UNDATED (AP) — The New York Rangers have prevented the Florida Panthers from tying the best 12-game start in an NHL season.
Igor Shesterkin made a season-high 42 saves and the Rangers built a 4-0 lead before holding off the Panthers, 4-3. Chris Kreider and Adam Fox each had a goal in the first period before K’Andre Miller and Ryan Strome scored 30 seconds apart in the second.
Florida tallied three times in the third, twice in the final 1:26 before falling to 10-1-1.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Alex Ovechkin scored his 741st career goal and set up two others as the Capitals defeated the Sabres, 5-3. Ovechkin tied Brett Hull for fourth on the all-time goals list and helped Washington end a three-game losing streak. Tom Wilson added two goals and Evgeny Kuznetsov contributed his ninth, 10th and 11th assists for the Caps.
— Jonathan Quick made 33 saves and the Kings earned their fifth straight win by blowing past the Maple Leafs, 5-1. Phillip Danault had two goals and an assist to help Los Angeles end Toronto’s fifth-game winning streak. Andreas Athanasiou chipped in a goal and an assist in the victory.
