Rangers win at buzzer
Defenseman Ryan Lindgren barely beat the thirdperiod buzzer to lift the New York Rangers to a 5-4 victory Sunday night over the Buffalo Sabres and extend their winning streak at Madison Square Garden to five games.
Lindgren stunned Sabres netminder Aaron Dell by taking a pass from Mika Zibanejad and rifling the puck into the net for his second goal of the season at 19:59.
Lindgren’s heroics came after the teams scored three goals each in a wild second period, including four goals in an 82-second span.
Chris Kreider, Jacob Trouba, Kaapo Kakko and K’Andre Miller all scored for the Rangers. Alexander Georgiev had 14 saves, and was replaced by Igor Shesterkin, who had four saves in the third.
The Sabres have lost eight of their past 10. Rasmus Asplund, Vinnie Hinostroza, Tage Thompson and Rasmus Dahlin scored for Buffalo.
Other games
Lightning 5, Wild 4:
Steven Stamkos scored the lone shootout goal to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a win over visiting Minnesota after blowing a late two-goal lead. Minnesota rallied in the third period to tie it on empty-net goals by Kevin Fiala and Joel Eriksson Ek over a 2:09 stretch.
Flames 4, Bruins 0:
Former Boston goalie Dan Vladar stopped 27 shots for his second career shutout, Andrew Mangiapane scored a short- handed goal, and visiting Calgary won its third in a row and improved to 9-2-2 on the road.
Maple Leafs 2, Islanders 0: Mitch Marner scored twice and Joseph Woll stopped 20 shots for his first career shutout as visiting Toronto improved to 11-2 in its past 13 games. Woll, a 2016 thirdround draft pick, picked up his second career win in two starts.
Blackhawks 1, Canucks 0: Marc- Andre Fleury stopped 40 shots to collect his first shutout of the season as visiting Chicago blanked Vancouver. Brandon Hagel scored the game’s lone goal with a third- period tip- in. The Canucks got a late chance after Chicago’s Jake McCabe was called for interference with just over two minutes left. Vancouver pulled Thatcher Demko in favor of an extra attacker, but Fleury made six saves to kill off the penalty.