Nylander's 4 points lead Rangers to win over Hurricanes
NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Nylander's goal and three assists helped the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 Saturday and split a home-and-home series with the Eastern Conference's co-leaders.
Martin Straka, Petr Prucha and Michal Rozsival also scored and Jaromir Jagr had three assists for the Rangers, the Atlantic Division leaders.
Carolina, which entered tied with Montreal with 29 points, lost for just the second time in 13 games and had a five-game, road-winning streak snapped.
Eric Staal, Niklas Nordgren and Justin Williams scored for the Hurricanes (14-4-1), who rallied late with two goals.
New York went 3-for-5 with the man advantage after not netting a power-play goal in eight straight chances. They were 2-for-18 in the previous three games and lost two of them to finish the longest trip of the season 3-2.
The top line of Jagr, Nylander and Straka made up for a rough night in Carolina on Thursday to pace the Rangers' sixth home win in 10 games. The trio recorded just one point -- a goal in the 5-1 loss -- and were a minus-8, but they combined for a goal and six assists in the rematch.
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