Hischier scores power-play goal to break tie, leads Devils over Canadiens
After losing two in a row and three of their last four, the Devils played with more desperation against the Canadiens and got rewarded.
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After losing two in a row and three of their last four, the Devils played with more desperation against the Canadiens and got rewarded.
Semyon Varlamov made 21 saves for the Islanders, who fell to 1-2-2 in their last five games.
The Rangers won 10 straight twice, in 1972-73 and 1939-40, a year New York won the third of its four Stanley Cup titles.
The Rangers are 9-1-1 in their last 11 contests.
New York moved within four points of the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.
The Devils remain four points back of the second and final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Artemi Panarin scored 10 seconds into the extra session as the Blueshirts completed a wild 6-5 comeback win.
The Devils won for the third time in four games.
Before the winter storm, crews spent Friday preparing the ice at MetLife Stadium for the Devils, Rangers and Islanders. CBS New York's John Dias reports.
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The Rangers are 7-1-1 in their last nine games and 5-0-0 in February coming out of the All-Star break.
Tyler Toffoli scored on a power play for New Jersey, which had won two in a row.
Timo Meier and Jack Hughes also scored and Nico Daws made 30 saves for the Devils.
Kyle Palmieri scored and Ilya Sorokin stopped 29 shots in New York's second consecutive defeat.
New Jersey continued its recent run of strong defensive play in a 3-1 victory on Monday night.
Will Cuylle and Jimmy Vesey scored for New York in the 2-0 win on Monday night.
The Hurricanes have won five of their past six games. The Devils have lost seven of 10.
Semyon Varlamov made 19 saves in his 600th NHL appearance but the Islanders two-game winning streak was snapped.
Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves for New York in his first start since Jan. 26.
The Islanders won their second in a row since coming out of the All-Star break.
The Devils fell to 25-21-3, five points out of a wild-card playoff spot.
The Rangers are 4-1-1 in their last six games.
Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer, Chris Tierney and Erik Haula also scored for New Jersey, which had lost two in a row.
Artemi Panarin also scored and Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots in New York's 2-1 win on Monday.
