Vinni Lettieri’s OT goal sends Rangers past Devils
NEW YORK (AP) — Vinni Lettieri scored at 3:53 of overtime to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.
Steven Fogarty, Timothy Gettinger and Chris Kreider also scored for New York, which built a 3-1 lead 31 seconds into the third period. Nico Hischier and Taylor Hall scored in a 3:03 span for the Devils and forced overtime.
Kyle Palmieri also scored for New Jersey.
Henrik Lundqvist made 14 saves in the first two periods, before being replaced by Marek Mazanec, who stopped nine of 11 shots in the third and overtime.
Eddie Lack made 35 saves and played the entire game in goal for New Jersey.
In Philadelphia, Lee Stempniak had a goal and two assists, leading the Bruins past the Flyers.
Peter Cehlarik, Brandon Carlo and Chris Wagner also scored for Boston, which had a 4-0 lead just over two minutes into the third period. Philadelphia rallied with three scores in a span of 2:44, but fell short.
Dan Vladar made 34 saves for the Bruins.
Dale Weise, Claude Giroux and Travis Konecny scored for Philadelphia. Brian Elliott had 24 saves.
CANADIENS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 1
In Toronto, Xavier Ouellet and Artturi Lehkonen scored twice as Montreal dealt Toronto its first loss of the preseason.
Charles Hudon also scored for the Canadiens, who have won four of five preseason games. Antti Niemi made 29 saves for Montreal.
Kasperi Kapanen scored for Toronto, and Garret Sparks allowed five goals on 36 shots.
In Dallas, Jamie Benn scored two goals to lead Dallas.
Blake Comeau, Esa Lindell and Roope Hintz also scored for the Stars, who received a 27-save performance from Anton Khudobin.
Matt Read, Joel Eriksson Ek and Kyle Rau scored for the Wild.
Devan Dubnyk allowed all five Dallas goals on 37 shots.
In Salt Lake City, Jonathan Quick made 28 saves in the King' win over Vancouver.
Tyler Toffoli scored twice, and Anze Kopitar and Dion Phaneuf added third-period goals for Los Angeles.
Sam Gagner scored Vancouver's lone goal. Jacob Markstrom stopped 23 of 27 shots.
In Calgary, Nikolaj Ehlers' second goal of the game came in overtime and was the winner for Winnipeg.
Sami Niku scored twice and CJ Suess added a goal for the Jets.
Mark Giordano, Morgan Klimchuk, Juuso Valimaki and Ryan Lomberg scored for Calgary.
In Anaheim, John Gibson made 29 saves to lift the Ducks over Arizona.
Cam Fowler, Carter Rowney, Sam Steel and Max Comtois scored for Anaheim, which had 10 players record a point.
Brendan Perlini and Richard Panik scored for Arizona. Darcy Kuemper made 24 saves.
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In Las Vegas, Pavel Francouz made 29 saves, including 10 in the third period, to help the Avalanche withstand a rally.
Jake Bischoff and Brad Hunt scored in a 4:21 span of the third period to cut a 4-1 deficit to a goal.
But Vladislav Kamenev's empty net goal with 1:05 left sealed the win for Colorado. Sheldon Dries, Scott Kosmachuk, Carl Soderberg and J.T. Compher also scored for the Avalanche.
Max Pacioretty added a goal for Vegas. Malcolm Subban had 23 saves.