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March 18, 2010, Thursday
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SERGEI Kostitsyn and Tomas Plekanec scored third period goals to help the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers on Tuesday in New York.
It was Montreal's sixth successive victory.
Kostitsyn broke a 1-1 deadlock with his wrist shot at 5:59 in the last period before Plekanec provided the finishing touches into an empty net with 36 seconds remaining.
"I think what's important for our team right now is to really focus one game at a time," Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said. "You know, going down the stretch some of the tougher games to play are when teams are eliminated and they play loose."
Canadiens center Glen Metropolit had beaten New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist 3:34 into the first to open the scoring before Sean Avery tied the game two minutes into the second.
Montreal (36-29-6) is sixth in the Eastern Conference, while the Rangers (31-30-9) have lost five of their last seven to fall to ninth and three points behind the Boston Bruins for the final playoff spot.
Lundqvist made 32 saves from 34 shots and was particularly busy in the second period when he stopped all 18.
Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halak made 19 saves.
Montreal, without injured leading goal scorer Mike Cammalleri, has posted a 7-1 record since the NHL schedule resumed following the Vancouver Olympics.
In other games, it was Bruins 5, Hurricanes 2; Predators 4, Flyers 3, SO; Thrashers 4, Sabres 3; Capitals 7, Panthers 3; Maple Leafs 4, Senators 1; Coyotes 2, Lightning 1; Wild 4, Oilers 2; Avalanche 5, Blues 3; Stars 8, Sharks 2; and Islanders 5, Canucks 2.
In Nashville, Martin Erat scored the only goal of the shootout to lead Nashville past Philadelphia.
Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne turned aside all three Flyers attempts in the shootout. Rinne had 42 saves.
The Predators carried a two-goal lead into the final period, but goals by Gagne and Pronger 3:04 apart tied the game late in the third.
In Atlanta, Buffalo's Ryan Miller was pulled after giving up three goals in the first 6 minutes and Jim Slater's third-period goal gave the Thrashers a win over the Northeast-leading Sabres.
In Sunrise, Florida, Brooks Laich scored twice and five other Washington players had goals.
The Capitals were without star Alex Ovechkin, suspended two games for a hit on Chicago's Brian Campbell.
Nicklas Backstrom, Eric Fehr, Brendan Morrison, Jason Chimera and Alexander Semin each scored for the Capitals.
It was Montreal's sixth successive victory.
Kostitsyn broke a 1-1 deadlock with his wrist shot at 5:59 in the last period before Plekanec provided the finishing touches into an empty net with 36 seconds remaining.
"I think what's important for our team right now is to really focus one game at a time," Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said. "You know, going down the stretch some of the tougher games to play are when teams are eliminated and they play loose."
Canadiens center Glen Metropolit had beaten New York goaltender Henrik Lundqvist 3:34 into the first to open the scoring before Sean Avery tied the game two minutes into the second.
Montreal (36-29-6) is sixth in the Eastern Conference, while the Rangers (31-30-9) have lost five of their last seven to fall to ninth and three points behind the Boston Bruins for the final playoff spot.
Lundqvist made 32 saves from 34 shots and was particularly busy in the second period when he stopped all 18.
Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halak made 19 saves.
Montreal, without injured leading goal scorer Mike Cammalleri, has posted a 7-1 record since the NHL schedule resumed following the Vancouver Olympics.
In other games, it was Bruins 5, Hurricanes 2; Predators 4, Flyers 3, SO; Thrashers 4, Sabres 3; Capitals 7, Panthers 3; Maple Leafs 4, Senators 1; Coyotes 2, Lightning 1; Wild 4, Oilers 2; Avalanche 5, Blues 3; Stars 8, Sharks 2; and Islanders 5, Canucks 2.
In Nashville, Martin Erat scored the only goal of the shootout to lead Nashville past Philadelphia.
Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne turned aside all three Flyers attempts in the shootout. Rinne had 42 saves.
The Predators carried a two-goal lead into the final period, but goals by Gagne and Pronger 3:04 apart tied the game late in the third.
In Atlanta, Buffalo's Ryan Miller was pulled after giving up three goals in the first 6 minutes and Jim Slater's third-period goal gave the Thrashers a win over the Northeast-leading Sabres.
In Sunrise, Florida, Brooks Laich scored twice and five other Washington players had goals.
The Capitals were without star Alex Ovechkin, suspended two games for a hit on Chicago's Brian Campbell.
Nicklas Backstrom, Eric Fehr, Brendan Morrison, Jason Chimera and Alexander Semin each scored for the Capitals.
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