Kreider's overtime goal lifts Rangers over Sabres
Chris Kreider scored 2:28 into overtime, Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and the Rangers beat the Sabres 4-3 on Saturday night.
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Chris Kreider scored 2:28 into overtime, Igor Shesterkin made 27 saves and the Rangers beat the Sabres 4-3 on Saturday night.
Anders Lee had a goal and two assists to lead New York to a 5-4 win over Carolina on Saturday night.
Timo Meier scored twice, Tyler Toffoli tallied the game winner and the Devils snapped a three-game winless streak against the slumping Red Wings on Saturday night.
Foegele and McLeod each had a goal and an assist in Edmonton's four-goal third period at Madison Square Garden.
The Devils were coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday after losing 5-1 to Anaheim on Sunday.
The Islanders were playing on the second of back-to-back nights and looked like it at times.
New York (22-7-1) owns the best record in the Eastern Conference.
The Devils are 6-8-1 at home.
Simon Holmstrom scored his league-leading fifth short-handed goal as the Islanders snapped a two-game skid.
Michael McLeod scored and Akira Schmid finished with 22 saves in the 5-1 loss on Sunday.
New York is tied with Boston with 43 points atop the conference, but the Rangers have two more wins.
It was the Islanders' first regulation loss in December.
The Devils won for the eighth time in 10 games to jump over Washington for fifth place in the Atlantic Division.
The Rangers are 20-7-1, with a showdown set for Saturday in Boston against the Eastern Conference-leading Bruins.
Brock Nelson, Bo Horvat, Alexander Romanov and Simon Holmstrom scored for New York and Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves.
The goal was Hughes' sixth career overtime winner, and second this season.
The Islanders trail the first-place New York Rangers by just four points in the Metropolitan Division.
The Rangers lost for the third time in four games.
Noah Dobson had three assists and Ilya Sorokin finished with 36 saves in the 4-3 win on Monday night.
Mika Zibanejad and Jimmy Vesey scored second-period goals in the 4-1 victory on Sunday night.
Jesper Bratt scored for New Jersey, and Akira Schmid made 26 saves in the 4-1 defeat on Sunday.
It was the first time this season the Islanders won after trailing heading into the third period.
The Rangers were shut out for the first time this season and lost consecutive games for the first time.
The Devils improved to 14-10-1. They are 9-4-0 on the road.
Nemec, the No. 2 pick in the 2022 draft, made his debut last week at home and had two assists in his first game.
