Antoine Roussel scored the go-ahead goal 54 seconds into the second period as the Dallas Stars broke the New York Rangers’ eight-game winning streak with a 3-2 victory on Monday night.
John Klingberg and Ales Hemsky also scored for the Stars, who have won six of seven.
The Rangers’ streak tied the NHL’s longest this season, but fell two games short of matching the team record set during the 1939-40 season and equaled in 1972-73.
Photo: AFP
J.T. Miller and Kevin Hayes scored for the Rangers.
Kari Lehtonen stopped 28 shots and earned his 15th victory of the season. New York’s Henrik Lundqvist lost for the first time since Dec. 1.
BLUES 3, AVALANCHE 0
Martin Brodeur stopped 16 shots and recorded his NHL-record 125th shutout and 691st victory as St Louis beat the Avalanche.
Dmitrij Jaskin, Chris Butler and Vladimir Tarasenko scored, and Paul Stastny had two assists for the Blues (22-11-3), who snapped a four-game losing streak (0-3-1) and avenged a 5-0 loss in Colorado on Dec. 23.
The Avalanche (13-14-8) have dropped two straight after going 4-0-2 in their previous six games.
ISLANDERS 4, CAPITALS 3, OT
Johnny Boychuk’s power-play goal 2 minutes, 53 seconds into in overtime lifted the Islanders over the Capitals after New York blew another three-goal lead.
For the second straight game, and fourth in recent weeks, the Islanders let a three-goal lead get away. New York lost against Buffalo 4-3 on Saturday.
This time, the Capitals stormed back in the third period on goals by Eric Fehr, Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin. Braden Holtby stopped 35 shots.
Boychuk’s third goal gave the Islanders (24-11-1) their 14th home win, topping their total from last season.
Anders Lee, Lubomir Visnovsky and Calvin de Haan also scored for the Islanders. Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves in his return from injury.
CANADIENS 3, HURRICANES 1
Jiri Sekac and Lars Eller scored second-period goals as the Canadiens beat the Hurricanes for their third straight win.
Eric Staal, playing in his 800th NHL game, scored a power-play goal for Carolina (10-22-4) off an assist from his brother Jordan, who played in his first game since breaking his right leg during a pre-season contest on Sept. 23.
Jiri Tlusty, who returned after he missing seven games due to an upper-body injury, also had an assist for Carolina. Cam Ward stopped 16 shots.
Max Pacioretty added an empty-net goal in the final minute, and Carey Price had 28 saves for Montreal (23-11-2).
WILD 3, JETS 2
Marco Scandella scored the tiebreaking goal with 12 seconds left in the second period as the Wild rallied from two down to beat the Jets.
Scandella’s ninth of the season was Minnesota’s third goal in the second period and helped the Wild snap a five-game winless skid.
Ryan Carter and Justin Fontaine had the other goals for Minnesota (17-13-4). Sutter and Kyle Brodziak each had assists on the goals.
Minnesota goaltender Darcy Kuemper returned after missing one game with food poisoning and made 28 saves.
Michael Frolik and Mathieu Perreault both scored on a power play for the Jets.
DEVILS 3, PENGUINS 1
Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist, while Cory Schneider made 26 saves as the struggling Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Jaromir Jagr and Adam Henrique also scored for the Devils, who won for only the second time in 10 games (2-5-3).
It was also New Jersey’s first win in two games since general manager Lou Lamoriello fired coach Pete DeBoer on Friday and joined new coaches Scott Stevens and Adam Oates behind the bench as part of a three-man committee.
Sidney Crosby scored for the Penguins, who have lost four straight. Marc-Andre Fleury made 24 saves.
SENATORS 5, SABRES 2
Bobby Ryan scored three goals to carry the Ottawa Senators to a victory over the Sabres.
Colin Greening was awarded Ottawa’s final goal with 2 seconds left after he was hauled down on a breakaway by defenseman Nikita Zadorov with the Sabres net empty for an extra attacker.
Clarke MacArthur also scored.
Ottawa snapped a three-game losing skid behind a 19-save effort by Craig Anderson.
Jhonas Enroth made 31 saves for the Sabres, who got goals from Mark Pysyk and Zemgus Girgensons.
In other results on Monday, it was:
‧ Lightning 3, Maple Leafs 2
‧ Bruins 5, Red Wings 2
‧ Blackhawks 5, Predators 4, SO
‧ Coyotes 4, Flyers 2
‧ Flames 2, Kings 1
If the Wild finally break through and win their first playoff series in a decade, Minnesota’s top line likely will be the reason. They were all over the Golden Knights through the first two games of their NHL Western Conference quarter-finals series, which was 1-1 going back to Minnesota for Game 3 today. The Wild tied the series with a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Matt Boldy had three goals and an assist in the first two games, while Kirill Kaprizov produced two goals and three assists. Joel Eriksson Ek, who centers the line, has yet to get on the scoresheet. “I think the biggest
From a commemorative jersey to a stadium in his name, Argentine soccer organizers are planning a slew of tributes to their late “Captain” Pope Francis, eulogized as the ultimate team player. Tributes to the Argentine pontiff, a lifelong lover of the game, who died on Monday at the age of 88, have been peppered with soccer metaphors in his homeland. “Francisco. What a player,” the Argentine Football Federation (AFA) said, describing the first pope from Latin America and the southern hemisphere as a generational talent who “never hogged the ball” and who showed the world “the importance of having an Argentine captain,
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
Arne Slot has denied that Darwin Nunez was dropped from Liverpool’s win against West Ham because of a training-ground row with a member of his coaching staff. The Liverpool head coach on Sunday last week said that Nunez was absent from the 2-1 victory at Anfield, having felt unwell during training the day before, although the striker sat behind the substitutes throughout the game. Speculation has been rife that the Uruguay international, whom Slot criticized for his work rate against Wolves and Aston Villa in February, was left out for disciplinary reasons. Asked on Friday to clarify the situation, Slot said: “He
RSS