Boston, St. Louis, Nashville and Montréal survive four 5-4 battles

Four 5-4 finals drove yesterday’s drama: Boston edged Chicago, St. Louis beat Detroit, Nashville topped Tampa Bay and Montréal outlasted Pittsburgh. In the other results, Edmonton blanked the Islanders 4-0, Ottawa beat San Jose 5-1, Buffalo edged Los Angeles 3-2, Toronto beat Vancouver 4-2, Dallas defeated Columbus 3-1 and Colorado beat Calgary 5-2. Today’s slate opens with Winnipeg at Carolina, the power-index leader at 94, and Minnesota, ranked second at 88.9, at Washington. Utah visits Philadelphia, third-ranked Edmonton (85.1) heads to the Rangers, and Ottawa closes the slate at Anaheim.