BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Andrei Markov had a career night for the streaking Montreal Canadiens.
The defenseman crossed the 500-point mark with a career-best five points and the Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-2 on Friday night to run their season-opening winning streak to eight games.
"Maybe, I just got lucky today," Markov said after finishing with a goal and four assists. "It's great to have eight wins, but tomorrow is another challenge."
The Canadiens are two victories away from matching the NHL record set by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1993-94 and matched by the Sabres in 2006-07 (see full recap).
Bruins beat Isles, move to 3-0-0 on road
NEW YORK -- David Pastrnak broke a tie late in the second period and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Islanders 5-3 on Friday night.
Brett Connolly, Joonas Kemppainen and Ryan Spooner also scored for Boston. The Bruins improved to 3-0 on the road this season to go along with an 0-3-1 mark at home. Jonas Gustavsson, starting in place of the struggling Tuukka Rask, finished with 23 saves to improve to 2-0.
David Krejci had an empty-netter with 2:25 remaining for his league-leading 12th point (five goals, seven assists), giving him a point in seven straight games (see full recap).
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Lightning down Jets on Palat's OT goal
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Ondrej Palat scored 36 seconds into overtime and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-3 on Friday night.
Palat scored off a 3-on-1 rush, converting a tap in after a tic-tac-toe play with Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman.
Braydon Coburn, Cedric Paquette and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Lightning (5-2-1). Hedman had three assists.
Nikolaj Ehlers, Drew Stafford and Blake Wheeler had goals for the Jets (4-3-0) (see full recap).