Star Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price exited with a recurring injury, but Devante Smith-Pelly and Alex Galchenyuk scored in the opening 1:29 of the third period as the Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5-1 on Wednesday in a matchup of the top two teams in the NHL’s Eastern Conference.
Smith-Pelley had two goals. Sven Andrighetto and Max Pacioretty also scored for the Canadiens, who have handed the Rangers two of their four losses in regulation this season.
Price stopped 22 shots in the first two periods and was replaced at the start of the third by Mike Condon. After it was over, coach Michel Therrien said Price was sidelined by the same lower-body injury that kept him out for eight games earlier this month. This was his third game back.
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Price was the NHL Most Valuable Player and Vezina Trophy winner last season as the league’s top goalie.
BLACKHAWKS 5, SHARKS 2
In California, Patrick Kane had two assists to extend his career-best scoring streak to 17 games, leading the Blackhawks to a 5-2 win over San Jose.
Kane set up Brent Seabrook on Chicago’s first goal and also got a helper on Duncan Keith’s second-period goal to give him 28 points during the streak.
Jonathan Toews and former Shark Andrew Desjardins also scored for Chicago. Andrew Shaw added an empty-netter for the Blackhawks, who improved to 2-1-1 on their annual circus road trip. The six-game swing concludes this weekend with games in Anaheim and Los Angeles.
Corey Crawford made 27 saves.
Brent Burns and Patrick Marleau scored for the Sharks, who returned home from a 6-0 road trip to lose once again at the Shark Tank. San Jose fell to 3-6 at home this season after dropping 22 games there last season — their most since 1996-1997. The Sharks had earned the most points at home in the NHL over the previous nine seasons.
COYOTES 4, DUCKS 2
In Glendale, Arizona, Antoine Vermette scored twice in the Coyotes 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
The Coyotes had beaten the Ducks twice already this season behind Max Domi, Anthony Duclair and Martin Hanzal.
Domi and Duclair were at it again, combining for three points — including a goal in the third period shortly after Anaheim cut the lead to two.
Duclair has scored five of his eight goals against the Ducks this season and has combined with Domi for 11 points in three games.
Anaheim twice cut Arizona’s lead to one on third-period goals by Sami Vantanen and Ryan Kesler before Vermette put it away with an empty-netter.
Michael Stone also scored and Mike Smith stopped 29 shots for the Coyotes.
SENATORS 5, AVALANCHE 3
In Denver, Shane Prince had two goals and an assist for his first NHL points, and the Senators held on to defeat the Avalanche.
Zack Smith, Kyle Turris and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and an assist for the Senators, who have won four straight.
Craig Anderson made 20 of his 40 saves in the third period when the Avalanche tried to overcome a three-goal deficit.
Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog each had a goal and an assist, and Chris Wagner scored his first NHL goal for Colorado.
PENGUINS 4, BLUES 3, OT
In Pisstburgh, Evgeni Malkin scored 1:03 into overtime and Sidney Crosby broke out with two goals to lift Pittsburgh over St Louis.
Malkin took a lead pass from Phil Kessel and beat goaltender Jake Allen on the backhand for his eighth of the season and fifth game-winner.
Crosby scored his fourth and fifth of the season and now has a goal against every NHL team — he had five assists in 10 career meetings against St Louis. It was also the first time Crosby scored two regular-season goals since February, a span of 47 games.
Ben Lovejoy also scored to help the Penguins finish 3-1 during a four-game homestand after dropping three of their previous four.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves for his 11th win of the season.
Alex Pietrangelo tied the game 3-3 with 5:41 left in the third period. St Louis also got goals from Paul Stastny and Robby Fabbri.
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Lightning 2, Kings 1, SO
‧ Predators 3, Sabres 2
‧ Bruins 3, Red Wings 2, OT
‧ Capitals 5, Jets 3
‧ Hurricanes 4, Oilers 1
‧ Islanders 3, Flyers 1
‧ Blue Jackets 2, Devils 1
‧ Canucks 3, Wild 2
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