THURSDAY’s OTHER NHL GAMES

THURSDAY’s OTHER NHL GAMES

Ducks 5, Islanders 4, OT

NEW YORK

Hampus Lindholm scored his third goal of the game in overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a victory over the New York Islanders. Lindholm’s sixth of the season came at 4:03 of the extra period, snapping a three-game losing streak for Anaheim. The Ducks tied the game with goalie Ryan Miller pulled for an extra skater when Rickard Rakell scored at 18:45 of the third period. Brandon Montour and Ryan Getzlaf assisted. Getzlaf had four assists overall and has points in five games since returning from a facial fracture. Andrew Ladd put the Islanders ahead 4-3 at 7:52 of the third as New York rallied from a 3-1 deficit. Ladd’s rebound shot for his ninth goal beat Miller at 7:52 after Islanders captain John Tavares tied the game with his second goal of the night at 5:44 of the third.

Devils 4, Rangers 3, SO

NEWARK, N.J.

Brian Boyle scored the tying goal in the third period and the game-winner in a shootout against his former team, and the New Jersey Devils overcame a season-high 45 saves by Henrik Lundqvist to beat the rival New York Rangers. John Moore and Blake Coleman also scored in regulation, and Kyle Palmieri converted in a four-round shootout for the Devils on the way to their third straight victory. Cory Schneider made 25 saves and stopped three of four attempts in the tiebreaker, denying Jimmy Vesey when the Rangers had a chance to win. Schneider also turned aside defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk to end it after Boyle put New Jersey ahead. Vesey, Nick Holden and Kevin Hayes scored for the Rangers, who had won three in a row.

Lightning 4, Senators 3, SO

TAMPA, FLA.

Brayden Point and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout, lifting the Tampa Bay Lightning to a victory over the Ottawa Senators. The Lightning threatened to win on a power play at the end of overtime, but Nikita Kucherov’s shot past Craig Anderson was launched a split-second after the buzzer. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped shots by Ottawa’s Tom Pyatt and Matt Duchene in the shootout. Ottawa broke out on top in unusual fashion. Bobby Ryan was credited with an unassisted goal 6:31 into the game after Dan Girardi’s attempt to clear a rebound glanced off the shin of fellow Lightning defenseman Braydon Coburn and past Vasilevskiy. Twelve minutes into the second period, Tampa Bay pulled even on a delayed penalty with a deflected goal of its own. Kucherov blasted a shot from the top of the right circle that glanced off teammate Tyler Johnson in the slot and through the legs of Anderson. The Senators regained the lead on a backhander by Cody Ceci with 5:26 remaining in the second. Yanni Gourde tied it again just over a minute later.

Hurricanes 4, Predators 1

NASHVILLE, TENN.

Noah Hanifin had a goal and two assists to lead an early outburst that carried the Carolina Hurricanes past the Nashville Predators. Derek Ryan, Elias Lindholm and Victor Rask also scored for the Hurricanes, who have won four of five. Cam Ward made 28 saves. Kevin Fiala had the goal for Nashville, which has lost two straight. Carolina scored four times in the first 6 1/2 minutes to chase Predators goalie Pekka Rinne. Ryan got the opening goal 37 seconds into the game on a power play. Just seven seconds after Nashville’s Nick Bonino was sent to the penalty box for hooking, Ryan was able to tip Hanifin’s shot from the left circle low to the far side of Rinne. Lindholm doubled the lead at 3:11 with a deflection of Jeff Skinner’s wrist shot from above the right circle. Skinner had two assists.

Associated Press