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get a well-deserved win.Kevin Shattenkirk scored the lone goal in the shootout
and Henrik Lundqvist rebounded after allowing the tying goal with 1.3 seconds
left in regulation, helping the Rangers complete a season sweep of the San Jose
Sharks with a 4-3 victory on Tuesday night.“There was a moment where we were
down and bowed our heads a little bit,” Shattenkirk said. “Take that moment,
take it in and move on. We did a good job of it. … The way we stuck with it was
huge.”Chris Kreider scored two goals in the third period and Mats Zuccarello
also scored for the Rangers, who followed up a 3-2 overtime win at home against
the Sharks earlier this month with another victory.New York has just two wins in
its other 10 games and lost a game Sunday in Los Angeles when the Kings scored
with less than a minute left in regulation.“That’s a good team,” Kreider said.
“It’s a good team we’ve beaten twice now, regardless if we blew the lead. That’s
a good team. We played so much better than we did the past few games. There’s no
reason we can’t do that consistently.”Brent Burns and Timo Meier each scored for
the Sharks to extend their points streaks to a career-high nine games.The Sharks
got Joe Thornton back in the lineup after missing nine games with an infection
in his surgically repaired right knee, but struggled to control the game as
coach Peter DeBoer spent much of the night juggling his lines.“We didn’t have
the start we wanted today,” Meier said. “We were chasing them from behind. We
had a lot of turnovers. We didn’t play our game. We tried to shuffle around the
lines a little bit. We fought back nicely. We tied up at the end. Too bad we
couldn’t get those two points.”Martin Jones made 34 saves for San Jose, but
couldn’t stop Shattenkirk in the third round of the shootout.Lundqvist stopped
Hertl
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save of the game.“I don’t know if I would have made it through the night if they
scored with two seconds to go in overtime as well,” said Lundqvist, who was
shaken up in the second period after a collision with teammate Cody McLeod. “It
would have been tough to accept. It was just a big relief to take it to the
shootout.”Kreider twice gave the Rangers the lead in the third only to have the
Sharks tie it, with the last coming when Hertl got a pass in front of the net
with the clocking running down and beat Lundqvist to send the game into
overtime.Kreider had given New York a 3-2 lead earlier in the period after a
defensive breakdown by San Jose. Zuccarello was left alone in front after an
offensive zone draw and took a pass from Mike Zibanejad before feeding Kreider
at the side of the net to give New York the lead.Kreider scored on a one-timer
early in the period only to have Meier answer with a shot into the top corner on
a two-on-one.The Sharks struck first when Burns beat Lundqvist with a big shot
from the point less than four minutes into the game, becoming the first Sharks
defenseman to record points in nine straight games.But the Rangers took over
from there, outshooting San Jose 17-6 in the opening period and getting the
equalizer when Zuccarello beat Jones from the top circle less than a minute
after Burns’ goal.“Tonight was one of those tough games you are coming off the
road, it’s a little bit of a trap game,” DeBoer said. “We knew that coming in.
The first period we were on our heels. They were the more desperate team
tonight.”NOTES: Thornton played in his 1,496th career game, passing Phil Housley
for sole possession of 20th place on the all-time list. … Sharks captain Joe
Pavelski played his 900th career game. … F Pavel Buchnevich was a healthy
scratch for New York.UP NEXT:New York: Visit Anaheim on Thursday.San Jose: Host
Columbus on Thursday. LOS ANGELES (AP) The new kids kept having their way with
the Los Angeles Kings – until late in the game Monday night.Anze Kopitar tied
the score with 10.8 seconds left in the third period and Dustin Brown delivered
a power-play goal 3:14 into overtime, rallying the Kings to a 3-2 victory
against the Vegas Golden Knights.It was the first win for Los Angeles in three
games against the expansion Golden Knights
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Vegas.”You know what? We stayed with it,” Kings coach John Stevens said after
his team stopped a two-game skid. ”We chased the game a little bit there.”Jeff
Carter, in his second game back after missing 55 with a cut tendon, trimmed Los
Angeles’ deficit to 2-1 on a power play at 12:28 of the third. Jonathan Quick
stopped 37 shots.Erik Haula and Reilly Smith scored for Vegas. Marc-Andre Fleury
made 41 saves.Los Angeles needed a bit of luck to finally break through against
Fleury. Carter scored his first goal of the season when his shot deflected in
off the helmet of Vegas’ Cody Eakin.”It was a great game,” Golden Knights coach
Gerrard Gallant said. ”Our team competed hard and played really well tonight. We
had a 2-0 lead and, unfortunately, they got a power-play goal that was a bit
lucky.”Los Angeles pulled Quick and, after a flurry of shots, tied it 2-all when
Kopitar took a sharp pass from Dion Phaneuf on the left side and fired it past
Fleury for his 26th goal.”The flurry at the end was outstanding,” Stevens said.
”Guys came up with a lot of loose pucks. There was a lot of hunger for loose
pucks.”Fleury appeared to be headed for his third shutout of the season until
the Kings’ late rally.Then they started patiently with their power play in
overtime, working the puck around until Brown found Tyler Toffoli’s rebound in
front of a sprawled-out Fleury and flicked it in for the game-winner.It was
Brown’s 19th goal of the season.”You can’t look at the scoreboard during the
game
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Knights appeared to have things in hand early.In a tight game, they seemed to
take command 47 seconds into the third when Smith came around from behind the
net to flick William Karlsson’s rebound past Quick for his 21st goal of the
season and a 2-0 lead.The Golden Knights struck first 4:37 into the game, which
appeared to be particularly bad news for Los Angeles. Vegas had been 26-3 when
scoring first.The opening score came from Haula, who broke through alone on the
right side and fired a wrist shot over Quick’s left shoulder. It was his 23rd of
the season.But things turned late.”They kept creating chances,” Smith said.
”They created a lot of scrambles in front of the net. We played a good team
game. Quick made a lot of big saves and kept them in it.”Vegas forward Jonathan
Marchessault was happy with the Knights’ play and upset about only one thing:
”Fleury was outstanding and he didn’t get the win. That’s the only thing that’s
not positive.”NOTES: The Kings honored the U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team
before the game. Each woman was individually introduced and walked onto the ice
wearing her gold medal. Team captain Meghan Duggan dropped the ceremonial first
puck. . It was Brown’s fourth game-winning goal of the season.UP NEXTGolden
Knights: Play the Kings again Tuesday, this time in Las Vegas.Kings: On the road
Tuesday against the Golden Knights.—
