Jaromir Jagr scored twice on two-man power plays in a 42-second span, and Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves for his first NHL shutout in the New York Rangers' 4-0 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday.
Jagr scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season -- all on the power play -- on nearly identical plays late in the second period to help the Atlantic Division-leading Rangers tie Ottawa for the top spot in the Eastern Conference with 10 points. Jagr was set up both times by Martin Straka.
"I've been playing with Marty for a long time," Jagr said. "He knows where I'm going to be and I know where to look for him."
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Petr Prucha added his first NHL goal and fellow rookie Fedor Tyutin also scored for New York, which has earned points in all but one of its seven games this season.
Lundqvist, starting for the Rangers with Kevin Weekes sidelined by a groin injury, has won three straight games after opening his NHL career with an overtime loss to New Jersey.
"He's a proven goalie in Europe, but we played 50 minutes of hockey and had 13 shots," Florida's Olli Jokinen said. "We can't give him credit. He's probably happy he got his first shutout in the NHL, but we made him look good. We really didn't test that guy."
Red Wings 3, Sharks 2, OT
At Detroit, Jiri Fischer's goal with 50.9 seconds left in overtime gave the Red Wings a win over San Jose.
Fischer's wrist shot from the top of the left circle beat Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov just under the crossbar. It was his third goal of the season.
Brendan Shanahan and Mikael Samuelsson both scored power-play goals for the Red Wings, who improved to 6-0-1. Goaltender Manny Legace made 26 saves for Detroit.
Nils Ekman and Marco Sturm had goals for San Jose and Nabokov stopped 31 shots.
Coyotes 2, Flames 0
At Calgary, Alberta, Curtis Joseph recorded his 44th career shutout as Phoenix blanked the Flames.
Mike Ricci scored with 7:14 left in the third period to break the scoreless tie. A hard shot from Fredrik Sjostrom drifted over the net but the puck caromed off the end boards and Ricci knocked the rebound past goalie Miikka Kiprusoff. Boyd Devereaux added an empty net goal with 36 seconds left.
Joseph recorded 25 saves for the Coyotes, who earned coach Wayne Gretzky his first road victory.
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