BOSTON (AP) Ryan Spooner and David Krejci scored late in the third period as the Boston Bruins rallied to beat the high-flying New York Rangers 4-3 on Friday.
Tuukka Rask had 24 saves for the Bruins, who extended their win streak to a season-high five games in a wild finish against the Metropolitan Division leaders.
Spooner’s power-play goal with 3:46 left to play tied it at 3, then Krejci struck again for the Bruins on a deflected slap shot that beat Henrik Lundqvist with 1:43 remaining.
Patrice Bergeron and Brett Connolly also scored for the Bruins, who won their third straight at home.
Oscar Lindberg, Rick Nash and J.T. Miller scored for the Rangers and Lundqvist finished with 30 saves.
The game went back-and-forth through the third period with both teams capitalizing on penalties.
Miller’s power-play goal 9:28 into the third period gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead with Brad Marchand sitting in the penalty box for Boston after being called for goalie interference. He made contact with Lundqvist while skating across the crease.
Alex Galchenyuk and Sven Andrighetto scored in regulation and again in the shootout and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the New Jersey Devils 3-2 for their fourth straight win.
Mike Condon started for the injured Carey Price and preserved the win by stopping Patrik Elias with his pad on the Devils’ fifth attempt in the shootout. He finished with 25 saves, the same as the Devils’ Cory Schneider.
Adam Henrique and Lee Stempniak scored for the Devils in regulation and Jacob Josefson had the only New Jersey tally in the shootout.
Artem Anisimov scored 1:53 into overtime and Chicago stormed back from a two-goal deficit in the final moments of regulation for a 3-2 victory over Anaheim.
Marian Hossa and Duncan Keith scored man-advantage goals in the final 1:41 of regulation, and Brent Seabrook assisted on all three goals.
Hossa ended John Gibson’s shutout bid during a 6-on-4 power play with 1:41 to play, and Keith got the tying goal with 26.6 seconds left for the defending Stanley Cup champions.
Patrick Kane extended his points streak to 18 games with an assist on Keith’s score, and Corey Crawford stopped 23 shots.
Jason Chimera scored a power-play goal and had an assist during another man advantage to help the Washington Capitals win 4-2 over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Alex Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie also scored against Tampa Bay’s usually reliable penalty kill.
Marcus Johansson added an even-strength goal in the Capitals’ fourth straight victory, while John Carlson picked up his 12th and 13th assists.
Braden Holtby made 32 saves for Washington to preserve his sixth consecutive victory.
Shayne Gostisbehere scored on the power play with 52 seconds left in overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on Friday.
Colin McDonald and Michael Del Zotto also scored for Philadelphia, which won for just the fourth time in 16 games.
Aleksander Barkov scored the winner in a five-round shootout and the Florida Panthers beat the New York Islanders 3-2 and Chad Johnson made 27 saves as the Buffalo Sabres downed the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1.
Also Friday, the Winnipeg Jets beat the Minnesota Wild 3-1, the Buffalo Sabres downed the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 and the Columbus Blue Jackets edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in overtime.
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