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NHL roundup: Rangers rebound to beat Flyers
January 4, 2017
PHILADELPHIA -- One night after saying his team got outworked badly in a loss to the Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault turned to goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and was rewarded with a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.
Lundqvist, who allowed four goals on 19 shots in Tuesday night's loss in Madison Square Garden, turned aside 30 of 32 shots for his 17th win of the season.
Kevin Hayes scored two goals, Michael Grabner added two goals and an assist and Chris Kreider picked up another goal to give the Rangers their first win of 2017. The Rangers won for the fourth time in five games and moved 10 points ahead of the Flyers in the Metropolitan Division standings.
Canadiens 4, Stars 3 (OT)
DALLAS -- Max Pacioretty scored the game-winner on a breakaway 19 seconds into overtime, his second goal of the game, giving Montreal an overtime win against Dallas at American Airlines Center.
Nathan Beaulieu had a goal and two assists for the Canadiens, who also got a goal from Alexander Radulov. Shea Weber added two assists and Al Montoya made 39 saves.
The Stars goals from Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg, who also had an assist, and Esa Lindell.
Jets 4, Panthers 1
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Patrik Laine took over as the NHL's leading rookie goal-scorer, powering Winnipeg over Florida at the BB&T Center.
Laine, the second overall pick in the 2016 draft, scored his 21st goal. The jets also got goals from Shawn Matthias, Nikolaj Ehlers and Mark Scheifele.
The Panthers' Jaromir Jagr, already No. 2 in the NHL in career points, reached yet another milestone when he picked up an assist on Greg McKegg's second-period goal.
Canucks 3, Coyotes 0
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Ryan Miller stopped 22 shots for his first shutout in more than a year and Sven Baertschi scored the winning goal in the first period as Vancouver extended its winning streak to five games with a victory over Arizona.
Brandon Sutter (penalty shot) and Bo Horvat (breakaway) scored third-period goals for the Canucks, who are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.
It's the first time in more than three years Vancouver won more than four consecutive games.
Flames 4, Avalanche 1
CALGARY, Alberta -- Mikael Backlund ran his goal-scoring streak to five straight games as Calgary beat Colorado at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Alex Chiasson had a goal and an assist for the Flames, who converted three of seven power-play opportunities. Kris Versteeg and Johnny Gaudreau also scored, while Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan and TJ Brodie chipped in with two assists each.
Patrick Wiercioch scored the lone goal of the game for the Avalanche with 1:25 left.
Ducks 2, Red Wings 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- John Gibson continued his stellar play in and Nick Ritchie and Ondrej Kase scored goals as Anaheim snuffed out Detroit at Honda Center.
Gibson, who tied a franchise record with 51 saves in Sunday's shootout victory against the Philadelphia Flyers, needed to stop only 23 on Wednesday in recording his eighth career shutout and second of the season.
January 4, 2017
PHILADELPHIA -- One night after saying his team got outworked badly in a loss to the Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault turned to goaltender Henrik Lundqvist and was rewarded with a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night.
Lundqvist, who allowed four goals on 19 shots in Tuesday night's loss in Madison Square Garden, turned aside 30 of 32 shots for his 17th win of the season.
Kevin Hayes scored two goals, Michael Grabner added two goals and an assist and Chris Kreider picked up another goal to give the Rangers their first win of 2017. The Rangers won for the fourth time in five games and moved 10 points ahead of the Flyers in the Metropolitan Division standings.
Canadiens 4, Stars 3 (OT)
DALLAS -- Max Pacioretty scored the game-winner on a breakaway 19 seconds into overtime, his second goal of the game, giving Montreal an overtime win against Dallas at American Airlines Center.
Nathan Beaulieu had a goal and two assists for the Canadiens, who also got a goal from Alexander Radulov. Shea Weber added two assists and Al Montoya made 39 saves.
The Stars goals from Tyler Seguin, John Klingberg, who also had an assist, and Esa Lindell.
Jets 4, Panthers 1
SUNRISE, Fla. -- Patrik Laine took over as the NHL's leading rookie goal-scorer, powering Winnipeg over Florida at the BB&T Center.
Laine, the second overall pick in the 2016 draft, scored his 21st goal. The jets also got goals from Shawn Matthias, Nikolaj Ehlers and Mark Scheifele.
The Panthers' Jaromir Jagr, already No. 2 in the NHL in career points, reached yet another milestone when he picked up an assist on Greg McKegg's second-period goal.
Canucks 3, Coyotes 0
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Ryan Miller stopped 22 shots for his first shutout in more than a year and Sven Baertschi scored the winning goal in the first period as Vancouver extended its winning streak to five games with a victory over Arizona.
Brandon Sutter (penalty shot) and Bo Horvat (breakaway) scored third-period goals for the Canucks, who are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.
It's the first time in more than three years Vancouver won more than four consecutive games.
Flames 4, Avalanche 1
CALGARY, Alberta -- Mikael Backlund ran his goal-scoring streak to five straight games as Calgary beat Colorado at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Alex Chiasson had a goal and an assist for the Flames, who converted three of seven power-play opportunities. Kris Versteeg and Johnny Gaudreau also scored, while Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan and TJ Brodie chipped in with two assists each.
Patrick Wiercioch scored the lone goal of the game for the Avalanche with 1:25 left.
Ducks 2, Red Wings 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- John Gibson continued his stellar play in and Nick Ritchie and Ondrej Kase scored goals as Anaheim snuffed out Detroit at Honda Center.
Gibson, who tied a franchise record with 51 saves in Sunday's shootout victory against the Philadelphia Flyers, needed to stop only 23 on Wednesday in recording his eighth career shutout and second of the season.
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