BOSTON — Zdeno Chara scored the tying goal on a power play with under 3 minutes remaining in regulation and Jarome Iginla had the lone goal in a shootout to rally the Boston Bruins past the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 in the National Hockey League Thursday.
Carl Soderberg scored his first NHL goal and Tuukka Rask made 21 saves for the Bruins, who mustered only one shot on goal in the first period. They never sustained much of an offensive attack but still managed to snap a two-game skid.
Devante Smith-Pelly scored less than 2 minutes into the game, Mathieu Perreault had a goal and an assist and Jonas Hiller stopped 21 shots for the Ducks. But they went 0 for 4 on the power play, dropping the league’s worst unit to 7.3 percent (4 for 55).
Bruins players came out for warmups wearing World Series caps, and the crowd cheered midway through the second period when highlights of the Boston Red Sox clinching win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night at Fenway Park were shown on the JumboTron.
Bruins team President Cam Neely and Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino then came onto the ice and held the World Series trophy high above their heads.
Rangers 2, Sabres 0
Henrik Lundqvist made 29 saves in his 47th NHL shutout as New York won its second straight and first at home with a victory over lowly Buffalo.
Lundqvist made a late third-period save with the top of his helmet, deflecting the puck into the crowd, and then robbed Marcus Foligno with 1:20 remaining.
Derick Brassard scored a power-play goal in the first period, and Chris Kreider netted his second in two games in the middle period to give Lundqvist the only offense he would need to post his third win and second shutout this season.
The Rangers (5-7), who played 10 of their first 11 on the road, began a four-game homestand in workmanlike fashion. They recorded a season-high 46 shots on Buffalo’s Ryan Miller, who was sharp throughout.
Buffalo lost its third straight and is a league-worst 2-12-1. The Sabres have been shut out three times.
Coyotes 5, Predators 4 (shootout)
Phoenix center Mikkel Boedker scored in the fifth round of a shootout to lift the Coyotes to a 5-4 victory over the Nashville Predators.
The Coyotes overcame a three-goal deficit after the first period and remained undefeated at home at 6-0-1 and 9-3-2 overall.
Center David Legwand had a goal and two assists in the first period as Nashville (6-5-2) took a 3-0 lead before the Coyotes recovered to tie the game early in the third period.
Matt Hendricks and Eric Nystrom also scored in the first period and Paul Gaustad scored early in the third off Phoenix goaltender Thomas Greiss.
After Gaustad's goal, Coyotes center Shane Doan scored on a power play at 6:16 of the third period, and center Antoine Vermette tied the game on a breakaway at 8:17 of the third.
The Coyotes are off to their best start since 2000-01 season and have points in 10 of their last 11 games with eight victories. — Agencies
