Vesey, Rangers persevere, edge Canucks in shootout

NEW YORK — The Rangers didn’t lead at any point until the seventh round of the shootout. They still earned their fourth straight victory.

Jimmy Vesey scored the tying goal early in the third period and added the winner in the seventh shootout round to give New York a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.

“We have to feel good about what we’ve been doing here the past four weeks,” Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist said after his 417th NHL victory. “We should definitely feel good about how we’re finding ways to win games. That’s going to help us moving forward.”

Lundqvist made 29 saves to help the Rangers extend their home win streak to eight games.

Vesey tied it at 5:05 of the third with a nifty forehand-backhand combination for his fifth goal of the season.

Rick Nash set up the goal with a spinning pass.

Jesper Fast and Michael Grabner also scored for New York. Loui Eriksson, Jake Virtanen and Sam Gagner scored for Vancouver, and Jacob Markstrom stopped 17 shots.

Grabner tied it 19 seconds into the third with his 10th goal of the season, beating Markstrom with a wrist shot. Gagner put the Canucks back in front 41 second later. Tomas Vanek forced a turnover behind the net and fed Gagner in the slot.

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At Boston, Leon Draisaitl assisted on Ryan Strome’s go-ahead goal 2:07 into the third period and scored an empty-netter with 51 seconds left for Edmonton, which won for the second time in six games and beat Boston for the sixth straight time.

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At Raleigh, N.C., Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen scored in the shootout to back Scott Darling, who had 32 saves through overtime and one in the shootout, as Carolina halted Nashville’s four-game win streak.

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