Kovalchuk Scores In SO, Canadiens Rally Past Devils
Kyle Palmieri scored two-power-play goals for New Jersey, including the game-tying tally with 20 seconds left in regulation.
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Kyle Palmieri scored two-power-play goals for New Jersey, including the game-tying tally with 20 seconds left in regulation.
The Rangers also beat Detroit at home on Friday night and have won six of nine games, generating some hope they can rally into playoff contention.
New Jersey, well out of the playoff chase in the Eastern Conference, has picked up points in its last three contests (1-0-2).
Michael Dal Colle, Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders in their third consecutive loss on home ice.
Pavel Buchnevich also scored to start the Rangers' three-goal second period, and rookie Igor Shesterkin stopped 23 shots.
Pavel Zacha scored twice and Nikita Gusev, Jesper Bratt and John Hayden once for the Devils.
Anders Lee, Anthony Beauvillier and Brock Nelson also scored, and Mathew Barzal had two assists to help the Islanders head into the All-Star break with their second win in eight games (2-4-2).
Devils goalie Cory Schneider started for the first time since Nov. 8 and was chased late in the second period.
Semyon Varlamov gave up four third-period goals and finished with 24 saves.
Mika Zibanejad and Tony DeAngelo also scored as the Rangers beat the Islanders for the fourth time in the last five meetings.
Wayne Simmonds' goal for New Jersey early in the second period snapped Samsonov's shutout streak at 135 minutes.
New York scored three times in the first eight minutes, a rousing response after a lopsided road loss to the crosstown Rangers a night earlier.
Louis Domingue allowed five goals on 19 shots before getting yanked midway through the second period.
Filip Chytil and Brett Howden scored for the Rangers, who fell to 1-5-1 in their last seven on the road.
New York, which snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Bruins in a 3-2 shootout win at Boston on Dec. 19, has now lost nine straight meetings at home.
Hischier's 11th and 12th goals of the season came on the same night the 2017 top pick missed out on a last-chance All-Star invite.
An offensive outburst by defenseman Tony DeAngelo propelled the New York Rangers.
One 7-year-old girl has stood up for her truth and showed that "girls can play anything they want."
Mika Zibanejad and Ryan Strome each had a goal and an assist, and Chris Kreider and Brady Skjei also scored for New York.
Casey Cizikas, Jordan Eberle, Tom Kuhnhackl also scored for the Islanders.
The Islanders had lost two straight overall and four in a row at the Nassau Coliseum.
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal for the Rangers and Alexandar Georgiev finished with 25 saves.
The Islanders are 0-for-9 on the power play the last five games.
Blake Coleman and Jesper Boqvist scored in the third period for the Devils, who ended a season-best three-game winning streak.
New York fell to 1-2-0 on a four-game road trip that wraps up Saturday night in Vancouver.
