Carolina Hurricanes’ Riley Nash (left) carries the puck past New York Rangers’ Jesper Fast at Madison Square Garden. (USA TODAY Sports)
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The New York Rangers jumped to a three-goal lead and survived a strong push from the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-3 victory at Madison Square Garden that snapped a three-game losing streak at the National Hockey League on Monday.
Goals from Derick Brassard, Oscar Lindberg, Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello proved just enough for goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, who made 33 saves.
Islanders 5, Avalanche 3
Cal Clutterbuck scored the tie-breaking goal 1:52 into the third period and Casey Cizikas added an unassisted goal less than seven minutes later as the New York Islanders beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 at Barclays Center. Clutterbuck scored seconds after Cizikas won a faceoff in front of the Avalanche net. The puck found its way to defenseman Thomas Hickey, whose shot was redirected by Clutterbuck.
Maple Leafs 3, Oilers 0
Garret Sparks made 24 saves to earn a shutout in his NHL debut as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-0.
The Maple Leafs victory behind a goaltender called up from the American Hockey League Toronto Marlies ended their three-game losing streak. It was Toronto’s first shutout of the season.
Ducks 4, Canucks 0
Anaheim goaltender John Gibson stopped 25 shots to earn his first shutout of the season in the Ducks’ 4-0 rout of the Vancouver Canucks at the Honda Center. Corey Perry, Shawn Horcoff, Rickard Rakell and Jakob Silfverberg provided the goals for the Ducks (9-11-5).
