| CALGARY Womens Ben Bishop Jersey , Alberta (AP) to stop 50 or more shots in consecutive victories since the NHL began tracking saves in 1955, lifting New York over the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Friday night.Lundqvist tied a career high with 50 stops on his 36th birthday. He is only the third NHL goalie to post consecutive 50-save games, joining the Rangers’ Gump Worsley on Jan. 27 and 30, 1963, and Chicago’s Al Rollins on Oct. 9 and 15, 1955. Worsley lost both his 50-save games, and Rollins split his.No Rangers goalie had made 50 saves in a win since Mike Richter in 1996 before Lundqvist beat Vancouver 6-5 in overtime Wednesday night.Recently acquired center Ryan Spooner led New York with a goal and an assist. The 26-year-old has one goal and six assists in three games since he was part of a package traded to the Rangers from Boston for Rick Nash. Spooner is the first in franchise history with six assists in his first three games with the team, and also the first Ranger with multipoint efforts in his first three games with the club, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.Kevin Hayes and Pavel Buchnevich also scored for New York.JETS 4, RED WINGS 3WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) – Patrik Laine scored his 32rd and 33rd goals of the season to help Winnipeg beat Detroit.Dustin Byfuglien and Ben Chiarot also scored and Connor Hellebuyck made 30 saves for his 33rd victory of the season. Winnipeg has won six of its last eight games to improve to 38-17-9.Niklas Kronwall, Anthony Mantha and Trevor Daley scored for Detroit, and Jimmy Howard stopped 38 shots.AVALANCHE 7, WILD 1DENVER (AP) – Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and three assists, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and three assists and Colorado beat Minnesota.The five points were a career high for MacKinnon http://www.starsshoponline.com/authentic-brett-ritchie-jersey , who also set personal bests in goals (31) and assists (45) for the season. He reached the 30-goal plateau for the first time in his five-year career.Tyson Barrie had a goal and an assist, and Gabriel Landeskog, Carl Soderberg and Matt Nieto also scored to help Colorado gain ground in the Western Conference playoff race with its 13 win in 14 home games.SENATORS 5, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 4LAS VEGAS (AP) – Alexandre Burrows scored with 8:51 left to lift Ottawa over Vegas.Burrows redirected Erik Karlsson’s slap shot from the point shortly after a pair of Vegas goals tied it at 4. Bobby Ryan had a goal and two assists, and Karlsson added three assists for Ottawa.Vegas has lost three straight and fallen to second in the Western Conference behind Nashville after briefly sitting atop the NHL standings.Ottawa also got goals from Mark Stone, Matt Duchene and Jean-Gabriel Pageau. Craig Anderson notched his 18th win by stopping 25 shots. Marc-Andre Fleury had 33 saves for Vegas.DUCKS 4, BLUE JACKETS 2ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – Andrew Cogliano and Josh Manson scored 1:27 apart in the second period and Anaheim defeated Columbus.John Gibson made 34 saves after missing three games with a lower-body injury. Rickard Rakell and Cam Fowler also scored for the Ducks, who are 5-1-1 in their last seven games.Sonny Milano and Zach Werenski scored for the Blue Jackets, who have lost three in a row on the road. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots.Anaheim holds the second wild card in the Western Conference and is one point behind Los Angeles for third place in the Pacific Division.HURRICANES 3, DEVILS 1RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Teuvo Teravainen and Justin Williams scored in the third period and Carolina overcame yet another goal by New Jersey’s Taylor Hall.Teravainen’s redirection at 9:37 of the third period made it 2-1, and Williams added an empty-net goal with 21 seconds remaining. Derek Ryan also scored and Cam Ward stopped 25 shots to help Carolina to its second straight win since dropping six straight.The Hurricanes temporarily pulled into a tie with Columbus for the Eastern Conference’s final playoff spot. The Blue Jackets were set to play Anaheim later Friday.Hall’s second-period goal extended his point streak to 24 games. He has scored in six of his last seven games, and 17 of his 29 goals have come since Jan. 1.PREDATORS 4, CANUCKS 3 Dennis Cholowski Jersey Womens , OTVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Mike Fisher scored in his first game since coming out of retirement and Calle Jarnkrok won it 43 seconds into overtime as Nashville beat Vancouver for its seventh consecutive victory.Kevin Fiala and Ryan Ellis also had goals for the Predators (41-14-9), who matched their longest winning streak since November 2009. The defending Western Conference champions lead the West by four points over expansion Vegas.Backup goalie Juuse Saros made 24 saves for Nashville, which holds the top spot in the Central Division.The 37-year-old Fisher, who retired barely six months ago, decided to return for his eighth season with the Predators.PANTHERS 4, SABRES 1SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – Aleksander Barkov scored his 24th goal of the season, James Reimer made 24 saves in his first start in six games and surging Florida beat Buffalo.The Panthers have won five straight and are 12-3-0 in their past 15. They began the night three points behind Columbus for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot.Colton Sceviour, Aaron Ekblad and Mike Matheson also scored for the Panthers, and Evgenii Dadanov had two assists.Sam Reinhart scored for the Sabres, and Robin Lehner made 26 saves.CANADIENS 6, ISLANDERS 3NEW YORK (AP) – Alex Galchenyuk completed his hat trick shortly after Paul Byron and Noah Juulsen scored 1:43 apart in the third period, lifting Montreal over New York.Galchenyuk scored his third goal into an empty net with 49 seconds left and also had an assist. Brendan Gallagher also scored for Montreal, which improved to 24-29-10 with its second straight win.Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty left the game in the third period with a lower-body injury.Montreal’s Charlie Lindgren stopped 32 shots.— PITTSBURGH (AP) — Curtis McElhinney’s been doing this a long time. More than a decade into his well-traveled NHL career http://www.starsshoponline.com/authentic-devin-shore-jersey , the Carolina Hurricanes goaltender understands how things tighten up after the All-Star break.His team scrambling for a spot in the postseason for the first time in nearly 10 years, McElhinney provided the Hurricanes with a jolt, turning aside 23 shots for his first shutout of the season in a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.“He made some saves when he needed to tonight and was able to (let) us relax and not have to chase the game,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said.Brett Pesce and Jordan Martinook scored from way out to give the Hurricanes the lead and Michael Ferland and Andrei Svechnikov poured it on late as Carolina began a pivotal five-game trip by becoming just the second team all season to hold the Penguins scoreless. McElhinney picked up the ninth shutout of his 11-year career by stuffing Jared McCann and Jake Guentzel with sprawling saves in the first period and never letting up.“We’re in a critical spot where we need to just have to keep pushing every game,” McElhinney said.Matt Murray made 28 saves for the Penguins but lost for the third time in four starts since the All-Star break. Pittsburgh struggled to generate any consistent offensive pressure against McElhinney while playing without injured star Evgeni Malkin, who missed his third consecutive game with an upper-body injury.“Obviously he’s one of the best players in the world but since I’ve been here five years we’ve always battled through injuries and doesn’t matter who is injured, we still have enough guys in here who can step up,” Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist said. “We just have to find it.”The Penguins began Tuesday tied with Washington for second place in the Metropolitan Division while Carolina sat three points behind Columbus for the second wild-card spot in the jam-packed Eastern Conference with 30 games remaining. The Hurricanes have hung around thanks in large part to the steady play of the 35-year-old McElhinney, who improved to 12-6-1 while collecting his first shutout since March 17, 2018, while playing for Toronto.Pittsburgh tested McElhinney early. McCann, acquired in a trade with Florida last week, collected a loose puck in front and darted across the crease. McElhinney went to his belly in an effort to poke check, missed, and then raised his right leg Womens Esa Lindell Jersey , which stopped McCann’s shot when McCann couldn’t get the puck in the air. He made another big stop on Guentzel later in the period and fended off a shot by Sidney Crosby from the left circle with a right pad save.“You look at (McElhinney), he’s just so calm,” Martinook said. “It almost looks easy. |
