Kovalev scores 2 goals, another in SO to lift East

MONTREAL (AP) -- The NHL All-Star game was settled in the newest of ways in hockey's oldest city.

Alex Ovechkin sealed the Eastern Conference's 12-11 victory Sunday night with a goal in the third round of the shootout. It capped off the busiest of nights for the NHL's reigning MVP, who also had a goal and two assists.

The biggest cheer of the night went to hometown hero Alex Kovalev, the Canadiens star who earned MVP honors with a pair of breakaway goals and then another in the shootout against Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo.

Kovalev scores 2 goals, another in SO to lift East....