Rangers defeat Bruins in shootout

Tony Deangelo scored the decisive goal in the seventh round of the shootout and the New York Rangers rallied from two goals down in the third period to beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 on Wednesday night in New York.

Mika Zibanejad, Kevin Hayes and Filip Chytil scored for New York and Alexandar Georgiev finished with 27 saves. The Rangers won for the second time in five games (2-2-1).

Danton Heinen, David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron scored for Boston, Brad Marchand had two assists, and Jaroslav Halak stopped 36 shots. The Bruins had a twogame winning streak end, but earned a point for the fifth straight game (2-0-3).

Zibanejad and Marchand each scored in the third round of the tiebreaker, and the Rangers won it when David Krejci missed on the Bruins’ last attempt.

MAPLE LEAFS 5, SENATORS 4: Morgan Rielly broke a tie midway through the third period and Toronto beat Ottawa.

PREDATORS MAKE PAIR OF TRADES: The Nashville Predators made a pair of trades adding size and toughness by adding Brian Boyle from the New Jersey Devils and bringing back forward Cody Mcleod from the New York Rangers. The Predators swapped a second-round pick in June’s NHL draft for Boyle and will send the Rangers a seventh-round pick in the 2020 draft for Mcleod.

WILD LOSE KOIVU: Minnesota Wild captain Mikko Koivu will miss the rest of the season after tearing a ligament and cartilage in his right knee in an on-ice collision. The 35-year-old Koivu tore his ACL and meniscus and will have surgery on Friday.