BOSTON (AP) -Zdeno Chara and Phil Kessel scored shootout goals for the Boston Bruins, who rallied for a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday.
Chuck Kobasew had two goals in regulation for Boston, which led 2-1 through 40 minutes before the Rangers took a one-goal advantage in the third period.
Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr scored a goal and helped set up two others, but it wasn’t enough to keep New York from its fifth straight road loss (0-3-2).
Tim Thomas stopped both Rangers shots in the shootout and 36 through overtime.
Scott Gomez had a goal and an assist, and Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves for the Rangers, who lost both matchups with the Bruins in Boston during shootouts. Sean Avery also scored.
The Original Six rivals will meet again Sunday afternoon in New York.
Stars 3, Blue Jackets 1
DALLAS (AP) – Mike Smith made 29 saves for Dallas, which snapped Columbus’ four-game winning streak.
Smith, Marty Turco’s backup, hadn’t played in five of six games. He kept the Stars afloat in the second period when the Blue Jackets dominated with a 14-2 shots advantage but scored only once.
Brenden Morrow, Stu Barnes and Steve Ott scored for the Stars, 4-2-1 in their last seven games.
Dallas has won all three meetings with Columbus this season, the first two in shootouts. The teams will play for the fourth and final time Tuesday in Dallas.
Nikolai Zherdev scored for the Blue Jackets.
Predators 5, Blues 2
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Scott Nichol scored a pair of short-handed goals in Nashville’s victory over St. Louis.
J.P. Dumont, David Legwand and Jason Arnott also scored for the Predators, who beat the Blues for the first time this season in four tries. Jarred Smithson assisted on both of Nichol’s goals. Chris Mason made 24 saves.
The Blues dropped their fourth in a row (0-3-1) and have been outscored 21-9 during the skid. Andy McDonald and Brad Boyes had goals, and Paul Kariya recorded two assists.
Nichol scored each of his goals in the second period when the Predators broke open a 2-1 game and grabbed a four-goal lead.
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