Rangers 3, Canucks 2
J.T. Miller scooped up his own rebound and scored on a wraparound 3:54 into overtime, and New York rallied for a victory over Vancouver on Tuesday night. Mats Zuccarello tied the game in the third period for the Rangers, who outshot the Canucks 49-20, including 19-3 in the third period and overtime. Derek Stepan also scored for the Rangers, and Henrik Lundqvist made 18 saves. Ryan Miller was outstanding in defeat for Vancouver. He made 46 saves, one fewer than he had in a win over the New York Islanders on Sunday. Andrew Burrows and Sven Baertschi scored for the Canucks, who played without captain Henrik Sedin. He is sidelined with an upper-body injury. The goal was the 10th of the season for J.T. Miller and it came because Stepan had been on the ice for an extended shift and he looked over to the bench for help. J.T. Miller waited for the center to get to the bench and jumped off. He got the puck in the left circle and fired at Ryan Miller, who made the save. The Rangers' forward collected his own rebound, skated around the net and wrapped the puck inside the post before the Canucks' goalie could close off the corner. The Rangers, who hit four posts, tied the game at 2 with 8:14 left in regulation when Zuccarello took a pass from the corner by defenseman Keith Yandle and re-directed it into the net for his 17th goal. Rick Nash made the pass to Yandle to set it up. empty-net goal, also scored for the Bruins, who won their third straight and avenged a 5-1 loss to Montreal in the NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 1. The teams wore their Winter Classic jerseys in the rematch.
Mark Barberio scored for the Canadiens, who led their division with a 19-4-3 record in early December, but are in a 4-16-1 funk. Montreal outshot the Bruins 39-24.
A trade has been anticipated to shake Montreal out of its lethargy and coach Michel Therrien's job could be on the line.
The Canadiens came out strong, but fell behind at 13:08 of the opening period.
Mike Condon stopped Talbot on a breakaway, but Andrei Markov's weak pass went straight back to Talbot and off the goalie's glove.
Barberio tied it 8:48 into the second with a one-timer off a P.K. Subban feed from a tight angle that beat Tuukka Rask, who usually struggles against the Canadiens and is now 5-153 against them in his career.