Canadiens beat the Penguins 5-4 for their 5th straight victory

MONTREAL (AP) — Josh Anderson had two goals and an assist and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Saturday night for their fifth straight victory.

Chris Kreider added a one goal and an assist, and Oliver Kapanen and Alexandre Texier also scored as Montreal (9-3-2) returned home from an undefeated four-game Western trip. Lane Hutson had two assists.

Jacob Fowler made 25 saves and became the third Canadiens rookie goalie in the past 40 years to win seven consecutive games.

Sidney Crosby and Erik Karlsson each had a goal and two assists for Pittsburgh, and Tommy Novak and Rickard Rakell each had a goal and an assist. Sergei Murashov stopped 22 shots.

Anderson gave Montreal a two-goal lead with 6:54 left on a deflection. Crosby pulled one back with 3:11 remaining with Murashov off for an extra attacker.

Earlier, with his 1,112th career assist, Crosby passed Boston Bruins great Ray Bourque for the most with one franchise in NHL history. The 39-year-old center also tied Marcel Dionne for sixth on the scoring list with 1,771.

Penguins: Host Vegas on Tuesday night.

Canadiens: Host Winnipeg on Tuesday night.

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Pittsburgh Penguins' Rickard Rakell (67) and Kris Letang (58) watch as Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacob Fowler, center, is scored against by teammate Tommy Novak (not shown) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) scores against Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacob Fowler, left, during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Chris Kreider (22) celebrates after his goal against Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Sergei Murashov (1) with teammates Arber Xhekaj (72), Josh Anderson (17) and Jake Evans (71) during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Owen Beck (62) and Pittsburgh Penguins' Blake Lizotte (46) drop their gloves to fight during second period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Owen Beck (62) and Pittsburgh Penguins' Blake Lizotte (46) fight during second period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has moved the country's Kurdish militant leader to a newly built part of an island prison where he has been incarcerated since 1999 as part of efforts to end decades of conflict, a senior Kurdish official said.

Improving prison conditions for Abdullah Ocalan, who heads the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has been a key Kurdish demand in the push to end the 42-year conflict between the militant group and Turkish authorities.

Ocalan has been imprisoned in a penitentiary on the island of Imrali in the Marmara Sea — which links the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea — since he was captured in 1999.

Mithat Sancar, the Kurdish official, confirmed Ocalan's relocation in an interview with Medya Haber TV on Saturday, without providing further details.

He did not confirm that the newly built section of the prison has better accommodations, though his remarks appeared to indicate that.

Sancar, a lawmaker for the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, also called for the peace process to be sped up and said it had been on “a pause” for the last two months.

Ocalan’s move to the new facility, he said, “necessitates an acceleration of the (peace) process.”

Sancar is among a group of DEM Party politicians who have been regularly visiting Ocalan since the militant leader called on the PKK to disband and disarm in February 2025. Ocalan remains an influential figure among Kurds and is seen as key in advancing the peace process.

Three months later, the PKK announced it would lay down its arms and end hostilities. That prompted the Turkish parliament to approve legislation in August offering a conditional pardon to thousands of PKK fighters, which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan subsequently signed into law.

The conflict with the PKK — designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union — has killed tens of thousands of people since 1984.

Sancar stressed that Ocalan, who co-founded the PKK in the 1970s, must coordinate peace negotiations.

“The process cannot proceed with unilateral expectations and demands,” he said, referring to the Turkish government and adding that it “needs to move away from its insistent and rigid stance.”

FILE - Youngsters hold a photograph of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the militant Kurdish group, or PKK, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu, File)