New York Rangers suppress Malkin to beat Penguins 5-2

The Columbus Blue Jackets' Manny Malhotra celebrates his second goal of the game against the Calgary Flames in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday. PHOTO: AP

Sean Avery posted his third two-goal effort in a month and Henrik Lundqvist made 22 saves for the New York Rangers to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 in the NHL on Tuesday.

Avery scored in the first period and third, when New York restored the two-goal edge they squandered in the second. Avery has 10 goals in 15 games.

New York slowed down the Sidney Crosby-less Penguins, who had won three in a row, and kept Evgeni Malkin, the league's second-leading scorer, without a point.

BLUES 4, CANADIENS 3, SO

At Montreal, Brad Boyes scored his 38th goal and was the only player to score in the shootout, and St. Louis ended a 10-game road losing streak at the expense of co-Eastern Conference leader Montreal.

Boyes, who scored in the second period, put a backhand past Jaroslav Halak on St. Louis' second shootout attempt.

Blues goalie Manny Legace stopped Saku Koivu, Andrei Kostitsyn and Alex Kovalev in the shootout.

FLYERS 3, THRASHERS 2

At Philadelphia, Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Vaclav Prospal scored and Philadelphia kept their hold on the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Antero Niittymaki allowed a goal 58 seconds into the game, but was nearly flawless in helping the Flyers to their 10th-straight series win against Atlanta.

BLUE JACKETS 3, FLAMES 0

At Columbus, Ohio, backup goalie Fredrik Norrena made 18 saves for his first shutout of the season and Columbus beat Calgary.

Norrena -- who had a career-high 43 saves in a 4-3 win against Detroit on Sunday -- started his second-straight game for Pascal Leclaire, out with a concussion.

Manny Malhotra scored two goals for the second-straight game and Rick Nash had a goal and two assists for Columbus.

MAPLE LEAFS 3, ISLANDERS 1

At Uniondale, New York, Pavel Kubina scored a third-period power-play goal to help Toronto beat New York.

Kubina's screened slap shot from the right point got through cleanly and beat Islanders goalie Wade Dubielewicz.

In other games, it was: Capitals 4, Predators 2; Oilers 8, Coyotes 4; Sharks 2, Kings 1.