Sat, Jan 10, 2015 page18

• Rangers win Stanley Cup rematch

  • AP, LOS ANGELES
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  Dan Boyle had a goal and an assist, while Cam Talbot made 28 saves as the New York Rangers held off the Los Angeles Kings for a 4-3 victory on Thursday in a rematch of last year’s Stanley Cup finals.

  Kevin Klein, Lee Stempniak and Martin St Louis scored in a 5 minute, 46 second span of the second period for the Rangers, who erased an early two-goal deficit and completed a Southern California sweep with their 12th win in 13 games overall.

  Justin Williams scored two goals for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who returned from a four-day break with an inconsistent defensive effort.

  Jonathan Quick stopped 22 shots, but his teammates struggled to keep up with the Rangers’ speed and precision for parts of Los Angeles’ fourth loss in five games.

  Tanner Pearson scored in the first period for Los Angeles. Williams got his second goal with 4 minutes, 3 seconds to play.

  BRUINS 3, DEVILS 0

  Milan Lucic scored two goals, while Niklas Svedberg earned his second NHL shutout behind three periods of stifling defense as Boston topped New Jersey.

  Svedberg faced only 14 shots. Boston held New Jersey to three in the opening period and four in the second, three coming on a late power play that did nothing to spark the Devils.

  David Krejci and Torey Krug assisted on Lucic’s power-play goal with 1 minute, 10 seconds left in the first, and Carl Soderberg added an unassisted goal 8 minutes, 31 seconds into the second for the only scoring until Lucic tapped in an empty-netter with 12 seconds remaining.

  Patrice Bergeron and Chris Kelly assisted on the final goal. It was the 700th career game for both.

  New Jersey’s Cory Schneider made 41 saves.

  FLYERS 3, CAPITALS 2, OT

  Jakub Voracek scored 1 minute, 28 seconds into overtime to lift Philadelphia over Washington.

  Voracek scored his 16th goal of the season to give the Flyers their second win of the homestand.

  Alex Ovechkin and Karl Alzner scored for the Capitals, who twice blew one-goal leads.

  R.J. Umberger and Sean Courturier also scored for the Flyers.

  Braden Holtby started a Washington goaltender-record 17th straight game and played in his 23rd straight overall.

  Philadelphia’s Steve Mason, who left Wednesday’s practice early due to soreness, stopped 26 shots.

  HURRICANES 5, SABRES 2

  Jeff Skinner scored one of Carolina’s four goals in the second period as the Hurricanes sent Buffalo to their sixth straight loss.

  Jiri Tlusty had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who have won three of four. Carolina, last in the Eastern Conference, moved within one point of Buffalo.

  Tlusty, Eric Staal and Victor Rask scored in a 69-second span late in the second period. Riley Nash added a goal in the third period.

  Philip Varone scored both Buffalo goals in his second game this season.

  Cam Ward made 18 saves for Carolina, who have gone 10 games without allowing a power-play goal. Buffalo’s Jhonas Enroth stopped 26 shots.

  BLUES 7, SHARKS 2

  St Louis scored the final four goals to turn a one-goal lead into a thrashing of San Jose.

  Alexander Steen, Jay Bouwmeester, Paul Stastny, Jori Lehtera, T.J. Oshie, Patrik Berglund and David Backes all scored for the Blues, who have 20 goals in three games. Jaden Schwartz added three assists, while Brian Elliott made 25 saves.

  The Sharks got goals from Logan Couture and Melker Karlsson.

  St Louis struck first with a power-play goal from Steen, his 11th of the season and third in four games, before getting a goal from Bouwmeester.

  WILD 4, BLACKHAWKS 2

  Bryan Bickell scored twice in the third period, while Corey Crawford made a season-high 42 saves as Chicago held on to beat heavy-hearted Minnesota.

  Patrick Sharp and Patrick Kane also scored for Chicago, who have won four of six.

  Jason Zucker and Jason Pominville scored for Minnesota, who have lost nine of 11.

  The Wild played their second straight game without left-wing Zach Parise. His father, former Minnesota North Stars player J.P. Parise, died on Wednesday night.

  A moment of silence was held before the game and Wild players wore “11” decals on their helmets.

  With Darcy Kuemper out for at least a week with a lower-body injury, Niklas Backstrom got the start for Minnesota and made 15 saves.

  In other games on Thursday, it was:

  ‧ Predators 3, Stars 2, OT

  ‧ Coyotes 4, Jets 1

  ‧ Avalanche 5, Senators 2

  ‧ Panthers 3, Canucks 1
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