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    Friday, April 26, 2024

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    Florida Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson (19) and left wing Dryden Hunt (73) celebrate with center Vincent Trocheck (21) after he scored during the shootout in Sunday's game against the New York Rangers at New York. (AP Photo/Corey Sipkin)

    Panthers 6, Rangers 5

    Vincent Trocheck recorded the shootout winner, and Florida beat New York on Sunday.

    Frank Vatrano scored in regulation and converted in the shootout as the Panthers snapped a two-game skid. Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and two assists, while Aleksander Barkov had a goal and a helper. Sam Montembeault made 34 saves.

    Kaapo Kakko scored the lone shootout goal and had a power-play goal, and Ryan Strome and Artemi Panarin each had two assists as the Rangers' two-game win streak ended. Henrik Lundqvist made 30 saves in his second straight start.

    The other goals from the Panthers came from Dominic Toninato and Brian Boyle. The Rangers got goals from Ryan Lindgren, Filip Chytil, Brady Skjei and Chris Kreider, who capped off a combined six-goal second period with a power-play tally at 18:35 that gave New York a 5-4 lead.

    The Panthers tied the game 7:01 into the third period when Boyle redirected a slap shot from the point by Keith Yandle.

    Kakko gave the Rangers a 4-3 lead when he converted on the man advantage at 7:31 of the second period. New York has scored on six power plays over the last four games.

    Vatrano scored the prettiest goal of the chaotic middle frame when he completed a backhand deke at 8:30 as the Panthers evened the game at 4-4.

    Chytil knotted the score 2-2 after he danced around former Ranger Anton Stralman and fired a wrist shot past Montembeault at 1:28 of the middle period. Pavel Buchnevich sent a well-placed pass near center ice, which allowed Chytil to gain the offensive zone with speed. The Russian winger has five assists in the last three games and leads the team with 11 on the season.

    Dadonov gave the Panthers a brief one-goal lead when he hammered a one-timer from the high slot at 4:42 of the second. The Panthers connected on the power play for the sixth consecutive game.

    Skjei sneaked a backhand shot past Montembeault 42 seconds after the Dadonov goal. The 25-year-old defenseman picked up his second of the season after being scratched for the first time the season in the Rangers' previous game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

    Lindgren opened the scoring at 5:06 of the first period when he beat Montembeault with a short side wrist shot as he recorded his first NHL goal. The 21-year-old defenseman originally kept the play alive by pinching into the offensive zone, helping New York maintain possession. Ryan Strome eventually delivered a cross-ice pass to set up the goal.

    Florida answered with two goals within 30 seconds of each other. First, Barkov tied the game when his wrist shot zipped past Lundqvist at 18:13. The Panthers captain made a nifty deke as Jesper Fast over-skated the play, allowing Barkov to release the wrist shot.

    Toninato gave the Panthers a 2-1 lead when he collected a rebound in front to score his first goal of the season at 18:43 of the first.

    Flyers 3, Bruins 2

    Joel Farabee scored in the shootout to give Philadelphia a win over Boston.

    Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist, and Phillipe Myers also scored in regulation for the Flyers. Carter Hart finished with 26 saves to help Philadelphia win its season-high fourth straight while going beyond regulation for the fifth time in six games.

    Danton Heinen and Brad Marchand each had a goal and Jaroslav Halak stopped 27 shots for the Bruins, who lost their season-high third straight (0-2-1) after six-game win streak.

    Farabee, who played at nearby Boston University, beat Halak high glove-side on the Flyers' first shootout attempt. Hart stopped all three tries by the Bruins, poke-checking away David Pastrnak's attempt to seal Philadelphia's win.

    Konecny helped give the Flyers a 2-0 lead after one period. Sean Couturier's initial right-circle offering was stopped by Halak, but the puck bounced off Oskar Lindblom's skate near the crease right to a charging Konecny for the goal with 6:10 remaining.

    Konecny's cross-ice pass just over four minute later set up Myers' right-circle wrist shot to make it 2-0.

    Philadelphia outshot Boston 14-5 in the opening period on the second night of a back-to-back after Saturday's win over the Maple Leafs.

    Boston's Par Lindholm appeared to poke in a rebound after a scramble in front of the Flyers' net early in the second, but play had already been whistled dead. An official review upheld the call on the ice.

    Following a scoreless second, Heinen's spinning forehand shot in front of the net cut the Bruins' deficit to 2-1 at 5:59 of the third.

    Marchand beat Hart glove-side on a wrister from the left circle to tie it with 7:38 left.

    Pastrnak drew a penalty shot after Ivan Provorov's slash with 4:56 left. Hart stymied Pastrnak with a stick save to his left after Pastrnak's slow approach and wrist shot.

    Devils 2, Canucks 1

    Wayne Simmonds and Jesper Bratt scored 22 seconds apart in the first period and Mackenzie Blackwood made 30 saves in New Jersey's victory over Vancouver.

    Brock Boeser had a power-play goal for Vancouver. The Canucks are 0-3-1 in their last four games.

    Simmonds opened the scoring on a power play with 8:12 left in the first period. Taylor Hall sent a pass into the Canucks' zone that Kyle Palmieri directed to Simmonds. He put it past goalie Jacob Markstrom for the Devils' second road power-play goal of the season.

    Bratt quickly made it 2-0 at 12:10 when he deflected Damon Severson's point shot.

    Boeser scored with 7:20 left in the second. He took J.T. Miller's pass, used his speed to skate into the Devil's zone, then beat Blackwood with a low shot to the far corner.

    It was the second head-to-head brother clash between Vancouver's Quinn Hughes, the 20-year-old defenseman picked seventh overall in the 2018 draft, and Jack Hughes, the 18-year-old center picked No. 1 by the Devils this year. In an Oct. 19 meeting, Jack Hughes scored his first NHL goal in the Devils' 1-0 win over the Canucks. On Sunday, Quinn Hughes earned an assist on Boeser's goal while Jack was kept off the scoresheet.

    Notes

    Network apologizes 

    A Canadian broadcast company has apologized for hockey commentator Don Cherry's remarks about what he believes are new immigrants not honoring the country's fallen soldiers.

    The 85-year-old Cherry, who has been criticized in the past for his outspoken conservative politics, seemed to single out new immigrants in Toronto and Mississauga, Ontario, where he lives, for not honoring Canada's veterans and dead soldiers. He said he didn't see immigrants wearing poppies to honor the country's fallen on Remembrance Day, which will be observed on Monday.

    "You people ... you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that," Cherry said on Saturday night's "Coach's Corner" segment, broadcast on Sportsnet.

    "These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price."

    Sportsnet president Bart Yabsley apologized for Cherry's comments in a statement Sunday.

    "Don's discriminatory comments are offensive and they do not represent our values and what we stand for as a network," Yabsley said. "We have spoken with Don about the severity of this issue and we sincerely apologize for these divisive remarks."

    Cherry did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Canadian Press.

    The NHL issued a statement critical of Cherry's remarks.

    "Hockey is at its best when it brings people together," the league statement said. "The comments made last night were offensive and contrary to the values we believe in."

    Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie called Cherry's remarks "despicable."

    "We're proud of diverse cultural heritage and we'll always stand up for it," she said on Twitter. "New immigrants enrich our country for the better. We're all Canadians and wear our poppies proudly."

    Connor Clifton of the Boston Bruins (75) and Michael Raffl of the Philadelphia Flyers (12) battle in the corner during the second period of Sunday's game at Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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