Ten-skater brawl sets tone as Rangers rally past New Jersey

Chris Kreider scored a go-ahead power-play goal with 4:57 left as the host New York Rangers rallied past New Jersey 4-3 on Wednesday in a game that started with a 10-skater brawl two seconds after the opening faceoff.

Eight players were ejected after receiving game misconducts, forcing both teams to play with four fewer skaters the rest of the way.

Rangers coach Peter Laviolette and Devils coach Travis Green also were yelling at each other from their respective benches before play resumed after the fighting.

Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere each had a goal and an assist for Nhl-leading New York, which had a 41-20 edge in shots in its sixth win in seven games.

Jesper Bratt had two assists in New Jersey’s three-goal second period, after which the Devils led 3-2.

■ Stars 5, Oilers 0: At Dallas, Jake Oettinger stopped 35 shots in his 10th shutout, third this season and second in as many starts, Radek

Faksa had a goal and two assists, and Westleading Dallas set a franchise record with its eighth straight win.

■ Canucks 2, Coyotes 1: At Tempe, Ariz., Quinn Hughes scored a power-play goal in the second period and notched his 70th assist — a singleseason record for Vancouver defensemen — on Conor Garland’s tiebreaking goal with 1:51 left.

■ Lightning 4, Maple Leafs 1: At Toronto, Nikita Kucherov assisted on goals by Victor Hedman, Brayden Point and Nicholas Paul to back Andrei Vasilevskiy, who stopped 28 shots. Tampa Bay improved to 9-1-1 in its past 11 games.

■ Kings 5, Kraken 2: At Los Angeles, Trevor Moore scored three goals for his second NHL hat trick as Los Angeles halted its three-game skid and eliminated Seattle from playoff contention.

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■ Reign 5, Silver Knights 4, OT: At Dollar Loan Center, Samuel Fagemo scored his 39th goal of season and second of the night with 1:44 left in overtime as Ontario (37-21-7) won its sixth straight. Jonas Rondbjerg scored a tying short-handed goal with 6:01 left in the third period for the Silver Knights (26-32-8), who led 2-0 with 2:06 gone in the first period and trailed 3-2 after two.

From staff and wire reports