2 weeks Ago By By The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had three assists and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves, and the New York Rangers defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Sunday. Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Adam Edstrom also scored for the Rangers, who won again on home ice after Friday’s 2-1 victory over Ottawa. Kreider scored shorthanded — his seventh goal of the season 3:44 into the contest — with an assist to Zibanejad with Rangers captain Jacob Trouba in the penalty box.
Trocheck made it 2-0 at 1:21 of the second after Reilly Smith stripped the puck from Islanders defenseman Samuel Bolduc and passed to Trocheck in the slot. Edstrom scored his first goal at 5:18 of the third, followed by Panarin’s second of the game and team-leading ninth goal into an empty net at 16:37. JETS 7, LIGHTNING 4 WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Dylan Samberg scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to help Winnipeg to a win over Tampa Bay.
Nikolaj Ehlers and Cole Perfetti added empty-net goals for the Jets, who lead the NHL with 22 points this season. It was a milestone goal for Ehlers, who became the highest-scoring Danish NHLer of all time with 474 points. BRUINS 2, KRAKEN 0 BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman had 23 saves and his first shutout of the season, and Boston beat Seattle.
Justin Brazeau scored a tip-in 3:23 into the game off a pass from Nikita Zadorov, and Charlie Coyle scored less than seven minutes later, beating Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord for an uncontested shot in the crease. Charlie McAvoy got the secondary assist on Brazeau’s goal, while Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm assisted Coyle. Daccord had 31 saves in the loss HURRICANES 4, CAPITALS 2 RALEIGH, N.
C. (AP) — Dmitry Orlov had two goals to lead Carolina to a win over Washington. It’s the sixth straight win for the Hurricanes, who also got one goal and two assists from Martin Necas.
Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-net goal. Alex Ovechkin and Brandon Duhaime scored for the Capitals, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. The Capitals scored two goals in a 33-second span to close out the first period and take a 2-1 lead.
Carolina goalie Pyotr Kochetkov didn’t allow another goal. WILD 2, MAPLE LEAFS 1, OT ST. PAUL, Minn.
(AP) — Matt Boldy scored on a breakaway 2:14 into overtime to lift Minnesota to a win over Toronto. Boldy and Marco Rossi worked a 2-on-0 breakaway after defenseman Jared Spurgeon chased down a loose puck in the neutral zone. He fired down the ice to Rossi, who tapped it ahead to Boldy.
The Wild forward made a move on Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz to bury the game winner. Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves in the win for Minnesota. Stolarz stopped 31 shots.
Ryan Hartman scored his third of the year on a goal that was initially reviewed to put the Wild up 1-0 midway through the first. William Nylander answered for Toronto with his team-leading ninth goal of the year. Boldy’s winner was the only shot on goal for either team in overtime.
Minnesota improved to 1-2 in overtime, while Toronto is now 0-2 in overtime games..
