Rangers struggle in loss to Blues
ST. LOUIS — David Perron celebrated his selection to the NHL All-Star Game by scoring in his fourth straight contest, helping the St. Louis Blues to a 5-2 win over the Rangers on Saturday night.
Henrik Lundqvist started in goal for the Rangers, allowing five goals while stopping 24 shots.
Robert Bortuzzo, Vince Dunn, Zach Sanford and Jaden Schwartz also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who are 11-2-1 in their last 14.
The Blues won their eighth straight home game, their longest such streak since winning 10 in a row from April 16-Oct. 12, 2013.
Filip Chytil and Brett Howden scored for the Rangers, who fell to 1-5-1 in their last seven on the road. The Rangers had a two-game winning streak snapped.
Jordan Binnington made 20 saves for his ninth win in the last 10 starts. He is tied with Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy for the most wins, with 22.
Perron was voted onto the Central Division all-star team by online fan vote. He was informed of the honor just hours before Saturday's game.
The Rangers jumped in front on Chytil's goal just 94 seconds into the game.
DEVILS 5, CAPITALS 1
WASHINGTON — Nico
Hischier scored twice, Louis Domingue made 33 saves and the last-place Devils routed the NHL-leading Washington Capitals 5-1 Saturday night to snap their losing streak at three.
Hischier's 11th and 12th goals of the season came on the same night the 2017 top pick missed out on a last-chance All-Star invite. Fans voted in Washington's T.J. Oshie instead.
Blake Coleman scored a short-handed goal, and Nikita Gusev added one moments after a power play ended for the Devils.
BRUINS 3, ISLANDERS 2
Patrice Bergeron scored a power-play goal 1:33 into overtime to lift the Boston Bruins to a victory over the host Islanders on Saturday night.
Jake DeBrusk and John Moore scored, and Tuukka Rask stopped 35 shots to help the Bruins win their third straight. Boston also improved to 7-1-5 in its last 13 games.
Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist, and Scott Mayfield also scored for the Islanders. Semyon Varlamov had 30 saves.
With the Islanders' Brock Nelson off for tripping in the extra period and Boston on its second power play of the game, Bergeron got a pass from Torey Krug in the left circle and beat Varlamov on the blocker side. It gave the Bruins a goal with the man advantage for the 13th straight game.