Rangers beat Stars in shootout

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Sat, 2011-01-08 22:04

Zuccarello beat Kari Lehtonen with a nifty hesitation
move. Playing only his seventh game, Zuccarello is making a name for himself,
having scored the overtime winner against beat Carolina on Wednesday.
New York goalie Henrik Lundqvist denied three Dallas
shooters to give the Rangers the extra point.
Lundqvist made 28 saves for the Rangers, who got a
short-handed goal from Ruslan Fedotenko and a power-play goal from Artem
Anisimov. Lundqvist earned an assist on Anisimov's goal; the goalie's second in
two games and third this season.
Mike Ribeiro scored a power-play goal for the Stars, who
are 0-3-2 in their past five at home.
In Atlanta, Toronto reeled
off nine straight goals, including six inside eight minutes of the second
period, to rout Atlanta.
Mikhail Grabovski, Nikolai Kulemin and Clarke MacArthur
each scored two goals, while Kris Versteeg, Colby Armstrong and Phil Kessel
also found the net for the Leafs, who have won three in a row on the road.
Tobias Enstrom had given the Thrashers a 1-0 lead early
in the first period.
In Chicago, the hosts
recovered from blowing a late lead and downed Ottawa in a shootout.
Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane scored on Chicago's first
two attempts in the shootout.
Kane also scored in regulation and Patrick Sharp added
his team-leading 24th goal for Chicago.
Ottawa's Milan Michalek backhanded in a rebound to tie
the game, while Daniel Alfredsson had a power-play goal.
In Sunrise, Florida, Eric Staal
broke a tie in the third period and Carolina beat Florida.
Jeff Skinner, who came into the game leading NHL rookies
with 28 points, had two goals and an assist for Carolina.
Erik Cole also had two goals, including an empty-netter.
Marty Reasoner scored twice for the Panthers and David
Booth got the other.
 

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