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 Daniel Carcillo and Benoit Pouliot also tallied for the Rangers
before St. Louis netted a short-handed goal in the third period
after recording only three assists in his first 14 games after being
acquired from Tampa Bay. Henrik Lundqvist turned aside 34 shots as
New York won for the seventh time in eight games and moved three
points ahead of Philadelphia for second place in the Metropolitan
Division.
Ryan Kesler scored the only goal for the Canucks, who fell six
points behind Dallas in the race for the second wild-card spot in
the Western Conference. Eddie Lack made 28 saves for Vancouver in
his 17th consecutive start.
Carcillo opened the scoring 4:59 into the first period, netting his
first goal in 17 games when the puck popped out to him after a wild
scramble in front of the net. Pouliot doubled the lead during a
power play with 5:17 left in the session, sweeping in a centering
pass from Derick Brassard.
Vancouver halved the deficit in the middle period as Kesler won a
faceoff and backed off to the left circle before one-timing Daniel
Sedin’s feed past Lundqvist. The Rangers restored their two-goal
lead while killing off a second straight power play as Nash set up
St. Louis during a 2-on-1 rush after a turnover at 10:15 of the
third.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Vancouver LW Alex Burrows received an elbowing major
and a game misconduct for a hit on Rangers D Ryan McDonagh with 44
seconds left in the game. McDonagh suffered an apparent upper-body
injury. … St. Louis reached 30 goals for the seventh time in his
career and first since 2010-11 with Tampa Bay. … Sedin has three
points in his last four games after going 13 contests without one. …
The Rangers won 24 road games three times in their history.
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