Schenn scores the OT winner as Blues beat Rangers
ST. LOUIS » Brayden Schenn scored 1:02 into overtime, Alex Pietrangelo had two goals in regulation and the St. Louis Blues came back to beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Saturday night.
Nikita Soshnikov also scored for the Blues, who won their third game in their last four. Jake Allen made 17 saves as St. Louis moved within three points of idle Dallas and Colorado for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference, but lost leading scorer Vladimir Tarasenko to an upperbody injury.
Tarasenko played 7 minutes, 53 seconds of the first period and left the ice following his last shift of the period with no visual injury. He did not return to the Blues bench to begin the second period.
Mika Zibanejad scored twice for Rangers, earning his third multigoal game of the season. Mats Zuccarello also scored, Chris Kreider had a pair of assists and Alexandar Georgiev made 29 saves for New York, which had won its previous two games. BLUE JACKETS 2, SENATORS 1 » Markus Nutivaara scored a power-play goal in the second period, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots, and Columbus beat Ottawa.
Boone Jenner also scored — his third tally in three games — for the Blue Jackets, who have won a seasonhigh seven straight and are holding on to the first wild card spot in the Eastern Conference with 83 points, tied with Philadelphia and one point ahead of New Jersey.
Alexandre Burrows scored his fifth of the year and Mike Condon stopped 33 shots for Ottawa, which saw a three-game winning streak snapped on the second night of a back-to-back. MAPLE LEAFS 4, CANADIENS 0» Curtis McElhinney made 33 saves for his third shutout of the season and Toronto extended its club-record home winning streak to 12 straight games with a victory over Montreal.
Andreas Johnsson scored his first NHL goal, and William Nylander, Kasperi Kapanen and Nazem Kadri also had goals for Toronto, which has four victories in a row following a four-game slide (0-2-2). BRUINS 3, LIGHTNING 0 » Tuukka Rask stopped 23 shots to hand Tampa Bay its first shutout of the season and lifting Boston over the Lightning.
It was Rask’s third shutout of the season and 41st of his career. It was also the first time the Lightning failed to score a goal since a 4-0 loss at Boston on April 4, 2017 — also against Rask.
David Pastrnak, David Backes and Riley Nash all scored for Boston, which moved within two points of the Lightning for the top spot in the Eastern Conference with one game in hand. Torey Krug assisted on all three of the Bruins’ goals. DEVILS 3, KINGS 0 » Keith Kincaid stopped 38 saves for his first shutout of the season, helping New Jersey improve its playoff positioning with a win over Los Angeles.
Michael Grabner, Nico Hischier and Miles Wood each scored for the Devils.
The Devils have won three in a row and four of five. OILERS 4, PANTHERS 2 » Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists in the third period and Edmonton rallied for a victory over Florida.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ty Rattie and Adam Larsson also scored for the Oilers, who are 4-1-1 in their past six games.
Roberto Luongo made 32 saves for the Panthers, who lost for the first time this season when leading after two periods (23-1). SABRES 5, BLACKHAWKS 3 » Nicholas Baptiste scored two goals in the third period to lead Buffalo over Chicago.
Baptiste scored the gamewinner with 1:56 remaining on a deflection.
Following a faceoff win in the Chicago end, Marco Scandella’s shot from the point was deflected by Baptiste in the slot for the forward’s second goal of the game.