Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby? Chicago’s Jonathan Toews?
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No to all of the above. Try teammate Mats Zuccarello. Led by newcomer Ryan O’Reilly and rookie star Jack Eichel, the Sabres have won three straight road games for the first time since March 2012.
“He’s playing at such a high level right now”. “He competes so hard”. Off the next faceoff, Lundqvist made an absolutely jaw-dropping save, diving to his right to use his stick and stop an easy goal for fellow Swede Alexander Steen.
Dmitrij Jaskin, Vladimir Tarasenko and Troy Brouwer scored for St Louis, which had won three in a row. The Blues fell to 11-4-1.
“The execution and the pace”, Vigneault had said, “is going to be real important for us”. “We still had a really good vibe and a really good push”.
CHICAGO - Sergey Kalinin’s first power-play goal in the National Hockey League timed out well for the New Jersey Devils.
Yet Lunqvist allowed more than two goals for just the second time in his 13 starts and Allen didn’t even escape the first period.
Early in the first period with the Rangers leading 1-0, a rebound out front found Steen with a wide open net, but a desperation effort by Lundqvist cleared the puck out of the crease.
The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames 3-1 to halt their three-game losing streak, while the Los Angeles Kings topped the NY Islanders 2-1. Brassard ended that 4:54 into the game on a pass from behind the net by Zuccarello. Stefan Elliott scored his first goal since joining the Coyotes and Domi put it away with his eighth of the season in the third. Off a Blues turnover in the neutral zone, Zuccarello took a pass from Brassard, cut inside Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester and beat Allen with a high wrist shot blocker side.
Allen allowed three goals on five shots.
Toronto’s Peter Holland scored the only goal in a five-round shootout to give the Maple Leafs a 2-1 victory at Nashville. “And it’s good for an organization to be able to rely on one guy for so long, like him with the Rangers or me with the Devils”. When you’re up against a team like that, I mean, we were up 3-0 and we knew they’d keep coming.
The Blues, who finished with a significant advantage in shots on goal (31-22), pressed NY following Jaskin’s first of the season.
Second Period_5, St. Louis, Tarasenko 8, 5:24.
With Patrick Kane off for high sticking, Corey Crawford stopped Kyle Palmieri’s shot from the left circle.
“He’s one of the best players in the game”, Lundqvist said. I thought I was in good position and (his shot is) just so fast and accurate.
“It’s definitely a test for a goalie”.
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and two assists, linemate Derick Brassard had a goal and an assist and captain Ryan McDonagh gave the Rangers a few third-period breathing room with a power-play goal at 2:44 – his second goal in two games – to make it 5-3.
But following further goals for both sides, the Rangers demonstrated their recent fine form, cementing victory in the final period with strikes from Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi.
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Palmieri slipped behind Chicago’s confused defense, streaked to the net and popped in a loose rebound from the edge of the crease with 2:59 left in the period to put New Jersey ahead.
