The Day

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE ROUNDUP

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Devils 5, Golden Knights 4 (OT)

Nico Hischier scored 41 seconds into overtime to cap New Jersey's comeback from three goals down as the Devils beat Vegas 5-4 on Friday night. Travis Zajac, Miles Wood, Kyle Palmieri and Brett Sevey also scored for the Devils, who trailed 3-0 after one period, and 4-1 in the second before rallying for their second win in five games. Cory Schneider gave up three goals on seven shots over the first 9:22 before he was pulled. Keith Kinkaid came on finished with 14 saves. William Karlsson had two goals, and Alex Tuch and William Carrier also scored for Vegas, which lost for just the third time in their last 12 games. Marc-Andre Fleury had 37 saves and remained one win from tying Hall of Famer Tony Esposito for ninth all-time for goaltender wins.

Penguins 5, Bruins 3

Jake Guentzel tipped in Kris Letang's shot midway through the third period to fend off a Boston rally, and Pittsburgh goaltender Casey DeSmith made it stand up as the Penguins won.

Boston's Chris Wagner and David Krejci scored in a 54-second span of the third to erase a two-goal deficit but Guentzel responded by redirectin­g Letang's drive from the point by Jaroslav Halak with 9:13 left to put Pittsburgh ahead to stay. DeSmth did the rest, finishing with a career-high 48 saves as the Penguins ended Boston's threegame winning streak. Zach Aston-Reese had a short-handed goal and an empty-netter. Derek Grant and Phil Kessel also scored for Pittsburgh. Brandon Carlo scored for the first time in 115 games for Boston and Halak stopped 24 shots but the Bruins had trouble with DeSmith, who has served as Pittsburgh's No. 1 goalie while two-time Stanley Cup winner Matt Murray recovers from a lower-body injury that's sidelined him for the better part of a month.

Coyotes 4, Rangers 3 (OT)

Derek Stepan scored with 32 seconds left on the clock in overtime to lift Arizona to a victory over New York, snapping the Coyotes' four-game losing streak. Jordan Oesterle, Josh Archibald and Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored as Arizona ralled from three goals down early in the second period. Adin Hill stopped 27 shots. Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist, and Pavel Buchnevich and Mika Zibanejad also scored to give the Rangers a 3-0 lead less than six minutes into the second. Henrik Lundqvist finished with 30 saves. Stepan fired a wrist shot off the crossbar 4 1/2 minutes into the extra period as the Coyotes beat the Rangers for the first time in 10 meetings.

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