Boyle leads Devils over rival Rangers in shootout
NEWARK, N.J. — Brian Boyle scored the tying goal in the third period and the gamewinner in a shootout against his former team, and the New Jersey Devils overcame a season-high 45 saves by Henrik Lundqvist to beat the rival New York Rangers 4-3 on Thursday night.
John Moore and Blake Coleman also scored in regulation, and Kyle Palmieri converted in a four-round shootout for the Devils on the way to their third straight victory.
Cory Schneider made 25 saves and stopped three of four attempts in the tiebreaker, denying Jimmy Vesey when the Rangers had a chance to win. Schneider also turned aside defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk to end it after Boyle put New Jersey ahead.
Vesey, Nick Holden and Kevin Hayes scored for the Rangers, who had won three in a row. Mika Zibanejad had a goal in the shootout.
Boyle tied the game at 3 with 8:06 left in regulation on a power-play goal. He has three goals and four assists in his last three games.
Hayes had given the Rangers the lead earlier in the period, banking a pass from behind the net off the skate of New Jersey defenseman Damon Severson past Schneider.
Lundqvist was the only reason the game was tied 2-all after two periods. He stopped 36 of 38 shots in the first 40 minutes, including 22 of 23 in the second period. The only one that got past him was a short-handed wrist shot by Coleman on a 2-on-1 break with 3:33 left in the period.
Charlie McAvoy celebrated his 20th birthday by scoring the decisive goal in the shootout, Tuukka Rask made 37 saves and Boston beat Winnipeg at home. After Winnipeg’s Nikolaj Ehlers’ first attempt of the sudden-death portion of the shootout clanged off the post, McAvoy took the puck and meandered up the ice before firing his shot past Connor Hellebuyck. Hampus Lindholm scored his third goal of the game in overtime to give Anaheim a road victory over New York. Lindholm’s sixth of the season came at 4:03 of the extra period, snapping a three-game losing streak for Anaheim. The Ducks tied the game with goalie Ryan Miller pulled for an extra skater when Rickard Rakell scored at 18:45 of the third period.
Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout, lifting Tampa Bay to a home victory over Ottawa. The Lightning threatened to win on a power play at the end of overtime, but Nikita Kucherov’s shot past Craig Anderson was launched a split-second after the buzzer.
Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists to lead an early outburst that carried Carolina past Nashville on the road.
Tyler Seguin scored two goals in the second period, Ben Bishop earned his 22nd shutout and Dallas beat Chicago at home. The win was the 800th of coach Ken Hitchcock’s career.
Drake Caggiula scored the game-winner with 50 second remaining in the third period to give Edmonton a home win over St. Louis.