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Rangers rally past Boston

The Carolina Hurricanes' Erik Cole, No. 26, slips the puck past the San Jose Sharks' Evgeni Nabokov during the first period of their NHL game on Saturday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Carolina won 6-4. PHOTO: AP

Thomas Pock scored a goal with 100 seconds left to send the game into overtime and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 40 shots on Saturday as the New York Rangers rallied to beat Boston 2-1 in a shootout.

Michael Nylander and Jaromir Jagr assisted on Pock's goal and also scored in the shootout as the Rangers swept the season series against the Bruins for the second consecutive year. New York has lost just once in regulation in its last 13 games to hold onto the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Marc Savard scored for the Bruins in the second period. That was the game's only goal until Jagr surprised Boston defenseman Zdeno Chara in the corner and forced a turnover.

Pock picked up the puck and made a wrist shot from the left circle that got by Joey MacDonald on the stick side, spoiling the rookie's bid for his first career shutout.

MacDonald stopped 35 shots after he was called in to relieve Tim Thomas against the Rangers.

He allowed four goals on 11 shots before Thomas had to come back in to finish the game. Boston lost that game 7-0 to start a four-game losing streak.

The Bruins have lost seven of their last nine games.

Islanders 4, Flyers 3

At Philadelphia, the Flyers' Andy Hilbert scored the decisive goal for the Islanders with less than 5 minutes remaining.

Hilbert broke a 3-3 tie when he redirected Marc-Andre Bergeron's backhand pass into the net for a goal at 15:20 of the third period.

Blues 3, Red Wings 2, SO

At Detroit, Doug Weight scored the only goal in the shootout -- with the help of a replay review -- and the Blues got the road win.

Weight's goal was first called a save by Dominik Hasek, but overturned by a review.

Penguins 2, Thrashers 1

At Pittsburgh, Jordan Staal and Michel Ouellet scored to help the Penguins get the win.

Backup goalie Jocelyn Thibault stopped 25 of 26 shots for the Pittsburgh, which snapped a two-game losing streak.

Hurricanes 6, Sharks 4

At Raleigh, North Carolina, Cam Ward made the most of his first start in goal in nearly two weeks and Andrew Ladd scored twice, helping Carolina beat San Jose.

Ray Whitney, Erik Cole, Eric Staal and Cory Stillman also had goals for the Hurricanes.

Canadiens 4, Capitals 1

At Montreal, Jaroslav Halak made 27 saves to win his fourth straight start to help Montreal overcome Washington.

Alex Kovalev had his first two-goal game this season for Montreal.

Tomas Plekanec and Michael Ryder also scored for Montreal, which won its season-high sixth in a row at home.

Maple Leafs 4, Sabres 1

At Toronto, Darcy Tucker scored twice and Toronto rebounded to earn a split of a home-and-home series with Buffalo.

Carlo Colaiacovo and Nik Antropov scored for the Maple Leafs.

Senators 7, Lightning 2

At Tampa, Florida, Dany Heatley had two goals and an assist to lead Ottawa past Tampa Bay.

Daniel Alfredsson, Christoph Schubert, Joseph Corvo, Patrick Eaves and Dean McAmmond also scored for Ottawa.

Devils 4, Panthers 3, SO

At Sunrise, Florida, Travis Zajac scored the winning goal in a shootout and New Jersey broke a three-game losing streak.

Florida's Ville Peltonen and New Jersey's Zach Parise each scored in the first round of the shootout.

Wild 4, Kings 1

At St. Paul, Minnesota, third-string goalie Josh Harding turned in another strong performance to help Minnesota stretch its franchise-best winning streak to nine games.

Brian Rolston got his team-leading 31st goal after Brent Burns scored during the first period for Minnesota.

Stars 4, Coyotes 3, SO

At Glendale, Arizona, Jere Lehtinen scored the only shootout goal in the seventh round and Dallas rallied to come all the way back from a three-goal deficit.

Marty Turco made 24 saves in regulation and in overtime and stopped all seven shootout attempts he faced for the Stars.

Predators 4, Oilers 0

At Edmonton, Alberta, Tomas Vokoun made 26 saves for his fifth shutout of the season to help Nashville snap a two-game losing skid with a victory over Edmonton.
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