Montreal rally with three goals in 62 seconds to squeeze past Rangers
Minnesota beat Dallas while Florida get past Columbus in day’s other matches
Alexei Emelin, Max Pacioretty and Paul Byron scored in a 62-second span of the third period to lift the Montreal Canadiens over the New York Rangers 5-4 on Saturday night.
Alex Galchenyuk scored in his return after injuring his knee December 4, and Brian Flynn also had a goal for Montreal.
Brandon Pirri, Rick Nash, J.T. Miler and Derek Stepan scored for the Rangers, who were coming off a 4-2 loss at home to Toronto on Friday night.
The Rangers’ Antti Raanta played for the first time since December 29 but left in the first period with a lower-body injury after stopping 10 of 10 shots. Henrik Lundqvist replaced him and allowed five goals on 22 shots a night after losing to the Maple Leafs.
In Dallas, Jason Zucker scored the winner with 6:45 to play as Minnesota beat Dallas 5-4 after blowing lead.
Zucker skated into the paint as Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen blocked a shot. The puck bounced off Zucker’s chest and into the goal just before the net came off its moorings. A replay review confirmed the goal.
Elsewhere, Jaromir Jagr scored early in the third period, helping lead Florida past Columbus 4-3. Shawn Thornton, Vincent Trocheck and Jonathan Marchessault also scored for Florida. a four-goal