TOP GAMES

BRUINS 4, CAPITALS 1

Thomas excels in Washington

Tim Thomas’ return to the nation’s capital was less about politics than picking up a victory, with the goaltender making 35 saves yesterday in Boston’s victory.

Playing about 10 blocks from the White House — which he famously avoided because of his political views two weeks ago when the reigning Stanley Cup champions were honored by President Barack Obama — Thomas shut out the Capitals until late in the third period.

Thomas was booed pregame, but he didn’t attribute it to the recent flap. “I think I’m pretty much booed at every arena, wouldn’t you say? Even before anything happened?” Thomas said.

Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand had first-period goals, and Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley scored in the third for the Bruins.

OTHER GAMES

• Rangers 5, Flyers 2: Artem Anisimov had a goal and two assists for his first points in 18 games, Henrik Lundqvist made 21 saves and New York won its sixth straight game against Philadelphia and fourth this season. The Flyers ended Lundqvist’s career-best shutout streak at 182 minutes, 37 seconds, when Brayden Schenn scored in the second period, but they lost for the third time in four games.

• Devils 5, Penguins 2: Ilya Kovalchuk added another goal and two assists, and New Jersey won its fourth straight since the All-Star break. Kovalchuk has three goals and seven assists since the break. Martin Brodeur made 28 saves to improve to 11-2 in his past 13 decisions against Pittsburgh, which had won nine of its past 10.

• Canadiens 3, Jets 0: Carey Price made 23 saves for his third shutout of the season, Tomas Plekanec had a goal and an assist and Montreal ended a three-game losing streak. Max Pacioretty scored his 19th goal of the season to put the Canadiens ahead 1-0 in the first period.

— Associated Press