Lafreniere's OT goal lifts Rangers
Alexis Lafreniere scored 1:53 into overtime and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the visiting Colorado Avalanche 2-1 on Monday night.
Artemi Panarin also scored and Jonathan Quick stopped 31 shots to help the Rangers get their second straight win.
Nathan MacKinnon scored for the Avalanche, who had won three straight. Alexandar Georgiev finished with 27 saves against his former team.
Zach Parise made his Avalanche debut. The 39-year-old forward signed with Colorado on Jan. 26 after playing the previous two seasons for the Islanders.
Former Toronto forward Pierre Engvall returned to score late and New York halted the Maple Leafs' three-game winning streak.
Kyle MacLean and Mathew Barzal also scored for the visiting Islanders.
ISLANDERS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2 >>
Goalie Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves.
The win evened new Islanders head coach Patrick Roy's record at 2-2-1.
Toronto captain John Tavares tied the game on the power play with 4:48 left in the third period, redirecting a Morgan Rielly shot from the slot. Mitch Marner also scored for Toronto.
Ilya Samsonov made 26 saves in his fourth consecutive start as Toronto outshot the visitors 37-29.
CAPITALS' KUZNETSOV ENTERS PLAYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM >>
Washington center Evgeny Kuznetsov is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Monday.
Kuznetsov will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care. Under the terms of the program, he can return to the team for practice and then games when cleared by administrators. The Capitals said earlier Monday that Kuznetsov was not practicing for personal reasons.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
CENTRAL DIVISION
Colorado Dallas Winnipeg St. Louis Nashville Arizona Minnesota Chicago
GP W
49 33 50 29 45 29 48 23 50 21 49 22 50 18 51 14
GP W
50 32 49 30 47 30 49 26 51 26 48 23 49 21 50 14
Monday's results
N.Y. Rangers 2, Colorado 1, OT N.Y. Islanders 3, Toronto 2
Today's games
L OT Pts GF GA
11 15 15 15 19 22 30 32 5 6 1 10 10 5 2 5 71 186 127 64 163 138 59 160 124 56 152 132 52 140 147 49 149 155 38 129 170 33 107 199
L OT Pts GF GA
14 13 12 21 23 22 23 34 4 6 5 2 2 3 5 2 68 191 155 66 183 151 65 148 109 54 141 153 54 153 160 49 143 147 47 149 166 30 105 177
Calgary at Boston, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Washington, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Carolina, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Colorado at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Vegas, 7 p.m.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Tampa Bay Toronto Detroit Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders Pittsburgh New Jersey Washington Columbus
GP W
49 31 9 49 31 14 50 27 18 48 25 15 50 26 18 49 22 23 49 20 21 47 20 25
GP W
50 48 50 50 46 47 47 50
Wednesday's games
Dallas at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday's games
31 28 25 21 22 24 22 16
L OT Pts GF GA
L OT Pts GF GA
16 15 19 17 17 20 18 24 9 4 5 8 6 4 8 2 3 5 6 12 7 3 7 10 71 173 128 66 158 127 59 175 164 58 168 153 58 176 161 48 146 155 48 136 175 42 158 170 65 163 143 61 163 144 56 147 148 54 146 168 51 138 126 51 161 168 51 115 146 42 148 184
Calgary at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Boston, 4 p.m. Washington at Florida, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Colorado at Carolina, 5 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Vegas at Arizona, 6 p.m.
BASEBALL
MLB
American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS:
Agreed to terms with SS Bobby Witt Jr. on an 11-year contract.
National League DODGERS:
Traded LHP Caleb Ferguson to the New York Yankees in exchange for LHP Matt Gage and RHP Christian Zazueta..
FOOTBALL
NFL
CLEVELAND BROWNS:
Named Ken Dorsey offensive coordinator, Tommy Rees tight ends/pass game specialist, Jacques Cesaire defensive line coach and Duce Stanley running backs coach.
Announced the retirement of RB Rex Burkhead.
Named Jay Harbaugh special teams coordinator.
HOUSTON TEXANS:
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS:
HOCKEY
NHL
BUFFALO SABRES:
Activated D Erik Johnson from injured reserve.
Recalled LW Dylan Holloway from Bakersfield (AHL).
Placed F Pat Maroon on injured reserve.
EDMONTON OILERS:
MINNESOTA WILD:
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS:
Activated C Bobby McMann from injured reserve.