The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Lundqvist earns 400th career win
Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves for his 400th career win and the New York Rangers earned their fifth consecutive victory, beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Saturday night in New York.
Lundqvist is the 12th goaltender in NHL history with at least 400 wins and the first European-born goaltender to reach the mark.
Lundqvist also is the third goaltender to get 400 wins with one franchise. The others are Martin Brodeur (Devils) and Tony Esposito (Blackhawks).
Lundqvist is 8-1 in his past nine appearances.
Defenseman Kevin Klein had two goals and Rick Nash had the goahead score for the Rangers, who swept their season-long four-game homestand and have won eight of 10 overall. Kevin Hayes added an empty-net goal to clinch it.
Gabriel Landeskog and John Mitchell scored and Calvin Pickard made 26 saves for Colorado, which has the fewest wins in the NHL with 15.
After the Rangers trailed 2-1 through two periods, Klein took a pass from Jesper Fast and ripped a slap shot at 2:50 of the third for his second of the game and third of the season to tie it.
The Rangers kept up the pressure and Pickard made an outstanding glove save on Chris Kreider’s shot at 4:09. The play was reviewed to see if the puck crossed the goal line.
Nash then deflected Derek Stepan’s shot past Pickard for his 16th of season at 5:36. BRUINS 4, CANUCKS 3 » At Boston, David Pastrnak scored with two minutes left in the third period, and Boston won its second straight game under interim coach Bruch Cassidy. Cassidy took over earlier in the week when the Bruins fired Claude Julien, who was in his 10th season and coached the team to a 2011 Stanley Cup win. SENATORS 3, ISLANDERS 0» At Ottawa, Ontario, Craig Anderson made his first start in 69 days and turned aside 33 shots as Ottawa beat New York.