Kreider, Rooney Lift Rangers To Win Against Islanders
Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves as the Rangers won for the sixth time in seven games. Ryan Reaves added two assists.
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Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves as the Rangers won for the sixth time in seven games. Ryan Reaves added two assists.
Stuck in holiday traffic in Manhattan with the Holland Tunnel closed, the Wild finally made it to Prudential Center at 6:26 p.m., pushing the start back 24 minutes to 7:33 p.m.
Mitch Marner scored twice and Joseph Woll stopped 20 shots for his first career shutout as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the New York Islanders 3-0 Sunday night.
Defenseman Ryan Lindgren barely beat the third-period buzzer to lift the Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday night and extend their home winning streak to five games.
The Islanders were without six players — captain Anders Lee, forwards Josh Bailey, Ross Johnston and Anthony Beauvillier, and defensemen Adam Pelech and Andy Greene — for the debut of UBS Arena due to COVID-19 protocols.
New Jersey also got goals from Dawson Mercer, Jimmy Vesey and Tomas Tatar.
The Rangers came in with four straight victories, and had earned points in eight of their last nine, but were unable to generate much of an attack until the third period.
Mackenzie Blackwood allowed four goals in a span of 8:20. He faced 27 shots before being replaced by Jonathan Bernier with 11:45 left in the second period.
The victory was the 200th all-time by the Rangers over the Canadiens in regular-season play.
Ilya Sorokin allowed four goals on 17 shots in the first period for the Islanders and was replaced before the second by Semyon Varlamov, who finished with 17 saves.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves, Anthony Cirelli had a tiebreaking goal and a fight, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Monday night.
Ten Senators players are currently in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol.
Kaapo Kaako had a goal and an assist, and Adam Fox and Alexis Lafreniere also scored to help the Rangers win their third straight and beat the Devils for the seventh straight time.
Jacob Trouba had a goal and an assist, while Ryan Strome and Adam Fox each had two assists to help the Rangers win their second straight.
Rookie Dawson Mercer and Jesper Bratt each had a goal and an assist for New Jersey. Linemate Andreas Johnsson added two assists.
Janne Kuokkanen scored a short-handed goal, Tomas Tatar had a power-play goal and Dawson Mercer and Dougie Hamilton each had one at even strength to help New Jersey win its third straight.
Andreas Johnsson scored twice and defenseman P.K. Subban had the go-ahead goal as the Devils had their biggest offensive output of the season.
Chris Kreider and Adam Fox each had a goal in the first period before K'Andre Miller and Ryan Strome scored 30 seconds apart in the second as New York built a 4-0 lead after two.
Brandon Duhaime scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, and the Minnesota Wild registered another comeback win to beat Anders Lee and the Islanders 5-2 on Sunday night.
Damon Severson scored in the third round of a shootout and the Devils snapped a three-game skid with a 3-2 victory over San Jose on Saturday night.
Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist, Jacob Markstrom made 22 saves for his league-best fourth shutout of the season and Calgary extended their point streak to 10 games with a 6-0 win over the Rangers.
Sorokin, playing his ninth consecutive game to start the season, stopped 24 shots for his third shutout — tied for the NHL lead.
Alex Iafallo scored 42 seconds into overtime Friday night to give Los Angeles their fourth straight win, 3-2 over the Devils.
Edmonton set a franchise record when Leon Draisaitl scored the overtime winner in a 6-5 comeback win over the Rangers on Friday night.
Playing the eighth of 13 straight road games to open the season while their new arena is finished, the Islanders scored more than four goals for the first time this season.
