Capitals set record with 11th straight win

The Washington Capitals set a franchise record with their 11th straight win and sent the Boston Bruins to their eighth consecutive loss with a 4-1 result in the NHL on Tuesday.

Washington _ the league's highest-scoring team _ trailed Boston _ the league's lowest-scoring team _ after David Krejci's first-period goal.

But the Capitals tied it through Mike Knuble's early in the second, and Brooks Laich put the visitors ahead in the third. That was followed soon after by Boyd Gordon's goal and Alex Ovechkin added the late empty-netter.

The Capitals broke the club record streak set in 1983-84 and have the NHL's longest winning streak since San Jose also won 11 in a row late in the 2007-08 season.

Coyotes 1, Predators 0, SO

In Nashville, Tennessee, Adrian Aucoin lifted a wrister over the glove of Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne in the 10th round of the shootout to give Phoenix its fifth straight win.

Phoenix's Lauri Korpikoski scored in the second round of the shootout, but David Legwand tied it as Nashville's third shooter. The Predators had a chance to keep the shootout going after Aucoin scored, but Shea Weber's shot went wide.

The Coyotes matched their best winning streak of the season.

Canadiens 3, Canucks 2

In Montreal, Vancouver's seven-game winning run was ended by Montreal.

Jaroslav Halak made 45 saves, while Sergei Kostitsyn, Maxim Lapierre and Tomas Plekanec scored for the Canadiens, who won their first game in four.

Mikael Samuelsson and Ryan Kesler scored power-play goals for the Canucks, who were playing the second of 14 straight away games caused by Vancouver hosting the Olympics.

Maple Leafs 3, Devils 0

In Toronto, Jean-Sebastien Giguere and Dion Phaneuf made the most of their Maple Leafs debuts as Toronto topped New Jersey to snap a six-game losing streak.

Giguere finished with 30 saves, becoming only the second goalie in team history to record a shutout in his debut. By the end of the first period, Phaneuf had landed a hit, took part in a fight, and received an ovation.

Nikolai Kulemin, Phil Kessel and defenseman Francois Beauchemin scored for the Leafs.

Stars 4, Wild 2

In Dallas, the hosts stretched their run of home wins over Minnesota to 12.

Marty Turco made a season-high 40 saves and Mike Modano scored his 556th career goal for the Stars.

Brad Richards added a power-play tally, James Neal notched his team-high 22nd goal, and rookie Jamie Benn scored in the third period for Dallas.

The Stars improved to 6-1 in their past seven home games despite being outshot 42-18.

Lightning 2, Thrashers 1

In Atlanta, Tampa Bay goalie Antero Niittymaki stopped 26 shots for his 16th straight win over Atlanta.

Stephane Veilleux and Martin St. Louis scored first-period goals and Niittymaki protected the lead, giving up only a second-period goal to Todd White.

Tampa Bay recorded only its ninth road win this season from 29 games.