Rangers edge Red Wings in OT
Henrik Lundqvist had little time to react to Henrik Zetterberg’s shot from point-blank range in the third period.
The puck hit the New York goalie in the helmet and bounced away.
“Those shots hurt in practice,” Lundqvist said. “But when you make a save like that in a scoreless game, it’s a great feeling.”
That was one of the few good scoring chances for either team Sunday, and when J.T. Miller finally scored in overtime, Lundqvist and the New York Rangers prevailed 1-0 over the Detroit Red Wings. Lundqvist made 21 saves for his second shutout of the season and 61st of his career.
Lundqvist has allowed only two goals over his past two games after letting in 20 in the previous four.
“The defense was really structured in front of me, and I was able to take advantage of that,” he said. “In these last two games, I’ve tried to keep the puck in front of me and stay patient. That’s what I had gotten away from.”
The Rangers managed only 19 shots in the game, which ended on Miller’s goal at 1:56 of overtime. Mats Zuccarello and Miller swooped in alone on Detroit goalie Jared Coreau, then Zuccarello made a simple pass to Miller, who lifted the puck over Coreau for his 16th goal of the season. Conor Sheary scored two goals, Sidney Crosby added his league-leading 28th and the Pittsburgh Penguins won their fourth straight game over the Boston Bruins. Pittsburgh led 2-1 through two periods before breaking out in the third with three goals in a span of 2 minutes, 57 seconds. Claude Giroux scored at 3:20 of overtime as the Philadelphia Flyers rallied to beat the Islanders to end New York’s threegame winning streak.
Jonathan Toews scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:18 remaining and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Vancouver Canucks for their third straight victory.
Filip Forsberg scored twice, including the tiebreaking goal in the third, and the Nashville Predators rallied from two goals down to beat the Minnesota Wild.