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Lindqvist makes 32 saves on 35th birthday in Rangers win
The Associated Press chances and improved to
BOSTON (AP) — Henrik Lun- 25-12-2 against Boston with
dqvist made 32 saves on his a 1.93 goals-against aver-
35th birthday and the New age. He earned his 403rd
York Rangers got third-peri- NHL win, tying Grant Fuhr
od goals from Pavel Buch- for 10th on the career list.
nevich and Oscar Lindberg Brad Marchand scored his
to beat the Boston Bruins team-leading 29th goal for
2-1 on Thursday night. the Bruins to cut it to 2-1 at
New York, which has beat- 12:56 of the third. Boston
en Boston five straight lost for the second time in
times, outscored the Bruins nine games.
12-5 while sweeping the Buchnevich was called up
three-game season series. from the minors earlier in
Lundqvist stymied the Bru- the day.
ins on several outstanding CANADIENS 2, PREDATORS
Toronto Maple Leafs center Zach Hyman, center, pushes Los Angeles Kings right wing Jarome
Iginla away from the puck during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 2,
2017, in Los Angeles.
Associated Press
1 39 saves for the Wild, who Rene Bourque scored for
MONTREAL (AP) — Paul lost for the first time in three the Avalanche, who were
Byron scored the tiebreak- games. kept in the game with a
ing goal with nine seconds Bobrovsky was every bit as strong performance from
left and Montreal edged outstanding for the Blue Calvin Pickard who made
Nashville in P.K. Subban’s Jackets in the matchup of 40 saves.
first game against the Ca- All-Star goalies, earning his FLYERS 2, PANTHERS 1, SO
nadiens since they traded fourth shutout this season PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New-
him last summer. and the 16th of his career. ly acquired Valtteri Filppula
Brendan Gallagher also CAPITALS 1, DEVILS 0 scored in regulation and
scored and Carey Price WASHINGTON (AP) — NHL- Jakub Voracek and Jordan
made 24 saves as Montreal leading Washington won Weal netted goals in the
extended its winning streak its franchise-record 14th shootout to lead Philadel-
to four games. consecutive home game, phia over Florida.
Ryan Ellis scored for the beating New Jersey thanks Aaron Ekblad scored for
Predators, with an assist to rookie forward Jakub the Panthers, who were try-
from Subban, before leav- Vrana’s power-play goal ing to tie a franchise record
ing with a lower-body inju- with about 12½ minutes left with their sixth straight road
ry. Pekka Rinne stopped 24 in the third period. victory. Florida has lost four
shots but Nashville had its Capitals goalie Braden of its past five.
four-game winning streak Holtby only needed to Philadelphia won its sec-
snapped. The loss was make 15 saves for his eighth ond straight game to keep
Nashville’s first in regulation shutout of the season. New within close range of a
at Montreal since Jan. 15, Jersey’s previous season playoff berth.
2009. The Canadiens sa- low for shots on goal was Weal opened the shootout
luted Subban with a video 17. New Jersey lost its fifth in by going high on James
montage before the puck a row. Reimer. Aleksander Barkov,
was dropped. A teary- SENATORS 2, AVALANCHE 1 Florida’s second shooter,
eyed Subban acknowl- OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — tied it with a nifty move on
edged the crowd during a Alex Burrows scored twice Steve Mason. Voracek put
long standing ovation. in his debut with Ottawa Philadelphia ahead with a
BLUE JACKETS 1, WILD 0 and led his new club to a low shot past Reimer be-
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — win over Colorado. fore Mason stopped Jona-
Brandon Saad scored in Burrows was traded by the than Huberdeau to secure
the third period and Sergei Vancouver Canucks to Ot- the much-needed two
Bobrovsky stopped 38 shots tawa on Monday for pros- points for Philadelphia.
to lift Columbus over Min- pect Jonathan Dahlen. Panthers goalie Roberto
nesota. Burrows had played his pre- Luongo was trying to move
Saad got his 19th goal of vious 822 games with the into a tie with Curtis Joseph
the season at 4:32 when Canucks. for fourth place all-time in
he charged in to get his Mike Hoffman had two as- wins, but Luongo left after
own rebound and poked sists for the Senators, while making 13 saves in the first
it past Devan Dubnyk, who Craig Anderson had a rela- period because of a lower-
played an otherwise excel- tively quiet night needing body injury. Luongo has
lent game. Dubnyk made to make only 22 saves. 453 victories.q
