|
 Goalie Jaroslav Halak made just eight saves for New York in the
victory. It was the first regulation win for the Islanders (34-18-1)
since Jan. 27. They were 0-4-1 in their previous five games but
jumped over Pittsburgh to take a one-point lead in the Metropolitan
Division standings.
Right wingers Marcus Foligno and Drew Stafford scored for the
Sabres, who mounted a comeback but were unable to tie the game.
Goalie Michal Neuvirth made 28 saves for Buffalo.
Blackhawks 4, Blues 2
ST. LOUIS -- Right winger Marian Hossa scored a power-play goal at
11:19 of the third period, his second goal of the game, to lift
Chicago to a win in St. Louis.
Hossa's goals were his first in six games. It was also only his
second two-goal game of the season. He came into Sunday with only 10
goals in the Blackhawks' first 52 games, only two in his previous 15
games. That is a big drop-off from his normal production, having had
only one season since 1998 in which he scored fewer than 24 goals.
Left winger Bryan Bickell and center Marcus Kruger also scored for
Chicago.
 Center David Backes and right winger Vladimir Tarasenko scored for
St. Louis, which suffered only its second home loss in regulation
since Nov. 11. The Blues had gone 15-1-2 at home over that span,
losing only to Dallas on Dec. 7.
Flyers 3, Capitals 1
WASHINGTON -- Right winger Wayne Simmonds scored his first
even-strength goal since Dec. 23 to give Philadelphia a third-period
lead, and goaltender Ray Emery stopped six shots in relief of
starting netminder Steve Mason in a win over Washington at the
Verizon Center.
The Flyers' win, which was sealed on right winger Jakub Voracek's
empty-netter with 36.4 seconds remaining, was their fifth in six
games (5-0-1), but they lost Mason to a lower-body injury in the
process. Defenseman Mark Streit also scored for the Flyers, who
moved within nine points of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference
standings.
Left winger Alex Ovechkin scored the lone goal for the Capitals, who
managed just 14 shots in the game. The Capitals had their three-game
win streak snapped with the loss.
Predators 3, Panthers 2 (SO)
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Rookie left winger Filip Forsberg got the tying
goal in regulation and the winning goal in the shootout as Nashville
rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Florida at the BB&T
Center.
Nashville also got a regulation goal from defenseman Seth Jones.
Florida got regulation goals from left winger Tomas Fleischmann, his
sixth, and Aaron Ekblad, his eighth, which is tops among rookie
defensemen this season.
The Panthers got a strong game in goal from Roberto Luongo, who made
34 saves. Nashville, which rested starting goalie Pekka Rinne, went
with backup Carter Hutton, who is now 4-0-2 in his past six games
after making 23 saves.
[to top of second column] |
Stars 3, Rangers 2 (OT)
NEW YORK -- Right winger Ales Hemsky scored 1:02 into overtime to
give Dallas an overtime victory against the New York Rangers at
Madison Square Garden.
Left winger Erik Cole and center Jason Spezza scored for the Stars,
who ended a three-game losing streak with the.
Left wingers Chris Kreider and Carl Hagelin scored for the Rangers.
Lightning 5, Ducks 3
TAMPA, Fla. -- Center Brian Boyle scored two goals and center
Valtteri Filppula scored a goal and two assists to lead Tampa Bay
over Anaheim at Amalie Arena.
Right wingers Nikita Kucherov and Ryan Callahan also scored for
Tampa Bay.
Defensemen Sami Vatanen and Eric Brewer and center Ryan Getzlaf
scored for Anaheim.
Jets 5, Avalanche 3
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Right winger Dustin Byfuglien, playing up
front for the third straight game after a long stint on the blue
line, scored his 13th goal of the season and chipped in a pair of
assists for to lead Winnipeg past Colorado.
Left winger Mathieu Perreault scored his 18th goal of the season, a
career high, early in the middle frame and also had two assists,
while defenseman Ben Chiarot fired his second goal of the year,
center Bryan Little netted his club-leading 21st and blueliner Jacob
Trouba scored his sixth.
Defenseman Tyson Barrie scored in his return, center Matt Duchene
added his ninth goal of the season and left winger Alex Tanguay
scored his 14th, while veteran right winger Jerome Iginla supplied
two assists for Colorado.
Canadiens 3, Bruins 1
BOSTON -- Montreal finished off a four-game season sweep of rival
Boston.
First-line wingers Dale Weise and Max Pacioretty both scored a goal
and set up the other and defenseman Andrei Markov scored the other
for Montreal. Goaltender Carey Price stopped 34 shots.
Rookie right winger David Pastrnak scored Boston's lone goal and
goalie Tuukka Rask stopped 31 shots.
-----------------------------------------------
[© 2015 Thomson Reuters. All rights
reserved.]
Copyright 2015 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
