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Lundqvist, Carey lead Rangers past Ducks 4-1 for 3rd in row

By The Associated Press BRUINS 3, SABRES 0 sary for the NHL. The first the final period. The Wild CAPITALS 4, STARS 3, OT
NEW YORK (AP) — Henrik BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jake NHL games were played ended a two-game skid. DALLAS (AP) — Andre Bura-
Lundqvist stopped 39 shots, DeBrusk scored for the sec- on Dec. 19, 1917, including Alex Stalock had 28 saves, kovsky scored his second
Paul Carey scored twice ond straight night, Anton a 10-9 win by the Montreal and Ryan Suter and Char- goal of the game 1:51 into
and the New York Rangers Khudobin turned away 36 Wanderers over Toronto. lie Coyle each added two overtime, lifting Washing-
beat the Anaheim Ducks shots and Boston blanked James van Riemsdyk had assists. ton over Dallas. Burakovsky
4-1 on Tuesday night. Buffalo. a goal and two assists for Craig Anderson made 34 had one goal in his first 14
Kevin Hayes and Michael Tim Schaller and David the Maple Leafs, and Leo saves for the Senators, and games this season. He beat
Grabner also scored for Backes added empty-net Komarov, Patrick Marleau, Derick Brassard also scored. goalie Ben Bishop from the
New York, and Nick Hold- goals in the closing min- Kasperi Kapanen, William RED WINGS 6, ISLANDERS 3 left faceoff circle in OT af-
en and David Desharnais utes. Nylander and Connor Car- NEW YORK (AP) — Trevor ter assisting on Brett Con-
each had two assists. The After a 7-2 victory over Co- rick also scored. Frederik Daley scored the go-ahead nolly’s tying goal with 2:26
Rangers have won three lumbus on Monday, the Andersen made 32 saves. goal midway through the left in the third period.
straight. Bruins beat the Sabres in Jeff Skinner scored for the third period and Detroit Dmitry Orlov also scored
Ondrej Kase scored for a low-scoring affair to win Hurricanes, who had won beat New York for just its for the Capitals, who have
the Ducks, who have lost for the seventh time in 10 three in a row. third win in 13 games. won four straight. Braden
three in a row. John Gibson games. Toronto played without star Martin Frk, Gustav Nyquist, Holtby made 33 saves.
made 28 saves. DeBrusk fired a wrist shot center Auston Matthews, Anthony Mantha, Mike Jamie Benn, Gemel Smith
GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4, LIGHT- over Robin Lehner’s shoul- who missed his fifth straight Green and Luke Glenden- and Alexander Radulov
NING 3 scored for the Stars.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Shea PANTHERS 3, COYOTES 2
Theodore snapped a tie GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) —
with 2.3 seconds left and Mike Matheson scored the
Vegas scored four power- winner early in the third pe-
play goals, ending Tampa riod and Florida rallied from
Bay’s seven-game winning two goals down to hand
streak. slumping Arizona its sev-
It was Vegas’ third straight enth straight defeat.
win and seventh in eight Matheson got free while
games. This one came being hooked from behind
against the top team in and sent the puck past
the league — the Lightning goalie Antti Raanta with
lead the NHL with 50 points. 14:19 to play. Raanta didn’t
The expansion Golden allow a goal for almost 40
Knights are 14-2-1 at home, minutes, but Florida took
tying them with Washington control by scoring three
and the New York Rangers times in a six-minute span
for the most home wins in over the second and third
the NHL. periods. Nick Bjugstad and
Erik Haula, James Neal and Denis Malgin also scored for
Jonathan Marchessault the Panthers, who ended a
also scored for Vegas, while three-game losing streak.
Marc-Andre Fleury stopped Florida goalie James Re-
35 shots. imer stopped 39 shots, and
The Lightning, who Evgenii Dadonov had two
wrapped up a four-game New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) deflects the puck as Anaheim Ducks center assists. Christian Fischer and
road trip against Western Rickard Rakell (67) and Rangers right wing Michael Grabner (40) look on during the first period of Derek Stepan scored for
Conference foes, dropped an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at Madison Square Garden in New York. the Coyotes. Raanta made
Associated Press
to 12-2-0 against teams 23 saves.
from the West. der with 9:46 remaining in game because of an up- ing also scored for the Red CANADIENS 7, CANUCKS 5
Victor Hedman, Steven the second period. DeBrusk per-body injury. The Maple Wings, who entered 2-5-5 in VANCOUVER, British Colum-
Stamkos and Vladislav has goals in consecutive Leafs had scored just four their last 12. Henrik Zetter- bia (AP) — Nicolas Deslau-
Namestnikov scored for games and four points in times in their previous four berg and Dylan Larkin each riers had the first two-goal
Tampa Bay, and Andrei his last two. games before breaking out had three assists, and Petr game of his career, Carey
Vasilevskiy made 32 saves. Khudobin stopped all 10 against the Hurricanes. Mrazek made 34 saves. The Price made 34 saves and
JETS 6, PREDATORS 4 Sabres shots in the third to WILD 6, SENATORS 4 score was tied 3-all after Montreal beat Vancouver.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — earn his first shutout of the OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — two periods before Daley Jeff Petry, Daniel Carr and
Brandon Tanev scored the season. The Bruins are 8-2-2 Eric Staal scored twice, scored the tiebreaker with Philip Danault added a
tiebreaking goal with 1:26 when Khudobin starts. Nate Prosser had a goal 9:57 left for his second of goal and an assist each
left, sending Winnipeg past MAPLE LEAFS 8, HURRI- and an assist, and Minne- the season. Green gave for the Canadiens, while
Nashville. Nikolaj Ehlers had CANES 1 sota rallied from a two-goal the Red Wings a two-goal Paul Byron and Alex Gal-
two goals and Adam Low- TORONTO (AP) — Mitch deficit to beat Ottawa. lead with 5:48 remaining, chenyuk also scored. Max
ry, Patrik Laine and Blake Marner and Tyler Bozak Ottawa led 3-1 in the sec- and Glendening added Pacioretty had two assists.
Wheeler also scored for each had a goal and ond period behind two an empty-netter with 29 Thomas Vanek had a hat
the Jets. Tyler Myers added three assists, and Toronto goals from Erik Karlsson and seconds left. Josh Bailey trick and an assist for the
three assists and Connor stopped a three-game another from Jean-Gabriel had a goal and an assist, Canucks, while Daniel Se-
Hellebuyck made 30 saves. slide by routing Carolina in Pageau. Chris Stewart and and Anders Lee and Ryan din and Brock Boeser each
Calle Jarnkrok, Kevin Fiala, a rare weekday afternoon Mikko Koivu scored to tie Pulock also scored for the added a goal and an as-
P.K. Subban and Yannick game. The Maple Leafs it before the second inter- Islanders, who lost for the sist. Anders Nilsson stopped
Weber scored for the Pred- scored four in the first pe- mission, and then Prosser, sixth time in eight games (2- 25 shots, and Henrik Se-
ators, who had won three riod and four more in the Jonas Brodin and Staal 5-1). John Tavares had two din chipped in with two
straight. third on a special anniver- scored for Minnesota in assists. assists.q