Wild End 5-Game Skid With Win Over Rangers
Pavel Buchnevich scored for the Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves.
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Pavel Buchnevich scored for the Rangers and Henrik Lundqvist made 31 saves.
Thomas Vanek remembers waking up in Edmonton, Alberta, and turning on the TV in his hotel room to find out where he was heading.
Connor Brickley also scored for the Rangers, who earned a split of a four-game road trip and handed the Hurricanes just their third loss this month.
The Pittsburgh Penguins survived a four-minute penalty kill and went on the hunt against the New York Rangers.
New York improved to 8-5-1 in its past 14 and earned its 58th point to move into 12th in the Eastern Conference standings.
Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32 shots for the Rangers (24-24-8), who dropped the first of a four-game road trip.
Toronto had a season-high 56 shots, forcing Georgiev to be at his best throughout. He is the seventh goalie in franchise history with 50 or more saves in a game.
Petr Mrazek made 27 saves and the Carolina Hurricanes spoiled a celebration at Madison Square Garden that honored the last Rangers team to win the Stanley Cup, blanking New York 3-0 Friday night.
The Rangers won for the second time in five games (2-2-1) after a stretch in which they won four of five.
Toffoli's ninth goal of the season came moments after the Rangers' Mika Zibanejad rang the puck off the post behind Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick.
Yanni Gourde and Erik Cernak also scored to help the league-best Lightning get their 39th win and become the first team to reach 80 points this season.
Henrik Lundqvist made 19 saves, including a stop on a tip by Brian Boyle after the Devils pulled goaltender Keith Kinkaid.
Alexandar Georgiev finished with 18 saves — including all seven Philadelphia shots he faced over the final two periods. New York, playing for the first time in 10 days, had won three straight.
The Rangers have won four of five to pull within nine points of the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Henrik Lundqvist made 27 saves to take over sole possession of sixth place on the NHL's career wins and the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 3-2.