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Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 43 saves, Michael Grabner scored twice and the New York Rangers beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Tuesday.
Mats Zuccarello and Oscar Lindberg also scored to help the Rangers win for the sixth time in eight games and give coach Alain Vigneault his 600th career victory. Brady Skjei and J.T. Miller each had two assists to help New York beat Anaheim for the fifth straight time.
Lundqvist gave up fewer than three goals for the sixth time in his last seven starts, going 6-1-0 in that stretch.
Sabres 5, Sharks 4 (OT): Evander Kane scored 1:05 into overtime and Buffalo overcame a three-goal deficit in the third period. Kane scored twice in the game, and the Sabres got three goals in a span of 3:28 to erase San Jose's 4-1 lead. Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and assist, while Kyle Okposo and Matt Moulson also scored for Buffalo. Jack Eichel set up two goals, including Kane's winner. The Sabres rallied from a three-goal deficit to win for the first time since a 4-3 shootout victory over the New York Islanders on Dec. 27, 2014. Joel Ward, Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski and Melker Karlsson scored for the Sharks. Brent Burns had two assists.
Capitals 5, Hurricanes 0: Alex Ovechkin got his 26th goal of the season, Braden Holtby made 23 saves in the shutout and Washington won its fourth straight. Brett Connolly, Lars Eller, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Marcus Johansson also scored for Washington, which got its second consecutive shutout.
Flames 3, Penguins 2 (SO): Kris Versteeg scored the only goal in the shootout and Calgary recovered after a furious third-period rally by Pittsburgh. Chad Johnson stopped 31 shots in regulation and then turned away Pittsburgh's Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby in the shootout. Michael Frolik and Micheal Ferland also scored. Crosby inched closer to becoming the 86th player in NHL history to reach 1,000 points when he assisted on Chris Kunitz's third-period goal for career point No. 999. Rookie forward Jake Guentzel forced overtime with his fifth of the season with just under five minutes left. Matt Murray made 28 saves.
Lightning 5, Kings 0: Ben Bishop made 28 saves, and Nikita Kucherov scored twice during a three-goal second period. Tampa Bay, which won consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 20-22, also got goals from Jonathan Drouin, Gabriel Dumont and Braydon Coburn. Kings goalie Peter Budaj turned aside 16 shots in losing for the second straight game.
Blue Jackets 3, Red Wings 2 (OT): Seth Jones beat goalie Petr Mrazek 3:22 into overtime. The Blue Jackets ended an 0-1-1 skid. Detroit snapped a two-game winning streak. Nick Jensen got his second career goal, both in the last four games, and Thomas Vanek added a tying score midway through the second for Detroit. Mrazek made 24 saves. Brandon Dubinsky and Cam Atkinson scored for the Blue Jackets. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24.
Blues 6, Senators 0: Jake Allen made 30 saves, and Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice. Magnus Paajarvi, Patrik Berglund, Alex Steen and Ivan Barbashev also scored. It was Allen's second shutout of the season. Ottawa's Andrew Hammond had 24 saves in his first start since Dec. 18 after his high ankle sprain.
Maple Leafs 3, Stars 1: Rookie sensation Auston Matthews scored his team-leading 25th goal and Curtis McElhinney made 39 saves. Dallas, which got a goal from Tyler Seguin, hasn't won at Toronto since Dec. 2008.
Wild 4, Jets 2: Jason Pominville and Nino Niederreiter each scored twice. Pominville also had an assist, and Charlie Coyle added three assists. Devan Dubnyk made 38 saves.
Predators 4, Canucks 3: Viktor Arvidsson and Calle Jarnkrok each had a goal and an assist for Nashville against Vancouver.
Avalanche 4, Canadiens 0: Mikko Rantanen had three goals for his first career hat trick.
Julien fired: The Bruins fired Stanley Cup-winning coach Claude Julien with the team in danger of missing the playoffs for a third straight season. Assistant Bruce Cassidy was named interim coach. Boston has lost two in a row and six of nine and fallen out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Julien was the longest-tenured current coach in the NHL, starting with the Bruins in the 2007-08 season. He went 419-246-94 in 10 seasons, including two trips to the NHL finals and a Stanley Cup title in 2011. The Bruins lost in the finals two years later, and the year after that earned 117 points and the Presidents' Trophy before losing in the conference semifinals to archrival Montreal. Last season, Julien became the all-time Bruins leader for wins by a coach.
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