Miroslav Satan beat Henrik Lundqvist for the only score of the shootout to give the New York Islanders a 3-2 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday, their first win in the local rivalry in 11 NHL games.
"I just watched the goalie to see what he was going to do. I was just trying to focus on him," Satan said. "He stayed in, so I shot."
Satan, who had a power-play goal in the third period, was the only shooter to score in the shootout, the first of the season for both teams.
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"I'm not that big a fan of it," Satan said. "I don't think the players like the pressure of a shootout, but it makes the game exciting for the fans."
DiPietro, back in goal after sustaining a concussion last week and missing a loss to Philadelphia last Saturday, made 33 saves.
The Islanders were swept by the Rangers in six games in 2003-2004 and were 0-2-8 in their previous 10 meetings since a 3-1 victory at Madison Square Garden in November 2002.
The Rangers had won their last three games, all at home and all with the rookie Lundqvist in goal. The 23-year-old Swede, starting in place of injured Kevin Weekes, had 23 saves.
Alexei Yashin scored on a two-man advantage for the Islanders. Jaromir Jagr and Petr Prucha scored for the Rangers.
Blues 3, Mighty Ducks 2
At St. Louis, Eric Brewer scored with 56 seconds left in regulation to give St. Louis the victory.
The game appeared headed for overtime when Anaheim's Teemu Selanne scored a power-play goal at 18:44 to tie it 2-2. But Brewer beat Anaheim's Ilya Bryzgalov with a wrist shot from just inside the blue line to give the Blues the lead.
Bryzgalov was playing because starting goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere had to leave the game with a groin strain at 16:55 of the second period. Bryzgalov allowed two goals on 14 shots. Giguere had played all but 15 minutes of Anaheim's first five games.
Dean McAmmond and Christian Backman also scored for St. Louis, and Patrick Lalime made 28 saves. Sandis Ozolinsh had the other goal for Anaheim.
Wild 6, Sharks 1
At St. Paul, Minnesota, Manny Fernandez made 34 saves and Minnesota scored five goals in the third period.
Derek Boogaard's first NHL goal put the Wild ahead for good early in the third, and Marc Chouinard, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Jason White and Filip Kuba then scored for the Wild in their second straight win.
White had two assists for Minnesota, which finished its four-game homestand with a 3-1 record.
Nicholas Dimitrakos scored for the Sharks, who have lost the first two games of a six-game road trip. Evgeni Nabokov made 19 saves for San Jose.
Kings 5, Avalanche 4
At Denver, Craig Conroy scored the winning goal with 58 seconds left to lift Los Angeles as Colorado blew a three-goal lead for the second time in a week.
Conroy scored his first goal of the season, beating David Aebischer to mark the second big Avalanche meltdown in six nights.
The Avalanche finished their homestand 1-1-2, including a 5-4 loss to Nashville last Thursday after leading 3-0 early.
Los Angeles pulled within 4-3 on a shot from the top of the circle by Lubomir Visnovsky and the Kings tied it when Sean Avery knocked in a pass from Eric Belanger.
Ian Laperriere scored twice and Andrew Brunette had a goal to give the Avs a 3-1 lead after the first period.
Joe Sakic scored his third goal of the season at the 6:35 mark of the second to push the lead to three.
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