NHL Results/Standings

NY Rangers 3, Philadelphia 2; Chicago 3, Anaheim 2; San Jose 3, NY Islanders 2;Minnesota 6, Pittsburgh 2; Washington 3, Buffalo 1; Nashville 5, Winnipeg 1; Calgary 2, Boston 1; Columbus 5, Tampa Bay 3; Detroit 5, New Jersey 4 (OT); Dallas 2, Vancouver 1; Arizona 3, Edmonton 2 (SO).

credited with the goal at 9:32 of the second period that tied it 1. A scoring change gave the goal to Radek Faksa, who deflected Lindell’s drive from the left point past goalie Ryan Miller. bWith 4:02 left in the second, Lindell scored from the inside edge of the left faceoff circle past a screen from Patrick Eaves. Antti Niemi made 30 saves for Dallas, allowing only Jayson Megna’s early goal.

BLUE JACKETS 5, LIGHTNING 3

Brandon Saad scored on a power play and Cam Atkinson had a short-handed goal in the third period in Columbus’ victory over Tampa Bay. Alexander Wenneberg, Nick Foligno and Josh Anderson also scored to help the Blue Jackets improve to 9-2-2 in their last 13 games and 11-5-3 overall. Ondrej Palat, Jason Garrison and Nikita Kucherov scored for Tampa Bay. The loss was only the second for the Lightning in their last eight games against Columbus.

PREDATORS 5, JETS 1

Colin Wilson and Ryan Johansen scored twice, Mike Fisher added three assists and Nashville beat Winnipeg. James Neal also scored and Pekka Rinne made 22 saves for Nashville, winners of three straight. The Predators continued their home dominance, improving to 8-1-1. Dustin Byfuglien scored for Winnipeg. The Jets concluded their five-game trip, losing all five games.

FLAMES 2, BRUINS 1

Chad Johnson made 35 saves and Alex Chiasson broke a tie at 7:05 of the third period in Calgary’s victory over Boston. Coming off a 2-0 victory Wednesday night at Columbus, Johnson allowed only David Pastrnak’s goal off a rebound

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CAPITALS 3, SABRES 1 RANGERS 3, FLYERS 2

56 50 49 54 56 67 53

COYOTES 3, OILERS 2, SO

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NY Rangers 15 6 1 85 55 31 Washington 13 5 2 55 44 28 Pittsburgh 12 6 3 62 62 27 Columbus 11 5 3 61 45 25 New Jersey 10 6 4 50 51 24 Philadelphia 9 10 3 69 75 21 Carolina 8 7 4 48 52 20 NY Islanders 6 10 4 49 63 16 Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)

at 5:55 of the third period. Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist to help Calgary win for the third time in four games. Bennett set up winner with a backhand pass from behind the net right to Chiasson, who easily beat goalie Anton Khudobin as he scrambled to get back across. Boston has lost three straight and four of five.

Marcus Johansson scored, Philipp Grubauer made 29 saves and Washington beat Buffalo. Daniel Winnik and Brett Connolly also scored to help Washington close its five-game homestand with its fourth victory. Sam Reinhart’s third-period goal helped Buffalo’s NHL-worst offense avoid being shut out for the third this time this season.

Radim Vrbata and Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored in a shootout to give Arizona a 3-comeback victory over Edmonton. Mike Smith made 32 saves to help the Coyotes improve to 20-0-4 in the last 24 meetings with Edmonton. Connor McDavid’s shot beat Coyotes goalie Mike Smith as time expired in the 3-on-3 overtime, but the goal was disallowed on review when officials deemed it did not cross the goal line before time ran out. Max Domi and Shane Doan scored for Arizona. McDavid and Adam Larsson countered for Edmonton.

Matt Puempel scored in his first game with New York, and Henrik Lundqvist made 40 saves to help the Rangers beat Philadelphia. Derek Stepan and Kevin Hayes also scored for the the Rangers. Shayne Gostibehere and Chris VandeVelde scored in the third period for Philadelphia. —AP