Lafrenière Scores 2nd Of Season, Rangers Beat Capitals
Lafrenière scored his second NHL goal, Panarin had two assists and the Rangers made the best of a new-look lineup.
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Lafrenière scored his second NHL goal, Panarin had two assists and the Rangers made the best of a new-look lineup.
Colin Blackwell and Brendan Smith scored in regulation for New York, which snapped a four-game skid.
Semyon Varlamov finished with 31 saves for the Islanders and Brock Nelson scored late to avoid the shutout, but New York spent much of the second half of the game fruitlessly chasing the Penguins.
Pavel Zacha scored for the second consecutive game for the Devils, who had their first seven games in February postponed, with a total of 19 players added to the NHL's COVID-19 list.
New Jersey returned to action for the first time this month after an extended pause due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Sorokin improved to 1-2-1, and began showing the potential he displayed in establishing himself as one of the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League's top young netminders.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 20 shots and the New York Islanders extended their point streak to seven games with a 3-1 win over the COVID-19-depleted Buffalo Sabres.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice and Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves as the Islanders extended their point streak to six games (3-0-3).
Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots but the Rangers were blanked for the second time in three games and dropped their third in a row.
Sidney Crosby scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 comeback victory over the New York Islanders on Thursday night.
Julien Gauthier — with his first NHL goal — and Kevin Rooney scored for New York, Brendan Lemieux had two assists and Georgiev stopped 29 shots.
Casey Cizikas and Matt Martin scored 2:05 apart in the third period to help Semyon Varlamov and the New York Islanders beat the New York Rangers 2-0 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
Lee scored with 2:44 left after Pittsburgh's Teddy Blueger was penalized for delay of game. It was the fourth goal this season for the Islanders captain.
New York stretched its point streak to four games, which includes three victories.
A New Jersey man mistakenly received a shipment of custom hockey sticks worth $5,000 that were meant for Washington Capitals defenseman Zdeno Chara.
Chris Kreider scored a power-play goal in the third period, helping the New York Rangers to a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.
Joel Farabee had a hat trick, Kevin Hayes scored on a power play 4:23 into overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Sunday night for a weekend sweep.
Eric Comrie made 30 saves in his first start for the Devils.
New York has been unimpressive on the blue line through eight games, going 2-4-2. But DeAngelo, who signed a two-year, $9.6 million contract in the offseason, is gone.
Brendan Lemieux, Kevin Rooney, Chris Kreider and Artemi Panarin scored for New York (2-4-2), which lost for the fifth time in six games — all of them decided by one goal.
The Islanders dominated this one in regulation, outshooting the Flyers 27-14.
Janne Kuokkanen, Ty Smith and Andreas Johnsson scored for New Jersey in former Sabres coach Lindy Ruff's first trip to Buffalo since taking over the Devils this offseason.
Another long wait ended Thursday for Alexis Lafreniere, who scored his first career goal 2:47 into overtime to secure a win over the Buffalo Sabres.
The Islanders lost in regulation for the third game in a row.
Defenseman Damon Severson scored for New Jersey, and Scott Wedgewood made 14 saves. The Devils are without top goalie Mackenzie Blackwood after a positive COVID-19 test.
