Bruins extend streak with 4-3 Rangers win, Blackhawks come back against Ducks
Ryan Spooner and David Krejci scored late in the third period as the Boston Bruins rallied to beat the high-flying New York Rangers 4-3 on Friday.
Tuukka Rask had 24 saves for the Bruins, who extended their win streak to a season-high five games in a wild finish against the Metropolitan Division leaders.
Spooner’s power-play goal with 3:46 minutes left to play tied it at three, then Krejci struck again for the Bruins on a deflected slap shot that beat Henrik Lundqvist with 1:43 remaining.
Patrice Bergeron and Brett Connolly also scored for the Bruins, who won their third straight at home.
Oscar Lindberg, Rick Nash and JT Miller scored for the Rangers and Lundqvist finished with 30 saves.
The game went back-and-forth through the third period with both teams capitalising on penalties.
Miller’s power-play goal 9:28 minutes into the third period gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead with Brad Marchand sitting in the penalty box for Boston after being called for goalie interference. He made contact with Lundqvist while skating across the crease.
Alex Galchenyuk and Sven Andrighetto scored in regulation and again in the shoot-out and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 for their fourth straight win.
Mike Condon started for the injured Carey Price and preserved the win by stopping Patrik Elias with his pad on the Devils’ fifth attempt in the shoot-out.
Adam Henrique and Lee Stempniak scored for the Devils in regulation and Jacob Josefson had the only New Jersey tally in the shoot-out.
Artem Anisimov scored 1:53 minutes into overtime and Chicago stormed back from a two-goal deficit in the final moments of regulation for a 3-2 victory over Anaheim.
Marian Hossa and Duncan Keith scored man-advantage goals in the final 1:41 minutes of regulation, and Brent Seabrook assisted on all three goals.
Hossa ended John Gibson’s shutout bid during a 6-on-4 power play with 1:41 to play, and Keith got the tying goal with 26.6 seconds left for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Patrick Kane extended his points streak to 18 games with an assist on Keith’s score.