Zibanejad wins it in OT for hot Rangers
Mika Zibanejad scored 2:36 into overtime, and the New York Rangers beat the host Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Friday night for their fourth consecutive victory.
Chris Kreider, Alexis Lafreniere and Jonny Brodzinski scored for New York, which carried a 3-1 lead into the third period. Kreider also set up Zibanejad's winning goal for his 24th assist on the season.
Nick Foligno, Jason Dickinson and Alex Vlasic scored for Chicago in its sixth consecutive loss. Mrazek made 31 stops.
Kirill Kaprizov scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves to lead Minnesota at home against Pittsburgh.
Matt Boldy and Jonas Brodin also scored as the Wild won for the fifth time in seven games.
Fleury, who earned his 553rd career win, was honored in a pregame ceremony nearly a month after passing Patrick Roy (551) for second place in NHL history. He trails only Martin Brodeur, who has 691 wins.
Reilly Smith and Sidney Crosby scored for the Penguins.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Calgary Seattle Ducks
San Jose
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston Florida Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Montreal Buffalo Ottawa
Note:
GP W
51 52 47 48 51 50 51 51
CENTRAL DIVISION
Dallas Colorado Winnipeg St. Louis Nashville Minnesota Arizona Chicago
GP W
51 51 49 52 50 50 50 47
Friday's results
Today's games
Sunday's games
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GP W
51 52 49 49 51 51 49 52 31 32 30 26 26 23 23 14 32 32 26 27 26 21 22 20
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
12 15 16 15 22 19 31 32
L OT Pts GF GA
14 16 14 21 23 23 23 35
L OT Pts GF GA
10 15 15 20 18 21 24 25
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
5 6 1 10 5 10 2 5 6 4 5 2 2 5 3 3 9 4 8 5 6 8 4 2
Edmonton 5, Ducks 3 Minnesota 3, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Rangers 4, Chicago 3, OT 73 189 133 68 169 141 61 166 130 56 152 132 53 158 159 52 140 147 38 132 175 33 107 199 68 189 157 68 196 165 65 149 116 54 141 153 54 153 160 51 154 169 49 145 150 31 109 183 73 178 132 68 163 131 60 173 157 59 178 173 58 176 161 50 141 177 48 147 157 42 158 170
L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 52 33 16 3 69 170 147 Carolina 50 29 16 5 63 170 149 Philadelphia 52 27 19 6 60 153 150 N.Y. Islanders 51 22 17 12 56 152 170 Pittsburgh 48 23 18 7 53 143 129 New Jersey 49 25 21 3 53 169 176 Washington 49 22 20 7 51 119 155 Columbus 50 16 24 10 42 148 184
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.
Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 10 a.m. Dallas at Montreal, 10 a.m.
St. Louis at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Vancouver at Detroit, 10 a.m. Washington at Boston, 12:30 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 3 p.m.
New Jersey at Carolina, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Seattle at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Columbus, 4 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Nashville, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Kings, 7 p.m.
St. Louis at Montreal, 10 a.m. Vancouver at Washington, 10:30 a.m.