The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Lundqvist stops 39 for Rangers
NEW YORK — Henrik Lundqvist stopped 39 shots, Paul Carey scored twice and the New York Rangers beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Tuesday night.
Kevin Hayes and Michael Grabner also scored for New York, and Nick Holden and David Desharnais each had two assists. The Rangers have won three straight.
Ondrej Kase scored for the Ducks, who have lost three straight. John Gibson made 28 saves.
The Ducks outshot the Rangers 16-10 in the first period and had several quality scoring opportunities. However, Lundqvist covered up a few defensive breakdowns, giving New York’s offense time to get on track.
The Rangers scored twice in 1:24 spanning the first intermission. Desharnais found a streaking Carey at 19:14 of the first period, and Hayes scored 38 seconds into the second for a 2-0 lead.
BRUINS 3, SABRES 0: Jake DeBrusk scored for the second straight night and Anton Khudobin turned away 36 shots for Boston.
Tim Schaller and David Backes added empty-net goals in the closing minutes of the game.
After a 7-2 victory over Columbus on Monday, the Bruins beat the Sabres in a low-scoring affair to win for the seventh time in 10 games.
RED WINGS 6, ISLANDERS 3: Trevor Daley scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and Detroit picked up just its third win in 13 games.
Martin Frk, Gustav Nyquist, Anthony Mantha, Mike Green and Luke Glendening also scored for the Red Wings, who entered 2-5-5 in their last 12. Henrik Zetterberg and Dylan Larkin each had three assists, and Petr Mrazek made 34 saves.
The score was tied 3-all after two periods before Daley scored the tiebreaker into the top left corner with 9:57 left for his second goal of the season.
Green scored into the top right corner to give the Red Wings a two-goal lead with 5:48 remaining, and Glendening added an emptynetter with 29 seconds left.
Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist, and Anders Lee and Ryan Pulock also scored for the Islanders.