Marian Gaborik and Artem
Anisimov also had goals for the Eastern Conference-leading Rangers, who broke
out of their power-play funk and improved to 5-0 against the Flyers this
season.
It was a rare display on
special teams that catapulted the Rangers to their second victory over
Philadelphia in seven days. New York had a season-high three goals on the power
play. The Rangers increased their lead to six points over the Flyers in the
Atlantic Division and have two games in hand.
The Rangers entered with the
fourth-worst, power-play unit in the NHL, converting just 13.4 percent of their
chances.
Claude Giroux and Wayne
Simmonds had Philadelphia’s goals.
In Newark, New Jersey, Scott Clemmensen stopped 27
shots against his former team, and Florida beat New Jersey.
Sean Bergenheim, Kris
Versteeg and Mikael Samuelsson scored for the Panthers, who have won four of
six. Florida stretched its Southeast Division-lead over Washington to two points
with just its second road win in 12 games.
Steve Bernier scored for the
Devils and Martin Brodeur made 18 saves, but New Jersey has lost two straight
for the first time since a three-game skid from Jan. 19-24.
: In Calgary,
Alberta, Jarome Iginla scored the
shootout winner and Calgary beat Vancouver to earn an important two points.
The shootout was tied through
two rounds, with Olli Jokinen scoring for Calgary and Alex Burrows replying for
Vancouver, which set the stage for Iginla — the Flames’ captain and all-time
leading scorer.
Iginla put the Flames ahead
when he faked a shot, drew it around Roberto Luongo and jammed it in while he
was falling.
In Boston, Tyler Seguin and Patrice Bergeron scored
shootout goals to lift Boston over Nashville.
Boston forced overtime when
Milan Lucic scored a power-play goal with 67 seconds left in regulation after
goalie Tim Thomas was pulled for an extra skater.
Daniel Paille and Bergeron
also scored for the Bruins, who had lost seven of 12.
In Pittsburgh, Evgeni Malkin added to his
NHL-leading point total, scoring a goal and dishing out four assists as
Pittsburgh rolled past Winnipeg.
Kris Letang scored twice and
had an assist for the Penguins. Richard Park notched his 100th career NHL goal,
and Jordan Staal scored in his first game after missing more than a month with
a left knee injury.
James Neal, Chris Kunitz and
Dustin Jeffery also scored for the Penguins, who erased an early 2-0 deficit
and won their fifth straight home game.
In Glendale,
Arizona, Mike Smith made 38 saves for his third shutout of the season to help
Phoenix beat fading Chicago for its fifth straight win.
Radim Vrbata, Boyd Gordon and Kyle Chipchura scored for
the Coyotes, three points behind Chicago in the Western Conference
standings.
In
Uniondale, New York, Mark Streit’s goal 1:36 into overtime
lifted the New York Islanders over Los Angeles.
The Islanders captain split the Kings defense and beat
goalie Jonathan Quick with a backhander for this fifth goal this season. Matt
Moulson and Andrew MacDonald earned assists.
The Islanders (23-23-8)
improved to 7-2-2 in their last 11 games, but the Kings (26-19-11) continued to
struggle on their six-game road trip.
Michael Grabner scored his
15th goal at 6:52 of the first, sliding a loose puck past Quick.
In Ottawa,
Taylor Hall scored 17 seconds into overtime, and Edmonton snapped a two-game
losing streak by beating Ottawa.
Hall backhanded a rebound
past Craig Anderson for his 19th goal as Edmonton improved to 5-2-1 in its last
eight games.
Magnus Paajarvi scored his
first goal of the season and assisted on Shawn Horcoff’s tally 42 seconds into
the third. Horcoff also assisted on Hall’s goal.
In Buffalo, New
York, Steven Stamkos had a goal and assist, and resurgent Tampa Bay beat
Buffalo for its seventh win in 10 games.
Mathieu Garon made 26 saves,
and Steve Downie also scored during the Lightning’s two-goal second period.
Tampa Bay (24-24-6) is on a 7-1-2 roll and has earned at least a point in a
season-high four straight road games (3-0-1).
In Toronto, Carey Price turned aside 32 shots, and
Montreal hammered Toronto after the Maple Leafs retired the famous No. 13 of
longtime former captain Mats Sundin.
It was the third straight
loss for the Maple Leafs, who remained in eighth place in the Eastern
Conference. Montreal has won four in a row and is seven points back of the
postseason cutoff.
In St. Paul, Minnesota, R.J. Umberger scored two goals, one on a
power play with 21 seconds left in the second period, to send Columbus over
stumbling Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Defenseman James Wisniewski
had an empty-net goal in the final minute and added an assist in his first time
back from a 17-game absence because of an ankle injury.
In St. Louis, Carlo Colaiacovo scored 3:18 into overtime to give St.
Louis a win over Colorado.
David Perron added two goals
and an assist as the Blues won for the fourth time in five games and improved
to 15-0-3 in their last 18 at home. St. Louis, among the NHL’s best home teams
at 23-3-4, has earned at least one point in a franchise-record 18 straight
games overall.
Shane O’Brien and Erik
Johnson scored for the Avalanche, who snapped a two-game winning streak with
their sixth loss in eight games.
