Trocheck rallies Rangers to 2-1 win over Bruins in OT
Vincent Trocheck scored his second goal of the game 2:03 into overtime and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 Saturday night in a matchup of the Eastern Conference’s top two teams.
Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves for the Rangers, who have won three of their last four games. New York is tied with Boston with 43 points atop the conference, but the Rangers have two more wins.
Trent Frederic scored for the Bruins and Jeremy Swayman stopped 31 shots. Boston had won five of its last seven games.
COYOTES 2, SABRES 0
Karel Vejmelka had 29 saves for his first shutout of the season, Clayton Keller scored his 10th goal of the year and Arizona beat Buffalo.
The Coyotes have won two straight after losing four in a row, and also got a bit of revenge after falling to the Sabres 5-2 on Monday in Buffalo.
It was Vejmelka’s first win since Oct. 21 and he improved to 3-7-2 for the season.
Ukko-pekka Luukkonen finished with 21 saves for buffalo.
FLYERS 1, RED WINGS 0
Samuel Ersson stopped 34 shots for his third career shutout and Cam York scored to lead Philadelphia past Detroit.
Ersson was in net with starting goalie Carter Hart out with an illness. The 24-year-old goalie from Sweden had 12 saves in the second period for the suddenly streaking Flyers and held strong at the end when the Red Wings used an extra attacker.
Alex Lyon stopped 14 shots in 15 attempts before he left in the second period with an unspecified injury for the Red Wings. Lyon blocked a shot, stumbled out of the crease and awkwardly fell backward. He was replaced by Ville Husso, who stopped all 18 shots he faced.
BLUES 4, STARS 3, OT
Colton Parayko scored 37 seconds into overtime, lifting St. Louis past Dallas.
Jordan Kyrou had a goal and two assists, Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist, and Brandon Saad also scored for the Blues, who won their second straight after a four-game skid. Jordan Binnington had 20 saves to improve to 10-9-1.
It was the second straight win for interim coach Drew Bannister, who took over behind the bench after Craig Berube was fired Tuesday night.
Mason Marchment, Ty Dellandrea and Evgenii Dadonov scored for Dallas. Scott Wedgewood stopped 30 shots.
WILD 2, CANUCKS 1, SO
Mats Zuccarello scored in the shootout and Minnesota beat Vancouver.
Frederick Gaudreau scored in regulation and Filip Gustavsson made 35 saves as the Wild won their third in a row and are now 7-2 under coach John Hynes.
Teddy Blueger scored for Vancouver, while Casey Desmith stopped 30 shots in goal. The Canucks had won four in a row.
PREDATORS 3, CAPITALS 1
Colton Sissons, Philip Tomasino
and Yakov Trenin scored goals to help Nashville win its fourth straight.
Juuse Saros made 21 saves for the Predators, who have won seven of their last eight games. Saros has won a career-high six consecutive starts.
T.J. Oshie scored and Charlie Lindgren made 20 saves for Washington, which had its four-game point streak snapped.
CANADIENS 5, ISLANDERS 3
Josh Anderson scored twice as Montreal held on to beat New York.
Cole Caufield, Joel Armia and Christian Dvorak also scored for Montreal, while Sean Monahan, Nick Suzuki and Justin Barron each had two assists. Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as the Canadiens won for just the second time in their last 10 home games.
Brock Nelson had two goals, Bo Horvat also scored, and Noah Dobson had three assists for the Islanders. Semyon Varlamov finished with 36 saves. It was New York’s first regulation loss in December.