![]() Philadelphia Flyers right winger Joffrey Lupul will miss at least two weeks with a pulled abdominal muscle he sustained in Friday’s win over Anaheim, and backup goaltender Antero Niittymaki will miss at least a week with a strained groin muscle he sustained in Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Los Angeles. Oilers 3, Islanders 2 – Andrew Cogliano’s third-period goal sent host Edmonton past New York.Įlsewhere in the NHL – Craig Rivet is ready to return after missing nearly a month with a shoulder injury, but forward Maxim Afinogenov is out indefinitely after hurting his groin when checked by Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara in a 4-2 win at the Garden on Saturday. The Penguins failed on all eight power-play chances against the Rangers. Sidney Crosby was held without a point for the third straight game, and Evgeni Malkin, the NHL scoring leader, has two assists in seven games. They have only eight goals in seven games. The defending Eastern Conference champions have dropped five straight, 6-of-7 and 7-of-9 to fall below the playoff cutoff halfway through the season. The Penguins, meanwhile, are in a free-fall. The Rangers, who were 1-for-17 with the man advantage during a 1-3-1 slide, got power-play goals from Nigel Dawes and defenseman Paul Mara and jumped over idle New Jersey and Philadelphia to regain first place in the Atlantic Division, a position they held all season until last weekend.Ĭhris Drury sealed it with a third-period goal, and Scott Gomez added a short-handed tally into an empty net with 3:11 left. He is the fourth Rangers goalie to post four consecutive 20-win seasons. Lundqvist (20-11-3) made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season and 18th overall. ![]() Henrik Lundqvist became the fifth NHL goalie to start a career with four 20-win seasons, and the Rangers turned their struggling power play into a plus in a 4-0 victory over the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins last night in New York.
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