Ottawa extended Tampa Bay's losing streak to four games.
Maple Leafs 4, Rangers 2: Phil Kessel had two assists to add to his NHL-leading point total, and visiting Toronto snapped New York's five-game winning streak.
Panthers 5, Capitals 4: At Sunrise, Fla., Stephen Weiss scored two goals to lead Florida over Washington.
Coyotes 4, Blackhawks 3, SO: Radim Vrbata and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored in the shootout, and Mike Smith stopped Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa in the tiebreaker to lead Phoenix at Chicago.
• NHL approves realignment plan: NHL officials approved a radical realignment plan Monday that will give the league four conferences instead of six divisions and guarantee home-and-home series among all teams.
The Board of Governors authorized commissioner Gary Bettman to implement the proposal pending input with the NHL Players' Association. It could be put in place as early as next season
The league considered two plans to accommodate Atlanta's move to Winnipeg this past summer. The first would have simply moved the Jets to the Central Division and either Detroit or Columbus to the Southeast.