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Highlights of Tuesday's National Hockey League games

[November 02, 2016] Nov 1 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Tuesday's National Hockey League games:

Rangers 5, Blues 0

The New York Rangers showed their high-powered offense once again Tuesday as they throttled the St. Louis Blues 5-0 at Madison Square Garden.

Five players scored for the Rangers, who have won five of six are averaging a league-best four goals per game.

Rookie left winger Jimmy Vesey scored his sixth goal and added two assists; left winger Rick Nash and right winger Mats Zuccarello scored their fifth goals; center Kevin Hayes scored his third and defenseman Dan Girardi added his second.

Goaltender Henrik Lundqvist posted the shutout by making 35 saves.

Blues goaltender Jake Allen was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on 20 shots. Backup goaltender Carter Hutton stopped eight of nine in relief.

Ducks 4, Kings 0

Rickard Rakell scored a goal and recorded two assists in his season debut as Anaheim handed Los Angeles its third straight shutout.

Joseph Cramarossa scored his first career NHL goal and Antoine Vermette and Ryan Kesler also tallied for the Ducks, who have beaten the Kings in 12 of their last 16 regular-season meetings.

Goaltender John Gibson made 30 saves for his first shutout of the season.

Capitals 3, Jets 2

Washington overcame a pair of late-game goals by Winnipeg in a win.

Jay Beagle took the air out of the MTS Centre with the winning marker with 30 seconds left.

Washington goalie Braden Holtby made 43 saves for the win, while Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves.

Karl Alzner and Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored for the Capitals, while Mark Scheifele and Adam Lowry scored for the Jets

Blackhawks 5, Flames 1

Patrick Kane scored a goal and dished out a pair of assists, and Chicago pulled away from Calgary.

Artem Anisimov and Artemi Panarin each finished with a goal and an assist and Tyler Motte and Niklas Hjalmarsson scored goals for the Blackhawks.

Michael Frolik scored the Flames' lone goal.

Sabres 2, Wild 1

Johan Larsson scored the game-winner in the latter half of third period as Buffalo won its third game in a row, beating Minnesota.

Ryan O'Reilly also scored for the Sabres and Robin Lehner had 27 saves as Buffalo became the first visiting team to win in Minnesota this season.

The Wild, who had shut out the Sabres in Buffalo last week, got a power-play goal from Mikael Granlund and 22 saves from goalie Devan Dubnyk.

Senators 2, Hurricanes 1

Kyle Turris scored with 1:51 left in overtime to give Ottawa a victory over Carolina at Canadian Tire Centre.

Turris took a pass from Erik Karlsson and rifled a shot past Carolina goalie Cam Ward from the left wing faceoff circle.

In regulation time, Jaccob Slavin scored for the Hurricanes while replying for the Senators was defenseman Dion Phaneuf.

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Maple Leafs 3, Oilers 2 (OT)

Toronto defeated Edmonton in overtime at the Air Canada Centre in front of a crowd of 19,687 to end a two-game losing skid.

Nazem Kadri, who had two goals in the game, scored the winner 12 seconds into overtime. Ben Smith scored the other goal for the Leafs, who improved to 3-4-3 on the season.

The Oilers, who received goals from Anton Lander and Darnell Nurse, dropped to 7-3.

Lightning 6, Islanders 1

Tampa Bay bolted out to a three-goal first-period lead and scored three more times in the second period of a rout of New York at Barclays Center.

Nikita Kucherov scored the first two goals for the Lightning before Steven Stamkos, Brian Boyle, J.T. Brown and Valtteri Filppula all added a goal apiece. Goalie Ben Bishop, who gave up all six goals to the Rangers, recorded 26 saves while Kucherov added a pair of assists.

Dennis Seidenberg scored in the final minute of the second period for the Islanders, who surrendered their most goals in a home game since moving to Barclays Center last season.

Bruins 2, Panthers 1

Tuukka Rask remained undefeated as Boston held off Florida at the BB&T Center.

Rask, who made 32 saves, is 5-0-0 this season. The Bruins' goals came on a penalty shot by Brad Marchand in the first period and a short-handed marker by Dominic Moore in the second.

The Panthers finally got on the scoreboard with 4:35 left in the third period on the first NHL goal for Denis Malgin, a 19-year-old rookie right winger.

Predators 5, Avalanche 1

Craig Smith scored twice, Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist, and Nashville beat Colorado to snap a three-game skid.

Roman Josi and Matt Irwin also scored and Filip Forsberg had two assists for the Predators, who won for just the second time in eight games. Pekka Rinne finished with 28 saves.

Jarome Iginla scored for the Avalanche, who have lost two straight at home.

Blue Jackets 3, Stars 2 (OT)

Seth Jones scored 46 seconds into overtime as Columbus extended Dallas' losing streak to three games with an overtime victory in front of 10,141 at Nationwide Arena.

Sam Gagner sent the game into overtime for Columbus, tying the score on a power-play goal with 15.1 seconds left in regulation. Nick Foligno also scored for the Blue Jackets

Jason Spezza and Tyler Seguin scored for the Stars.

Coyotes 3, Sharks 2

Brad Richardson, Lawson Crouse and Jamie McGinn scored in a second-period barrage and Arizona defeated San Jose at Gila River Arena to improve to 3-6 this season and 2-1 at home.

Louis Domingue made 39 saves for the Coyotes and Martin Jones made 27 saves for the Sharks in his sixth straight start.

Patrick Marleau and Mikkel Boedker scored for the Sharks.

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