The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Miller scores in OT to lift Rangers
TAMPA, Fla. — J.T. Miller scored 1:19 into overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday night.
Miller skated around defenseman Anton Stralman and beat Andrei Vasilevskiy. New York also got a goal from Chris Kreider, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots.
Yanni Gourde had a goal and Vasilevskiy made 33 saves for the Lightning. Vasilevskiy had won nine consecutive decisions.
Kreider opened the scoring during a 3-on-1 at 18:34 of the first.
Gourde tied it at 1 with a short-handed goal off a nifty pass through the slot by Victor Hedman 11 minutes into the second.
Vasilevskiy stopped Kevin Shattenkirk’s breakaway shot and made a stick save on Jesper Fast’s in-close rebound after Michael Grabner’s shot hit the post in the first. He also made several strong saves in the third following Tampa Bay turnovers.
Lundqvist turned aside Steven Stamkos’ left-circle power-play shot during the first and the Lightning captain’s in-close backhander early on in the second.
Stamkos, playing in his 600th NHL game, was held pointless for just the second time in 14 games.
BRUINS 2, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1: Sean Kuraly scored his first career goal to snap a tie midway through the third period.
Kuraly got to a rebound during a scrum in front of the Vegas net after a shot by Torey Krug with 10:07 left, restoring Boston’s lead and helping the Bruins to avoid being swept by the expansion Golden Knights in their inaugural season. It was the second assist of the night for Krug, who helped set up Reilly Nash’s goal early in the second for Boston, which was coming off consecutive losses in overtime and a shootout.
Cody Eakin scored for Vegas, which fell to 0-3 on a six-game road trip out East.
Maxime Lagace, making his second NHL start, had 26 saves for the Golden Knights, who beat Boston 3-1 on Oct. 15 in the first meeting between the expansion club and the Original Six franchise.
Tuukka Rask stopped 27 shots for the Bruins in a game with few offensive chances. Rask faced just eight shots in the first period, which was three more than Boston managed in the opening 20 minutes.
CAPITALS 4, ISLANDERS 3: Lars Eller scored two goals, including the winner, and had an assist to help Washington.
Eller was arguably the best player on the ice, drawing two penalties and committing one as part of an eventful outing. The Danish center’s play helped Washington escape despite being outshot 38-19 and 16-2 in the third period.
Braden Holtby made 35 saves, including many in the third while the Islanders were pouring it on. Taylor Chorney and Alex Chiasson each scored his first goal of the season for the Capitals.
New York’s Anders Lee scored twice and John Tavares got his 12th goal of the season, one behind Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov for the NHL lead. Jaroslav Halak made 15 saves.