Red-hot Rangers notch OT win over rivals Islanders
UNIONDALE: Mika Zibanejad scored 28 seconds into overtime on Tuesday night for the visiting New York Rangers, who remained red hot with a spirited 4-3 win over the New York Islanders in Uniondale, New York.
Zibanejad intercepted a clearing pass and fired a slap shot past Semyon Varlamov to give the Rangers their 11th win in 14 games and pull them within five points of the Islanders in the Eastern Conference standings.
Artemi Panarin, Greg McKegg and Brett Howden also scored for the Rangers. Goalie Alexandar Georgiev made 42 saves.
Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who was acquired from the Ottawa Senators on Monday, Jordan Eberle and Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders, who had their two-game winning streak snapped. Varlamov recorded 24 saves.
Roope Hintz had a goal and two assists as Dallas defeated Carolina 4-1, ruining the celebratory mood for the Hurricanes in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dallas goalie Anton Khudobin made 40 saves with a splendid performance.
Tyler Seguin, Jason Dickinson and Denis Gurianov also scored for the Stars, who are 7-1-1 in their past nine games. Dickinson and Gurianov each added an assist.
Sebastian Aho had Carolina’s goal, his team-leading 36th of the season. The Hurricanes have lost two of their past three games. It was Carolina’s first game since David Ayres, a Zamboni driver, was summoned as the emergency goalie in Toronto on Saturday and ended up with the victory. Ayres was in attendance for Tuesday night’s game, receiving numerous recognitions and honours.
Alex Ovechkin scored in the top of the fifth round of the shoot-out, and goalie Braden Holtby kicked away a Nikolaj Ehlers slap shot in the bottom half as Washington defeated visiting Winnipeg 4-3. Ovechkin also scored during regulation, notching his 43rd goal of the season and the 701st of his career.