MONTREAL — Alexei Emelin, Max Pacioretty and Paul Byron scored in a 62-second span of the third period to lift the Montreal Canadiens over the New York Rangers 5-4 Saturday night.
Alex Galchenyuk scored in his return after injuring his knee Dec. 4, and Brian Flynn also had a goal for Montreal.
Brandon Pirri, Rick Nash, J.T. Miler and Derek Stepan scored for the Rangers, who were coming off a 4-2 loss at home to Toronto Friday night.
The Rangers’ Antti Raanta played for the first time since Dec. 29 but left in the first period with a lower-body injury after stopping 10 of 10 shots. Henrik Lundqvist replaced him and allowed five goals on 22 shots a night after losing to the Maple Leafs.
Wild 5, Stars 4: Jason Zucker scored the winner with 6:45 to play as Minnesota beat Dallas after blowing a four-goal lead.
Zucker skated into the paint as Dallas goalie Kari Lehtonen blocked a shot. The puck bounced off Zucker’s chest and into the goal just before the net came off its moorings. A replay review confirmed the goal.
Three Minnesota players scored in the first 4:01, and the Wild led 4-0 before the period ended.
The goals by Mikko Koivu, Eric Staal and Matt Dumba knocked Stars starting goalie Antti Niemi from the game without a save.
Chris Stewart also scored against Lehtonen for a 4-0 lead at 12:45 of the first.
The Stars rallied with Antoine Roussel scoring seven seconds before the first period ended, Jiri Hudler and Tyler Seguin adding second-period goals and John Klingberg tying it on the power play with 8:47 remaining.
Panthers 4, Blue Jackets 3: Jaromir Jagr scored early in the third period, helping lead Florida past Columbus.
Hurricanes 7, Islanders 4: Brock McGinn had a goal and three assists while linemates Jordan Staal and Elias Lindholm each had a goal and two assists as Carolina pulled away late to beat New York for its fourth
straight victory.
Red Wings 6, Penguins 3: Andreas Athanasiou went end to end with the puck, split defenders and scored early in the third period, giving Detroit its first lead in a win over Pittsburgh.
Bruins 6, Flyers 3: Brad Marchand had two goals and three assists to lift Boston over slumping Philadelphia.
Tuukka Rask was back in goal for Boston after leaving the previous game because he was hit in the throat area by a shot in the opening period. He made 21 saves.
Ducks 3, Coyotes 0: Hampus Lindholm, Nick Ritchie and Ryan Kesler scored, and Jonathan Bernier earned his first shutout of the season in Anaheim’s victory over Arizona.
Maple Leafs 4, Senators 2: Nazem Kadri scored twice and Curtis McElhinney made 35 saves, leading Toronto past Ottawa.
Predators 3, Avalanche 2: Filip Forsberg scored with 11:54 remaining in the third period while Cody McLeod had a goal and a fight against his former team as Nashville rallied for a win over Colorado. — AP
