Mercer has goal, 3 assists as Devils beat Avalanche 7-5
Mercer has scored in seven straight games and has 10 overall in that span.
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Mercer has scored in seven straight games and has 10 overall in that span.
The Rangers won their final game before Patrick Kane makes his debut for the team on Thursday night.
New York stayed one point ahead of Pittsburgh for the top wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.
The 26-year-old Swiss winger has 31 goals and 21 assists in 57 games this season.
Vincent Trocheck added two goals as New York snapped a four-game slide with a 5-2 win on Sunday.
Bo Horvat scored short-handed and Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves in the 4-0 victory on Sunday.
Dawson Mercer scored in his sixth straight game, while Akira Schmid made 24 saves and posted his first shutout.
The Rangers' rough run continued with their fourth consecutive loss, which included a costly injury on top of another defensive letdown.
The Islanders' winning streak ended as they fight for a playoff spot in a tightly contested wild-card race.
Of the Devils' 38 wins, an NHL-high 21 have come after trailing.
The Rangers didn't make enough plays at both ends of the ice to slow down one of the NHL's hottest teams.
New York won for the third time in four games and extended its winning streak against Winnipeg to six games.
New Jersey lost for only the third time in 18 games (13-3-2).
Bo Horvat and Anders Lee keyed a third-period barrage as New York rolled to 4-2 victory.
Goaltender makes 50 saves in Winnipeg's 4-1 win at Madison Square Garden.
Fabian Zetterlund and Miles Wood scored in a two-minute span of the final period in the 4-2 win.
Backlund's power-play goal in overtime gave Calgary a 3-2 victory over New York.
The Devils, in second place in the Metropolitan, appear headed to their first playoff appearance since 2018.
Kyle Palmieri and Matt Martin scored and Semyon Varlamov made 21 saves for the Islanders.
Alexis Lafreniere scored in the sixth round of a shootout and connected in regulation to help the New York beat Edmonton.
The Islanders snapped a three-game skid that included two overtime losses.
Dawson Mercer and Erik Haula scored for New Jersey in the 4-2 defeat on Thursday.
Chris Kreider and K'Andre Miller also scored for the Rangers, who are 7-0-1 in their last eight games.
New Jersey moved five ahead of the New York Rangers in the Metropolitan Division.
The Islanders fell for the third consecutive game.
