Georgiev Leads Rangers Past Maple Leafs 2-1 In Overtime
Alexandar Georgiev has now stopped 130 of 136 shots in three career appearances against Toronto.
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Alexandar Georgiev has now stopped 130 of 136 shots in three career appearances against Toronto.
Detroit got two goals from Andreas Athanasiou on Tuesday night for its second straight victory, 3-2 over the New York Rangers, who are on the brink of elimination from the playoffs.
Mika Zibanejad scored his first goal in nine games and Pavel Buchnevich added a third-period goal for the Rangers, who lost their third straight.
Tyler Motte's teammates tried hard to help him get his first NHL hat trick. Instead he had to settle for his first career two-goal game. Motte scored 11 seconds apart midway through the second period, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-1 win over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
New York lost for the seventh time in its last eight games.
Damon Severson and Blake Coleman scored first-period goals for New Jersey, which has lost six in a row. Cory Schneider made 37 saves.
The Rangers have lost a season-high six straight.
Ben Bishop made 28 saves in his 28th career shutout, John Klingberg scored a second-period goal and the Dallas Stars beat the New York Rangers 1-0
Alex Ovechkin is so good he scored Sunday's winning shootout goal without putting the puck in the net.
Vladislav Namestnikov and Brendan Lemieux scored, and Henrik Lundqvist finished with 32 saves as the Rangers lost their third straight and fourth in five games (1-2-2).
Jimmy Vesey had a goal and assist for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad and Boo Nieves also scored. Alexandar Georgiev had 26 saves, including stopping Hedman on a breakaway earlier in overtime.
New York continued its trade deadline sell-off on Monday by sending center Kevin Hayes to the Winnipeg Jets.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wanted to win so badly Sunday he was even willing to get in Alex Ovechkin's way.
Zuccarello had 113 goals and 239 assists in 509 games over parts of nine seasons in New York. This season, he had 11 goals and 26 assists in 46 games.
Both teams sat key players with the league's trade deadline two days away.
