Kakko scores late to lead Rangers to win over Islanders
NEW YORK » Kaapo Kakko scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:47 remaining and the New York Rangers rallied for a 5-3 win over the crosstown-rival Islanders on Thursday night for their eighth win in nine games.
Barclay Goodrow had a goal and two assists, Julien Gauthier had a goal and an assist, and Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck also scored for the Rangers. Igor Shesterkin stopped 15 shots to improve to 2-7-1 in 10 career games against the Islanders.
Mathew Barzal and Alexander Romanov each had a goal and an assist, and Anders Lee also scored for the Islanders, who lost for the fifth time in six games. Ilya Sorokin finished with 29 saves.
The Rangers tied it 3-3 at 3:00 of the third period as Gauthier’s shot from the left point deflected off Goodrow in front and past Sorokin. It was Goodrow’s eighth of the season.
Mika Zibanejad’s one-timer hit off a goalpost and landed under Sorokin with 11:17 remaining, and the Islanders’ Jean-Gabriel Pageau hit a goalpost behind Shesterkin nearly four minutes later.
Kakko gave the Rangers their first lead when he deposited a pass from K’Andre Miller from the left corner past Sorokin from the right side for his ninth of the season and fifth goal in eight games.
BRUINS 3, JETS 2 » Nick Foligno broke a tie midway through the third period, Jeremy Swayman stopped 25 shots and NHL-leading Boston rallied to beat Winnipeg.
The Bruins improved to 26-4-2 and 180-2 at home.
Foligno scored from the left circle off a feed from Charlie Coyle. David Pastrnak and Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Bruins. Mark Scheifele and Jansen Harkins scored for Winnipeg and Connor Hellebuyck made 37 saves. HURRICANES 4, PENGUINS 3 » Jaccob Slavin scored 23 seconds into overtime to give Carolina a victory over Pittsburgh.
Carolina won its seventh straight game and has points in 13 consecutive contests to match the franchise record.
In overtime, Brent Burns started a pretty passing sequence with his 800th NHL point and Slavin ended the play when he beat goalie Tristan Jarry at the top of the crease.
Martin Necas scored his 14th goal, Jordan
Staal his 10th and Jalen Chatfield added his first NHL goal for the red-hot Hurricanes. Antti Raanta stopped 24 shots for Carolina, which has points in 18 of its last 20 games overall. The Hurricanes, who also have an 11game road points streak, haven’t lost in regulation since Nov. 23 against Arizona at home. CAPITALS 3, SENATORS 2 » Alex Ovechkin went without a goal for the fourth straight game, while Marcus Johansson scored 2:04 into overtime to give Washington a victory over Ottawa.
Ovechkin is stuck at 800 goals, one short of tying Gordie Howe for second place in NHL history behind Wayne Gretzky. The Russian star had two assists.
Evgeny Kuznetsov and Sonny Milano also scored for the Capitals.