Rangers roll — Sabres absorb 14th loss in row

Chris Kreider scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the Rangers beat Buffalo 53 in New York on Monday night for the Sabres’ franchiserecordtying 14th straight loss.

Kaapo Kakko also scored twice and Adam Fox had a goal and two assists as the Rangers won for the fourth time in six games (411) by beating the Sabres for the 10th time in the past 13 meetings. Artemi Panarin had three assists and Ryan

Strome added two.

Keith Kinkaid, starting a second consecutive game, stopped 16 shots to improve to 311 this season.

Wild 2, Ducks 1: Ryan Suter and Nick Bjugstad scored, Cam Talbot made 24 saves and Minnesota beat Anaheim for a franchise-record ninth straight home win.

Golden Knights 5, Blues 1: Keegan Kolesar scored his first NHL goal and Robin Lehner made 15 saves as host Vegas triumphed.

Senators 2, Flames 1: Chris Tierney scored the tie-breaking goal late in the third period and Filip Gustavsson stopped 35 shots in his first NHL start, leading host Ottawa past Calgary.

Hurricanes 3, Blue Jackets 0: Martin Necas scored in his 100th NHL game, Alex Nedeljkovic earned his second career shutout and visiting Carolina defeated Columbus.

Islanders 2, Flyers 1: Anthony Beauvillier scored on a wraparound 3:41 into overtime to give New York a victory over host Philadelphia.

Jets 4, Canucks 0: Connor Hellebuyck had 22 saves in his first shutout of the season and Adam Lowry added two goals as Winnipeg beat host Vancouver.

Avalanche 5, Coyotes 1: Mikko Rantanen scored his 18th goal of the season and visiting Colorado won its seventh game in a row.

Oilers-Canadiens, postponed: The matchup scheduled for Montreal is the first North Division game to get postponed because of coronavirus protocols.