Shesterkin’s shutout lifts Rangers
Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves for his second consecutive shutout, and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 in a matchup of the top teams in the Metropolitan Division on Tuesday night at Raleigh, N.C.
Adam Fox scored late in the first period, and that goal held up through Carolina using an extra skater for the final two minutes.
Carolina goalie Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 23 shots, but the Hurricanes’ threegame winning streak ended in their final regular-season meeting with the Rangers, who have a six-point lead with 17 games remaining. New York won the season series 2-1.
The Hurricanes were shut out for the second time this season. Shesterkin blanked St. Louis on 26 shots Saturday and now has three shutouts this season.
Aleksander Barkov scored the winning goal with 5:22 left as Eastern Conference-leading Florida used a three-goal third period to win at Dallas. The winner came only seconds into a power play when Florida’s captain took a shot from the middle of the right circle, and the puck ricocheted off a Stars player in front of Matthew Tkachuk who was at the side of the net ready to knock it in.
PANTHERS 4, STARS 3 »
AVALANCHE 6, FLAMES 2 »
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to 13 games for Colorado in its easy win at Calgary. Mikko Rantanen had two goals and two assists, and Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche, who have won four in a row and six of seven. Justus Annunen made 25 saves.
SABRES 7, RED WINGS 3 »
Newly acquired defenseman Bowen Byram scored twice and Zach Benson had a goal and two assists as Buffalo handed visiting Detroit
its sixth straight loss. The Sabres vaulted ahead of idle New Jersey into 11th place in the Eastern Conference, and within five points of Detroit, which began the day holding the eighth and final playoff spot.
Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals and assisted on another, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 21 saves as Minnesota beat visiting Arizona. The Wild have won four of five.
WILD 4, COYOTES 1 »
Owen Tippett scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Morgan Frost had a goal and an assist, and Philadelphia beat visiting San Jose. The Flyers moved four points ahead of the New York Islanders for third place in the Metropolitan Division. Filip Zadina scored two power-play goals on assists from Luke Kunin for San Jose, which has lost 10 of 11.
FLYERS 3, SHARKS 2 » SENATORS 2, PENGUINS 1, OT »
Drake Batherson scored 3:13 into overtime, and host Ottawa beat Pittsburgh to stop a seven-game winless streak. Michael Bunting scored the tying goal with 23 seconds left in regulation for the Penguins, who have lost seven of eight.
CANADIENS 3, BLUE JACKETS 0»
Cayden Primeau made 41 saves for his second career shutout as Montreal beat visiting Columbus. Brendan Gallagher, Jurai Slafkovsky and Joshua Roy scored for the Canadiens, with all the goals coming in the first 5:48 — and the last one leading to Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins getting pulled.
RANGERS’ REMPE SUSPENDED 4 GAMES »
New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe has been suspended four games for elbowing New Jersey Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler in the head. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the ban after a disciplinary hearing Tuesday, handing the well-known rookie his first suspension 10 games into his career.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Edmonton Los Angeles Vegas Seattle Calgary Anaheim San Jose
Dallas Winnipeg Colorado Nashville Minnesota St. Louis Arizona Chicago
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Florida Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia N.Y. Islanders Washington New Jersey Pittsburgh Columbus
GP W
66 63 64 65 64 65 65 64
CENTRAL DIVISION
67 64 66 66 66 65 66 66
GP W
66 67 64 65 65 66 65 63 65 65 66 64 63 65 64 65
Tuesday’s results
Today’s games
Thursday’s games
Friday’s games
42 39 33 35 28 31 23 16
GP W
40 41 41 37 32 33 26 18 45 38 37 34 33 31 25 26
GP W
43 39 34 29 30 31 28 22
L OT Pts GF GA
17 21 20 23 24 29 39 41
L OT Pts GF GA
18 18 20 25 27 29 35 43
L OT Pts GF GA
17 14 19 25 26 30 30 33
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
18 20 24 21 24 30 27 33
N.Y. Rangers 1, Carolina 0 Montreal 3, Columbus 0 Buffalo 7, Detroit 3
Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT Philadelphia 3, San Jose 2 Minnesota 4, Arizona 1 Florida 4, Dallas 3
Chicago 7, Anaheim 2 Colorado 6, Calgary 2 Vegas 5, Seattle 4, OT 7 3 11 7 12 5 3 7
Ducks at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Kings at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. 9 5 5 4 7 3 5 5
4 15 8 6 6 5 10 4 4 6 8 14 9 4 9 10 91 234 178 81 222 180 77 197 171 77 212 195 68 178 184 67 202 212 49 169 236 39 141 253 89 245 203 87 196 153 87 247 199 78 211 201 71 208 216 69 184 200 57 193 222 41 145 235 94 221 156 91 223 184 82 231 201 74 224 219 72 224 218 67 196 198 60 183 229 56 202 221
L OT Pts GF GA
90 214 173 84 216 178 76 195 196 72 197 209 69 170 197 66 212 227 65 181 186 54 192 235
Kings at St. Louis, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Winnipeg, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Boston at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Florida at Carolina, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Columbus, 4 p.m.
San Jose at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m. Ducks at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
New Jersey at Dallas, 5 p.m. Vegas at Calgary, 6 p.m. Washington at Seattle, 7 p.m.