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    Saturday, May 04, 2024

    NHL roundup

    New York Islanders left wing Michael Dal Colle (28) takes the puck down the ice during the first period of Tuesday's game against the St. Louis Blues at New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

    Islanders 2, Blues 1 (OT)

    Valtteri Filppula scored 1:37 into overtime and New York beat St. Louis on Tuesday night for its 12th win in 15 games.

    Jordan Eberle had a goal in the first period for New York, and Robin Lehner stopped 30 shots.

    David Perron scored the tying goal in the third period for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington — making his fourth straight start and fourth of his career — finished with 23 saves. St. Louis had won three straight and five of its previous seven.

    On the winner, Filppula jumped on the ice, got a pass from Mathew Barzal and skated in on Binnington before beating him from the right side for his 10th.

    Perron tied it at 6:07 of the third as he got a pass from Ryan O'Reilly from behind the net, and put it past Lehner for his team-leading 17th. It extended Perron's career-high point streak to 12 games, giving him six goals and 15 assists in the stretch.

    Trailing 1-0, the Blues picked up their intensity in the second period, outshooting the Islanders 18-7.

    Lehner, who had won a career-best eight straight before taking the loss in a 2-1 defeat to the New York Rangers on Saturday, was stellar in keeping St. Louis off the scoreboard. He stopped an attempt by O'Reilly from the left side 1½ minutes in and denied Jaden Schwartz in front four minutes later. Lehner then gloved Oskar Sundqvist's shot from the left circle three minutes later and a tip by Schwartz shortly after.

    Sundqvist was thwarted on consecutive attempts in front with just over eight minutes remaining, and Lehner gloved a shot by Vladimir Tarasenko from between the circles 30 seconds later.

    Binnington stopped a tip by Islanders rookie Devon Toews with a little more than two minutes to go in the second to keep it a one-goal game.

    St. Louis, outshot 11-5 in the first period, didn't get its first shot on goal until 7:47 in, when Lehner stopped a tip try by Zach Sanford from between the circles.

    The Islanders got on the scoreboard about a minute later, seconds after Anders Lee hit a goalpost and the puck ended up in the netting on the outside. After a faceoff to Binnington's left, Eberle got the rebound of Lee's attempt on the right doorstep and lifted it in up high for his 10th of the season and 200th of his career at 8:43.

    St. Louis coach Craig Berube challenged for goalie interference on the play, but the goal stood after a video review.

    Rangers 6, Hurricanes 2

    Mika Zibanejad had two goals and two assists to help New York beat Carolina.

    Pavel Buchnevich and Tony DeAngelo each scored twice and Mats Zuccarello added three assists as the Rangers won for only the second time in eight games. Henrik Lundqvist made 24 saves for his 444th win, one behind Terry Sawchuk for sixth place on the NHL's career list.

    Saku Maenalanen had two goals and Curtis McElhinney stopped 22 shots but the Hurricanes lost for just the second time since the new year.

    Zibanejad got his first goal after McElhinney misread a long carom off the end boards. Rangers defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk sent the puck deep from just inside the red line and Chris Kreider controlled the puck a few feet in front of the goalie. McElhinney misjudged the bounce and came out too far, allowing Zibanejad an easy tap-in opportunity at 12:41 of the first period.

    Zibanejad scored again when Zuccarello delivered a backhand pass from below the goal line at 14:22 to give New York a 3-1 lead. Kreider got his second assist on the play.

    DeAngelo, skating in his 100th NHL game, opened the scoring when a fluttering wrist shot sailed past McElhinney at 1:16 of the first. Jimmy Vesey and Boo Nieves assisted.

    Carolina knotted the score at 9:24 when Maenalanen benefited from Brett Howden's turnover. The rookie center struggled to control a pass in his own end and Maenalenen took advantage, scoring his third career goal. Howden skated on the fourth line for the second consecutive game after spending a majority of the season on one New York's top three offensive trios.

    Maenalenen also redirected Victor Rask's wrist shot at 11:51 of the third period. Justin Faulk assisted on the play.

    Buchnevich scored the first of two power-play goals at 3:41 of the second when Zibanejad found the Russian all alone at the top of the crease. Zuccarello also had an assist.

    Buchnevich added his second of the game and ninth this season early in the third period. Zibanejad and Zuccarello assisted on the goal.

    DeAngelo scored his fourth of the season at 12:55 of the third to extend New York's lead to 6-2. Nieves and Vladislav Namestnikov helped set up the goal.

    Blue Jackets 4, Devils 1

    Joonas Korpisalo had 29 saves, three Columbus players recorded a goal and an assist and the Blue Jackets beat New Jersey.

    Top-liners Artemi Panarin, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Cam Atkinson carried the offensive load, and Boone Jenner also scored as Columbus won its fourth straight. The Blue Jackets have won six of their last eight games and 11 of the last 14 while sparring with Washington and Pittsburgh atop the Metropolitan Division.

    Korpisalo has started three of the last four games ahead of star Sergei Bobrovsky and won each time. The 24-year-old Finn could soon find himself the team's No.1 goalie as Bobrovsky has refused to sign a contract extension with Columbus and may be traded before the deadline next month.

    Blake Coleman scored and Keith Kinkaid had 30 saves for the Devils, who saw a two-game winning streak end as they struggle to stay out of the Metro basement.

    Atkinson tipped in a pass from Dubois 45 seconds in for his team-leading 27th goal to give Columbus the early lead. Less than two minutes later, Josh Anderson, off a faceoff from the right circle, fed Jenner, who beat Kinkaid from the slot.

    Late in the first, David Savard grabbed a face off and slid a beautiful pass from the left corner to the doorstep, setting up Panarin for an easy tip-in and a 3-0 Columbus lead.

    Early in the second, Dubois snapped in a shot from the left circle for the Blue Jackets' fourth power-play goal in four games.

    Coleman redirected a shot by Mirco Mueller late in the second period to make it 4-1.

    Late Monday

    Canadiens 3, Bruins 2

    Jeff Petry scored 15 seconds into overtime, batting the puck out of the air and past Tuukka Rask to lead Montreal to a victory over Boston.

    Carey Price stopped 41 shots for the Canadiens. Paul Byron scored a short-handed goal, and Brendan Gallagher also scored to help Montreal earn its third victory in four tries.

    Rask made 19 saves but lost for the first time in his last six starts. David Krejci scored a power-play goal — with Rask pulled for a 6-on-4 — with just 38 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.

    A year after the Bruins swept their Original Six rivals in the season series — winning six matchups in a row in all — the Canadiens managed to split their four meetings this season.

    Brad Marchand scored for Boston, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead about six minutes into the game, but Gallaher tied it before the end of the period.

    Late in the second, with Victor Mete off for hooking, Byron outskated Boston's Patrice Bergeron to a loose puck at the blue line and went in on the net, switching to his backhand before flipping it past Rask's glove for the go-ahead goal.

    It stayed that way until Montreal's Michael Chaput was called for delay of game for shooting the puck over the glass with 2:05 left. Rask came off 30 seconds later, and the Bruins worked their two-man advantage and got the puck to Krejci, who wristed it into the net to tie it.

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