MONTREAL - The Florida Panthers can't find a way to win.
Saku Koivu scored his second goal of the game with four seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Canadiens past Florida 4-3 Tuesday night, extending the Panthers' season-high losing streak to nine games.
Stephen Weiss drew Florida even 15:11 into the third, silencing the sellout crowd of 21,273 as the Panthers came back with three straight goals in the period to tie it at 3.
The game appeared destined for the first shootout ever in Montreal when Koivu drove in on Roberto Luongo and - with defenseman Mike Van Ryn hooking him and being called for a delayed penalty - flipped a shot over the goalie's arm for the winner 4:56 into overtime.
The Panthers, 0-6-3 over the course of their streak, have lost six of those games by one goal, including a 5-4 setback at Philadelphia on Sunday when Mike Knuble scored a short-handed goal with three seconds left.
Trailing 3-0, Florida drew within one in the third as Gregory Campbell and Olli Jokkinen scored goals 1:02 apart.
HURRICANES 2, SENATORS 1: Martin Gerber made 35 saves to lead visiting Carolina, which has given Ottawa two of its three losses this season. Ray Whitney and Mike Commodore scored second-period goals for the Hurricanes (13-3-1), who have won nine of their last 10 games. Dominik Hasek made 17 saves while Daniel Alfredsson scored the lone goal for the Senators (13-3-0), picking up his 600th NHL career point.
MAPLE LEAFS 2, RANGERS 1: Bryan McCabe scored two power-play goals for host Toronto. McCabe scored on a two-man advantage in the first, and gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 lead at 3:37 of the third. Jaromir Jagr scored his league-leading 18th goal for the Rangers, who dropped to 1-3 on their road trip.
SABRES 4, DEVILS 1: Chris Drury had a goal and assist to help host Buffalo snap an 11-game winless streak against the Devils. J.P. Dumont also had a goal and assist, while defenseman Brian Campbell, with the go-ahead goal, and Daniel Briere also scored. Martin Biron stopped 21 shots for the Sabres.
PREDATORS 3, KINGS 2: Paul Kariya and Kimmo Timonen each had a goal and an assist for host Nashville in its fourth straight win. Adam Hall broke a 2-2 tie with 13:26 left in the third period on a wraparound power-play goal from the left side of the net.
Columbus signs Fedorov
The Blue Jackets acquired six-time All-Star center Sergei Fedorov and a fifth-round pick in 2006 from the Mighty Ducks for forward Tyler Wright and rookie defenseman Francois Beauchemin. Fedorov, 35, had one assist in five games this season for Anaheim, his second with the Mighty Ducks after 13 seasons with Detroit. The Russian recently returned from a groin injury that sidelined him for 13 games. Fedorov will make $6.08-million this season and each of the next two.
CANADIENS: Winger Alex Kovalev had surgery on his right knee and could be sidelined for four to eight weeks.
KINGS: Forward Sean Avery was fined $1,000 by the league for comments he made after being fined $1,000 for diving during a Nov. 3 game at Phoenix.
THRASHERS: Goaltender Mike Dunham was placed on injured reserve (groin), prompting Michael Garnett's recall from Chicago of the AHL.
IN OTHER NEWS: Ukraine defenseman Oleksander Pobyenostsev, 24, was suspended for two years for steroid use at the World Hockey Championship at Zurich, Switzerland.
