SUNRISE, Fla. - Ryan McDonagh, Chris Kreider and Martin St. Louis had a goal and an assist each, and the New York Rangers got back to their winning ways with a 5-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Wednesday night.Derick Brassard, Martin St. Louis and Dominic Moore also scored for New York, and Derek Stepan had two assists. Henrik Lundqvist made 19 saves to earn the win.The Rangers won their first game after having an eight-game winning streak snapped at Dallas on Monday. It was the longest run in 40 years for New York (20-11-4), which went 9-3 in December.Tomas Fleischmann and Jimmy Hayes scored for Florida.New York dominated play from the outset against Florida, which played for the second straight. The Panthers were outshot 24-12 through the first two periods and 34-21 overall.The Rangers are 16-0-1 when they allow two goals or fewer.ISLANDERS 5, JETS 2WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Frans Nielsen scored two goals and added an assist, and the surging New York Islanders topped Winnipeg.Ryan Strome had a goal and three assists, and Anders Lee and Josh Bailey also scored for New York (25-11-1), which is 6-1-1 in its last eight games. It was Stromes first career four-point game.Winnipeg captain Andrew Ladd scored both goals for the Jets (19-12-7). It was the first back-to-back losses for the Jets since late November. They lost to Minnesota on Monday.Jaroslav Halak made 21 saves for the win.Ondrej Pavelec started for the first time since rookie Michael Hutchinson was tabbed for Winnipegs previous three games and stopped 28 shots.LIGHTNING 5, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Ondrej Palat had a goal and three assists, and Tampa Bay reclaimed the Eastern Conference lead with a win over Buffalo.Nikita Kucherov scored twice and added an assist, and linemate Tyler Johnson set up three goals for Tampa Bay (24-11-4), which is one point ahead of the New York Islanders. Matthew Carle and Anton Stralman had two assists in helping the Lightning improve to 2-3-2 in their past seven road games.Tyler Ennis scored the lone goal for Buffalo (14-21-3), which dropped to a 1-5-1 in its past seven. The Sabres slump has coincided with a series of injuries and illnesses that have depleted the roster.The Lightning outshot the Sabres 14-1 in the third period and 25-11 overall.PENGUINS 2, HURRICANES 1PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Sutter scored the winning goal with 1:42 left to lift Pittsburgh over Carolina.Sutter, acquired from Carolina in 2012, scored his eighth of the season. Beau Bennett, playing for the first time in 16 games, set up both Penguins goals. Chris Kunitz netted his 11th for the Penguins, who snapped a four-game losing streak and avoided dropping back-to-back home games for the first time this season.Eric Staal scored his ninth of the season and second in two games. The Hurricanes, who lost for the 11th time in 13 games, managed just 16 goals during that span. Carolina, which sustained its 12th one-goal loss of the season, nearly won in Pittsburgh for the second time in a little more than a month despite having one of the NHLs worst road records.Marc-Andre Fleury, making a season-high eighth straight start, stopped 24 shots. Cam Ward made 37 saves for Carolina.BLUE JACKETS 3, WILD 1COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kevin Connauton had a goal and an assist, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves to lead Columbus past Minnesota.With the game tied 1-1 in the third period, Columbus scored a power-play goal at 5:57.Ryan Johansen added an empty-netter for his first goal in 12 games, and Brandon Dubinsky had two assists for Columbus, which went 10-1-1 in December. It was the third time the Blue Jackets won at least 10 games in a month.Zach Parise scored a power-play goal for the Wild, who were 0 for 4 on the power play and have had 11 of their last 14 games decided by one goal.RED WINGS 3, DEVILS 1DETROIT (AP) — Darren Helm scored two goals, and Detroit held off New Jersey.Helms unassisted tally with 4:25 left gave the Red Wings a two-goal cushion. Henrik Zetterberg had scored the go-ahead goal 1:24 earlier for Detroit, which got 12 saves from Jimmy Howard.Cory Schneider made 25 saves for the Devils, whose lone goal was scored by Joe Whitney. He gave New Jersey a 1-0 lead with 4:23 remaining in the second period.Devils forward Steve Bernier was helped off the ice late in the game after being checked at centre ice by Brendan Smith.MAPLE LEAFS 4, BRUINS 3, SOBOSTON (AP) — Nazem Kadri and Mike Santorelli scored in the shootout, lifting Toronto past Boston.Phil Kessel had a goal and his 200th assist with Toronto. Leo Komarov and James van Riemsdyk also scored for the Maple Leafs, who won for just the second time in seven games.Carl Soderberg had a goal and an assist. David Krejci and Torey Krug also scored for Boston, 3-1-1 in its past five.Santorelli beat Tuukka Rask in the opening round of the shootout, but Krug tied it on Bostons second chance.After Rask and Torontos Jonathan Bernier stopped the fourth and fifth shooters, Kadri beat Rask with a backhander.STARS 6, COYOTES 0DALLAS (AP) — Kari Lehtonen made 32 saves for his 30th shutout, Brett Ritchie scored in his first NHL game, and Dallas routed Arizona.Cody Eakin and Jamie Benn each had a goal and an assist, and Alex Goligoski assisted twice as the Stars had their biggest margin of victory this season.The game was scoreless in the second period when Ritchie checked Arizonas Sam Gagner into the right-wing boards. Ritchie then skated to the front of the net, took a pass from Travis Moen and put the puck past goalie Devan Dubnyk at 7:22.Dallas Colton Sceviour scored 1:03 later for a 2-0 lead.Benn, Eakin, Ales Hemsky and Ryan Garbutt all scored third-period goals.The Stars won their third straight, and seventh in eight games.Arizonas three-game winning streak ended hours after the NHL board of governors approved IceArizonas sale of 51 per cent of the team to Philadelphia hedge fund manager Andrew Barroway.SHARKS 3, DUCKS 0ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Antti Niemi earned his 30th NHL shutout, and third of the season, with 28 saves, Joe Pavelski scored his second goal of the game during a two-man advantage, and San Jose blanked Anaheim.Logan Couture added an empty-net goal with 2:05 remaining.Frederik Andersen made 24 saves for the Ducks, who own the leagues best record despite being shut out for the second time this season.Corey Perry returned to the Anaheim lineup after missing 10 games because of a sprained knee. The Ducks are 16-7-1 this season when he is in the lineup and 8-2-5 without him. He missed five games in November with the mumps.San Jose centre Joe Thornton left with an undisclosed injury in the first period after a collision with Ducks defenceman Clayton Stoner.AVALANCHE 4, FLYERS 3, OTDENVER (AP) — Ryan OReilly scored at 4:40 of overtime, and Colorado rallied to beat Philadelphia and snap a two-game skid.OReilly got a pass from defenceman Tyson Barrie and beat goalie Steve Mason with a shot just under the crossbar. It was OReillys seventh of the season.Semyon Varlamov had 26 saves. Jarome Iginla also scored for the Avalanche.Claude Giroux, Vincent Lecavalier and Jakub Voracek scored for Philadelphia. Mason finished with 29 saves for the Flyers, who have lost three in a row.Colorado had a 2-1 lead after two periods but Lecavalier tied it with his sixth goal 2:52 into the third. Giroux gave the Flyers a 3-2 lead.Iginla tied it with his ninth goal at 12:48.FLAMES 4, OILERS 3, OTCALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Josh Jooris scored 1:08 into overtime to lead Calgary to a wild win over Edmonton.Jooris, who missed the previous three games because of an upper-body injury, took a pass from Jiri Hudler and put a shot into the top corner behind goalie Ben Scrivens.Joe Colborne scored his second and third goals of the season — all against the Oilers — for the Flames (21-15-3), and Lance Bouma also scored. Sean Monahan and Curtis Glencross chipped in with two assists each.Making his sixth consecutive start for the Flames, Jonas Hiller made 17 saves to improve to 13-10-2.Matt Fraser, Jordan Eberle and Andrew Ference scored for the Oilers (8-22-8). Ben Scrivens stopped 24 shots in the loss. . As each game passes (each has played close with the exception of last night) it becomes clearer just how evenly matched these two teams are and how one mistake, or one bad inning, is likely to sway the result. . Martin Reway and David Griger both recorded four points with a goal and three assists each. Mario Lunter, Daniel Gachulinec and Stanislav Horansky also scored for Slovakia (1-0). Dominik Kahun had both goals for Germany (0-2), who lost its opening match to Canada 7-2 on Thursday.
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"Thats why I work so hard, and it always bugged me going home early, and just sitting there doing nothing. It used to make me so hungry just watching." DeRozan poured in 25 points, while Johnson scored 20 and grabbed nine rebounds in a game that was no thriller but served its purpose -- one step closer to the teams second Atlantic Division title and its first playoff berth since 2008. The Nets, who edged Miami 96-95 on Wednesday, are three games behind Toronto for the division title. "Ive got a lot of friends that play in the playoffs and I had to hear all summer them talking about their experience in the playoffs. It always pushed me even further," DeRozan said. "You just want to get there. Not even for myself, just for this organization as well. It definitely feels good that were moving in the right direction now." Kyle Lowry had 19 points and six assists, while Jonas Valanciunas had 13 rebounds to go with eight points for the Raptors (36-27), whove won 10 of their last 13 games. The affair wasnt pretty. The Raptors coughed up double-digit leads a couple of times -- including an 18-point third-quarter advantage that the Pistons whittled down to just five -- in a game they could have put out of reach far earlier. The Raptors went into the fourth quarter with a narrow 74-69 lead in front of the 18,247 fans at the Air Canada Centre that braved the rare March snowstorm. They scored the first nine points of the fourth to go up by 14. A wide-open three by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with 8:23 to go cut the Raptors lead to nine points, but that was as close as the struggling Pistons would come. Brandon Jennings topped Detroit (25-40) with 24 points, while Andre Drummond had 16 points and nine rebounds and Greg Monroe had 13 points to go with 10 boards. Ugly or not, the Raptors were happy to tick off another win. "Absolutely. Im ready," Johnson said, when asked if hes thinking post-season. "Were going to win as many games as we possibly can going down the home stretch, collect these wins." Casey said hes happy his players are enjoying their success, but warns that theyve got to focus on themselves down the stretch. "It is fun. But weve got to take care of our business. We can watch (what other teams are doing), but if we dont take care of our business, its not worth crap," the coach said.dddddddddddd "Im more concerned with what we do, and how were playing, . . .and losing leads, moreso than anything else. "I hope (the Raptors) are enjoying it but still understand how hard it is, getting there first, and then after you get there, its even harder." DeRozan, whos in his fifth season in Toronto thus has never stepped on the court for a playoff game, said he has always forced himself to watch the post-season, regardless of how frustrating it was. "I had to, just to understand and see how it was," he said. "Youre playing the same team possibly seven times in a row. Seeing the different schemes. Just trying to get a knowledge of how its played every single day." He said hes particularly thrilled to be sharing this seasons success with Johnson, who last made the playoffs with Detroit in 2009. "Thats my dog, man. Its definitely cool," DeRozan said. "I knew Amir, and Amir knew me when I was running around with the same pair of dirty shoes on, playing basketball. Amir is a helluva dude, how hard he works, and how good of a person he is." Johnson was key Wednesday night in containing Detroits frontcourt -- what Casey had predicted would be a "huge test" for Toronto. The Pistons lead the league in points in the paint and offensive rebounds, thanks largely to Drummond. The Raptors were effective inside, outrebounding Detroit 54-39 and outscoring their visitors in the paint 44-38. Casey wasnt thrilled with the second unit, saying it was "playing in mud a little bit." "We needed to keep the pace going, I thought the pace slowed down," he said. "For whatever reason we got stagnant and lost a couple of leads and thats something we have to work on." The Raptors raced out to a nine-point lead four minutes into the game, stretching it to 14 on a pullup jumper by John Salmons before ending the first quarter up 29-21. The Raptors went almost five minutes without a point to open the second, and Bynum drained a three with 8:37 left in the half to tie the game 29-29. The Raptors managed to cobble together another 10-point lead and took a 52-45 advantage into the dressing room at halftime. A three-pointer by Lowry stretched Torontos lead to 18 points just four-and-a-half minutes into the third but the Raptors couldnt maintain it. The Pistons ended the quarter on a 14-2 run to send the game into the fourth with Toronto leading 74-69. NOTES: Patrick Patterson missed his third straight game with an elbow injury. . . The game was the first of three straight at home. The Raptors host the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday and the Phoenix Suns on Sunday before playing a pair on the road at Atlanta and New Orleans. . . The Raptors have won four of their last five against the Pistons. ' ' '
