NHL ROUNDUP | Saturday's games

Rangers 3, Devils 2, SO
NEW YORK -- Petr Prucha beat Scott Clemmensen to end a sudden-death shootout, giving the Rangers the victory over New Jersey. Brian Gionta, who scored twice in regulation, kept the Devils alive by beating Kevin Weekes with a goal in the third and final round. Sudden death became necessary when New York's Jaromir Jagr hit the post. Michael Nylander also scored for the Rangers in the tiebreaker. Prucha and Blair Betts scored in regulation to help New York sweep the home-and-home series. The Rangers, 3-0-1 against their area rivals, have three wins in a season against New Jersey for the first time since the Stanley Cup-winning year of 1993-94.
Kings 3, Predators 2, SO
LOS ANGELES -- Pavol Demitra and Jeremy Roenick scored in a shootout, helping the Kings rally for a victory over Nashville. Jason LaBarbera stopped Nashville's Simon Gamache and Marek Zidlicky in the Kings' first shootout under the NHL's new rules. LaBarbera, who made 20 saves for his eighth victory of the season, also stopped David Legwand in a penalty shot with 31 seconds left in overtime. Craig Conroy scored early in the third period and Tom Kostopoulos tied it for Los Angeles with 4:28 left in regulation. Jeremy Stevenson and Martin Erat had first-period goals for Nashville.
Associated Press