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Minus ill Lundqvist, Rangers find way to edge Penguins 4-3

By The Associated Press and an assist for the Sa-
PITTSBURGH (AP) — On- bres, who managed only
drej Pavelec stopped 41 one goal in the previous
shots while filling in for late four games. Robin Lehner
scratch Henrik Lundqvist to stopped 35 shots.
help the New York Rang- Nathan MacKinnon scored
ers to a 4-3 victory over both goals and Semyon
the Pittsburgh Penguins on Varlamov made 31 saves
Tuesday night. for Colorado, which has
Boo Nieves, Jesper Fast, lost three straight. The Ava-
Mats Zuccarello and Pavel lanche finished their home-
Buchnevich scored in sup- stand 1-4 after Kane scored
port of Pavelec, who drew the winner on a 4-on-4 at
the spot start because Lun- 11:54 of the third period.
dqvist had the flu. Buchn- Eichel added an empty-
evich provided the game- net goal to seal it.
winner when his centering KINGS 5, WILD 2
pass deflected off Pitts- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mar-
burgh’s Kris Letang and by ian Gaborik scored two
Tristan Jarry 11:12 into the third-period goals to lead
third period. Los Angeles past Minnesota
Phil Kessel picked up his for its sixth straight victory.
team-high 13th goal for His second goal gave
the Penguins. Conor Sheary Gaborik 400 for his career.
added his ninth and Patric It came off an assist from
Hornqvist his 11th for Pitts- Anze Kopitar, the 500th of
burgh, which saw its sea- his career.
son-high four-game win- Jake Muzzin, Adrian Kempe
ning streak snapped. Jarry and Kopitar also scored for
finished with 25 saves but the Kings. Jonathan Quick
could only watch the puck made 19 saves.
smack off Letang’s stick New York Rangers goalie Ondrej Pavelec (31) stops a shot by the Pittsburgh Penguins during the Charlie Coyle and Tyler
and flutter by to give the second period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Ennis scored for the Wild.
Rangers the lead for good. Associated Press Devan Dubnyk stopped 23
Penguins captain Sidney the second, Gourde had a third. Pontus Aberg, Kyle Turris shots.
Crosby was held scoreless power-play rebound goal The Jets, who entered tied and Calle Jarnkrok added GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, DUCKS
as his streak of five straight at 16:22 and then gave for the NHL lead in points, the second-period goals. 3, SO
multipoint games ended. Tampa Bay a 4-2 lead 1:34 managed only a second- Stephen Johns and Jamie LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex
DEVILS 4, BLUE JACKETS 1 later on another rebound period goal by Patrik Laine Oleksiak scored for Dallas Tuch scored the game-win-
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — effort. The Lightning’s top- on a two-man advantage. in the third. ning goal in the first shoot-
Stefan Noesen, Taylor Hall ranked power play extend- The Red Wings answered in BLUES 4, CANADIENS 3 out at Vegas, and Malcolm
and Jesper Bratt each had ed the advantage to three the third with goals by Ny- MONTREAL (AP) — Brayden Subban stopped all three
a goal and an assist, and when Vladislav Namest- quist, Darren Helm and Da- Schenn scored three goals attempts he faced during
Cory Schneider made 41 nikov scored 50 seconds vid Booth. and St. Louis ended a the tiebreaker as the Gold-
saves to lift New Jersey over after Gourde’s second of PREDATORS 5, STARS 2 three-game skid by beat- en Knights topped Ana-
Columbus. the game. DALLAS (AP) — Juuse Sa- ing Montreal. heim.
Travis Zajac also scored Tampa Bay also got goals ros made a career-high Scottie Upshall also scored James Neal, Oscar Lind-
and rookie Nico Hischier from Brayden Point, Andrej 43 saves and his Nashville for the Blues, who outshot berg and Erik Haula scored
had two assists for the Dev- Sustr and Chris Kunitz, and teammates scored four the Canadiens 30-25 and in regulation for Vegas.
ils, one of several teams tus- Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 times in the second period had the edge in play for Subban made 26 saves.
sling with Columbus for first saves. The Atlantic Division as the Predators cooled off most of the game. Upshall The Ducks got three straight
place in the rugged Metro- leaders are 11-2-1 at home. Dallas. and Schenn scored seven goals in the second period
politan Division with a third Mathew Barzal and Jordan Nashville has won three in a seconds apart early in the from Francois Beauchemin,
of the season in the books. Eberle scored for the Island- row and is 8-1-1 in its last 10 second period, one sec- Antoine Vermette and Co-
Schneider was outstanding ers, who had won eight of games. The Stars had won ond off the club record. rey Perry to take a 3-2 lead.
in earning his 100th win with 10. Thomas Griess stopped five straight and seven of Shea Weber scored twice Haula tied it with a little
New Jersey during his fifth 28 shots. eight. and Jordie Benn had a more than four minutes left
season with the franchise. RED WINGS 5, JETS 1 Saros has won both his ca- goal for Montreal, which in the third.
Nick Foligno scored and DETROIT (AP) — Justin Ab- reer starts against Dallas, had won five in a row. Ca- John Gibson stopped 40
Sergei Bobrovsky had 32 delkader and Gustav Ny- totaling 73 saves. He has nadiens goalie Carey Price shots for Anaheim.
saves for the Blue Jack- quist scored in a dominant played 28 NHL games over lost for the first time in six CANUCKS 3, HURRICANES 0
ets, who lost their second first period for Detroit, and three seasons. games since returning from VANCOUVER, British Co-
straight. The NHL’s worst the Red Wings snapped a Stars goalie Ben Bishop al- a lower-body injury. lumbia (AP) — Jacob Mark-
power play went 0 for 6. seven-game slide with a lowed three goals on 15 SABRES 4, AVALANCHE 2 strom made 30 saves for his
LIGHTNING 6, ISLANDERS 2 victory over Winnipeg. shots before Kari Lehtonen DENVER (AP) — Jack Eichel first NHL shutout and Van-
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yanni Fresh off a 10-1 loss at Mon- replaced him 4:26 into the had a goal and two as- couver blanked Carolina.
Gourde scored two of Tam- treal on Saturday, the Red second period. Lehtonen sists, Evander Kane broke a Derrick Pouliot had a goal
pa Bay’s three goals late in Wings outshot Winnipeg finished with 15 saves and third-period tie and Buffalo and two assists. Nikolay
the second period against 16-3 in the opening period gave up two goals. beat Colorado to stop a Goldobin and Thomas
New York. and took a 2-0 lead. They Kevin Fiala scored on a first- four-game skid. Vanek also scored for the
After the Islanders domi- put the game away with period power play for the Benoit Pouliot and John Canucks, who have won
nated the first 16 minutes of three more goals in the Predators. Cody McLeod, McCabe each had a goal three straight.q