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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Connor Ingram made 28 saves in his fifth career shutout and Lawson Crouse scored his team-leading 16th goal in the Arizona Coyotes’ 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night.

Clayton Keller scored a power-play goal for Arizona, which matched its road victory total from last season. The Coyotes had an NHL-worst seven road wins last season while finishing seventh in the Central Division, but this seventh road victory of the new season moved Arizona up to fourth in the division in its final game of 2023.

Ingram made a handful of impressive stops while posting his fourth shutout in his 12 appearances since Nov. 25.

John Gibson stopped 30 shots in a strong performance for the Ducks, who otherwise gave a relatively lifeless effort two days after an impressive 5-2 victory over Vegas. Anaheim was shut out for the third time in 10 games and the second time in four games on its current eight-game homestand.

Two days after rallying from a four-goal deficit to beat Colorado in overtime, Arizona took an early lead and kept it comfortably. The Coyotes completed their three-game season series against Anaheim with two victories.

Keller opened the scoring less than eight minutes in with a wide-open shot on a power play for his 13th goal of the season.

Anaheim repeatedly struggled in its own end against the Coyotes’ forecheck, and Arizona doubled its lead midway through the second period when Matias Maccelli took the puck away from two Ducks and made a spectacular cross-ice pass to Lawson for a one-timer.

Anaheim forward Troy Terry went to the dressing room midway through the third period after colliding headfirst with teammate Mason McTavish, who was trying to throw a check. Terry is a two-time All-Star who has 22 points in 34 games this season, including eight points in his previous eight games after a November scoring drought.

The Ducks played their third straight game without key contributors Radko Gudas (lower body) and rookie center Leo Carlsson (sprained knee).

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Coyotes: Host Florida on Tuesday.

Ducks: Host Edmonton on Sunday.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Charlie Coyle scored twice and Brad Marchand had two assists to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.

Mason Lohrei and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, who ended a four-game losing streak. Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves.

“As a group, obviously, we didn’t like how we ended the break,” forward Jake DeBrusk said. “Had a couple days to reset and came out with a good effort tonight, had some good goaltending and just rolled with it.”

Erik Johnson scored for the Sabres. Devon Levi made 21 saves.

Special teams played a big role in the outcome as the Bruins scored on their first three power-play chances. Meanwhile, the Sabres went 0 for 6 with the man advantage.

“Bottom line is special teams, no doubt,” Johnson said. “They scored when they needed to and they capitalized on their chances, especially on the power play. That was the difference.”

Lohrei opened the scoring 4:19 in, sending the rebound of a shot past Levi.

Coyle stretched the lead to two goals, scoring on a power play with 6:18 left in the first period. Jake DeBrusk got the puck behind the Buffalo net and spotted a wide-open Coyle in front of the Buffalo crease. Coyle then buried a one-timer.

Coyle scored his second power-play goal of the game 4:18 into the second, when his shot deflected off Johnson’s skate into the net.

“We always want to get out to a lead if you can, and then it’s up to us to push that lead, build in our game, play the right way,” Coyle said. “We’ve just got to keep building on our game.”

Geekie made it 4-0 with 6:16 left in the second on another power-play goal for the Bruins. After Charlie McAvoy’s shot bounced off the end boards, Geekie fired the puck toward the net and a sprawling Levi was unable to make the save. It was Geekie’s fourth goal in seven games.

Johnson got the Sabres on the board 5:11 into the third, scoring on a slap shot from the right circle.

Tage Thompson, Buffalo’s No. 1 center, missed the game due to personal reasons.

UP NEXT

Bruins: Host the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.

Sabres: Host the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday.

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NEW YORK — Warren Foegele and Ryan McLeod each had a goal and an assist in Edmonton’s four-goal third period, helping the Oilers beat the New York Rangers 4-3 on Friday night.

Zach Hyman and Evander Kane scored 1:08 apart early in the third to get the Oilers’ comeback started for their second straight win after losing three straight. Stuart Skinner stopped 31 shots.

“They came out fast,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “I liked that we stuck with it. … Skinner gave us a chance, held us in when we were down one. We were able to build our game in the second, and the third period was our strongest push.”

Coming off a 6-3 win at New Jersey on Thursday night, the Oilers head into the Christmas weekend having swept their first back-to-back of the season.

“That was a massive win for us,” Skinner said. “Feels so much better heading into the holiday break.”

Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist for New York, which had won three straight. Blake Wheeler and Will Cuylle also scored, and Chris Kreider had two assists.

Jonathan Quick finished with 24 saves while taking his first regulation loss of the season after a 9-0-1 start.

“I thought we were missing energy the entire night,” Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. “We didn’t generate very much in the second period. That just kind of carried over into the third period. Quickie made some unbelievable saves in the second period that masked some of that. We didn’t have the pop we needed.”

The Oilers trailed 1-0 until a four-goal flurry over a 6:45 span in the third.

Hyman tied it at 3:07, putting a backhander past Quick for his team-leading 19th of the season. Kane then put the Oilers ahead at 4:15 when he knocked in his own rebound off a faceoff for his 13th.

Foegele made it 3-1 with his fifth on the season at 6:36. He cut right to left across the circles and fired it past Quick.

McLeod gave the Oilers a three-goal lead at 9:52 with his third in two games and No. 5 on the season.

With Quick pulled for a 6-on-4 advantage during a Rangers power play, Zibanejad knocked in a loose puck on left side of the crease for his 12th with 4:18 remaining.

Cuylle fired a shot past Skinner with 0.1 seconds remaining for the final margin.

The Oilers came in fourth in the NHL on the power play at 26.7%, but went 0 for 2 as they failed to convert with the man advantage for a season-high fourth straight game — falling to 0 for 10 over their drought.

The Rangers got on the scoreboard with just under nine minutes remaining in the first period. Zibanejad went behind the net after a dump-in, and sent a no-look drop pass between his skates to a trailing Wheeler, who quickly put it past Skinner from the right side.

It was Wheeler’s fifth of the season, giving him three goals and six points in his last five games. Zibanejad extended his point streak to six games with six goals and four assists in the stretch.

Quick made some stellar saves over the first two periods to keep the Oilers off the scoreboard.

Zibanejad fired a one-timer that knocked Skinner’s mask off less than 30 seconds into the second period. Artemi Panarin knocked the rebound into the wide-open net, but the goal was disallowed after a review. Skinner then made a nice blocker save on another try by Zibanejad later in the opening minute of the second during a power play that carried over from the first.

“Mika skated by me after I made a save to say ‘Now we’re even,’” Skinner said. “They were very nice about it. A bunch of guys come over to check on me.”

UP NEXT

Oilers: At San Jose on Thursday to open a three-game post-Christmas trip to California.

Rangers: Host Buffalo on Saturday night in the second of a three-game homestand.

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CHICAGO — Tyler Johnson was in the right place at the right time. Connor Bedard was everywhere, and Petr Mrazek delivered at the very end.

For one night, at least, the Chicago Blackhawks looked pretty good.

Johnson snapped a third-period tie and Bedard had two assists, helping Chicago beat Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Tuesday night.

“Consistency’s been a word we’ve been looking for this year,” Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson said, “and I think tonight, 60 minutes was really good.”

Ryan Donato added a goal and an assist for last-place Chicago, which had lost four in a row. Lukas Reichel also scored, and Mrazek made 35 saves.

The game was tied at 2 when Colorado forward Miles Wood was sent off for holding Reichel’s stick. On the ensuing power play, Nick Foligno found Johnson right in front for the tap-in goal at 8:19.

The Blackhawks, playing without several regulars, then held off the Avalanche as they pushed for the tying score in the final minutes. The United Center crowd of 19,719 roared after the final seconds ticked off.

“I think our guys were focused, which allowed us to play our physical game to the best that we could,” Richardson said.

Valeri Nichushkin had two goals for Colorado, which had won three of four. MacKinnon extended his point streak to a career-high 16 games, and Alexandar Georgiev had 19 saves.

The Avalanche beat the Blackhawks 4-0 in their first meeting of the season on Oct. 19.

“It’s hard to win any night against any team in this league,” Colorado defenseman Devon Toews said. “You have to show up, and we’ve got guys in here that aren’t showing up right now.”

Donato put Chicago in front when he stuffed in a rebound 7:29 into the first period. It was the fifth goal of the season for Donato, who was elevated to the top line alongside Bedard and Reichel after Philipp Kurashev was scratched because of an illness.

Working right in front of the net on Colorado’s power play, Nichushkin responded with goals at 9:22 and 11:25. The 6-foot-4 forward has five goals and three assists during a five-game point streak.

MacKinnon picked up a secondary assist on Nichushkin’s first goal. MacKinnon has eight goals and 20 assists during the NHL’s longest active point streak, just one back of William Nylander’s 17-game run for Toronto for the longest streak this season.

Chicago tied it at 2 when Reichel finished a 2-on-1 with Bedard at 12:56, beating Georgiev with a wrist shot on the goaltender’s stick side. It was Reichel’s first goal since Nov. 30 and third this season.

“I mean I didn’t score for a while and it was frustrating,” he said. “Mentally, it was, yeah, pretty tough. But that makes it even better to score now and get the win.”

The Avalanche played without defenseman Cale Makar and forward Andrew Cogliano, who stayed home when the team traveled to Chicago. Makar missed his third straight game with a lower-body injury, and coach Jared Bednar said Cogliano “got dinged up” during Sunday night’s 6-2 victory over San Jose.

“The reality of it is, I mean we didn’t score a 5-on-5 goal tonight,” Bednar said. “We had some good chances, didn’t capitalize. I still think we could have made it a lot harder on them defensively, and part of that was our mismanagement of the puck.”

UP NEXT

Avalanche: Host the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.

Blackhawks: Host the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.

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TEMPE, Ariz. — Connor Ingram made 21 saves for his third shutout of the season, Matias Maccelli scored and the Arizona Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 1-0 on Friday night to end a four-game losing streak.

“He tracks the puck well, competes well,” Coyotes coach Andre Tourigny said about Ingram.

“Maybe he’s better lately, but he’s been good for a long, long time. He’s had a really good start of the season. Now it’s kind of another day at the office, you know what I mean? It won’t go his way every night, but he gives us a chance every night.”

Ingram made his 10th start in the last 12 games. He has three shutouts in his last six starts.

Maccelli scored with 5:15 left in the second period, finding an open side following J.J. Moser’s wrist shot from the left circle. Nick Bjugstad, jostling with San Jose defenseman Jan Rutta in the crease, redirected it to Maccelli for his sixth goal of the season.

Maccelli extended his points streak to five games. He had a career-best nine-game points run earlier in the season.

“It feels good to get the two points,” Maccelli said. “Guys play for each other, and we played for Ingy’s shutout tonight.”

The Sharks had two third-period goals disallowed and had a four-game points streak stopped in their sixth consecutive one-goal game.

William Eklund appeared to tie it with 7:40 remaining when he beat Ingram from right in front, but the goal was disallowed after Arizona challenged it for goaltender interference. Sharks forward Luke Kunin appeared to make contact with Ingram’s stick as he skated through the crease before Eklund’s shot.

Givani Smith’s apparent goal with 3:59 left in the third period was disallowed after Arizona challenged it for offside.

“That was two really good calls, especially the obstruction,” said Tourigny, who acted on video coordinator Hunter Cherni’s recommendations. “The offside was a little bit obvious.”

Kaapo Kahkonen made 23 saves for San Jose.

“It’s tough, obviously,” Kahkonen said. “A couple of good plays there. Unfortunate they were disallowed. They looked at them and they were right calls. Nothing we can do about that. I still think had a great push as the end. We never stopped. Tonight just couldn’t get a bounce.”

Kahkonen had won four of his last five starts, and the other was an overtime loss.

“It’s an unfortunate bounce on that goal and goes right to their guy,” Kahkonen said. “Nothing anybody can do there.”

Coyotes forward Jack McBain was activated after missing 15 games because of a lower-body injury. Coyotes top-line defenseman Sean Durzi missed his third straight game.

The Sharks acquired defenseman Nick Cicek and a 2024 sixth-round pick from Vancouver for forward Jack Studnicka in a trade that was announced before the game.

UP NEXT

Sharks: At Colorado on Sunday night.

Coyotes: Host Buffalo on Saturday night.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Thatcher Demko made 36 saves after Vancouver added former star goalie Roberto Luongo to its Ring of Honor in a pregame ceremony and the Canucks beat the Florida Panthers 4-0 on Thursday night for their fourth straight victory.

“It’s poetic, right? It’s almost in the air,” said Demko, who also took part in a ceremonial faceoff with Sergei Bobrovsky, his Florida counterpart.

Demko had his third shutout of the season and sixth in the NHL. Dakota Joshua scored twice, Brock Boeser had his 22nd and Andrei Kuzmenko added a goal. Vancouver improved to 20-9-1, going 4-1-0 on a five-game homestand.

“We’re still trying to establish our identity,” Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet said “We’re chipping away at it and trying to be a hard team to play against, being smart in our own endWe’re still learning. There’s still some times when we’re giving the puck away when we shouldn’t, but I think that’s part of the maturation to get to the next level.”

Bobrovsky made 13 saves for Florida in the first two periods, and Anthony Stolarz stopped the lone shot he faced in the third. The Panthers dropped to 17-10-2, also falling 4-0 at Seattle on Tuesday night.

“We weren’t very good here tonight but in a highly unusual way and I’ll take solace in that fact,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. “We have a handful of things that we do well, none of what you got to see tonight.”

Luongo, now part of Florida’s front office, spent parts of eight seasons with Vancouver. He retired in 2019 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame last year.

Fans cheered with choruses of “Lou! Lou!” throughout Luongo’s speech and while he performed the ceremonial faceoff between Demko and Bobrovsky.

UP NEXT

Panthers: At Edmonton on Saturday night.

Canucks: At Minnesota on Saturday.

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DETROIT — Jordan Staal broke a tie midway through the second period and the Carolina Hurricanes held off the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Thursday night.

Jack Drury also scored for Carolina and Pyotr Kochetkov made 25 saves. The Hurricanes finished off a six-game trip with consecutive victories after dropping the first four.

“It was a rough start to the trip, but tonight was a really good game all the way,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “I loved our second and third periods – we didn’t give up a ton and we created a lot of chances.”

Kochetkov made 31 saves in a 4-1 victory over Ottawa on Tuesday.

“The last two games, he’s been solid and tonight the other guy was making a ton of saves and we needed him to match that,” Brind’Amour said. “It’s kind of the game that goes on within the game.”

Michael Rasmussen scored for Detroit in the second period for his 100th career point. Ville Husso stopped 36 shots for the Red Wings. They have lost four of five.

Drury opened the scoring seconds after the Red Wings killed off a penalty. He tipped in Stefan Noesen’s shot at 4:48 of the first period.

Rasmussen tied it at 5:20 of the second on a shot from the right circle that beat Kochetkov on the short side.

A fortunate carom allowed the Hurricanes to regain the advantage with 8:12 left in the second. Brett Pesce dumped the puck into Detroit’s zone. Husso strayed from the crease to retrieve the puck, but it took an odd bounce and Staal tapped it in.

“I’m trying to get into their end as fast as I can, and it was kind of a misplay — the goalie was coming out and he missed the puck the first time,” Staal said. “I saw it bounce off the wall and come out toward the net. Obviously, it was a fortunate bounce coming back the other way as well. You just take those when you can.”

Detroit coach Derek Lalonde felt Husso kept his team in the game.

“He was excellent. It’s frustrating because (it was) his best game in awhile and then obviously the miscue,” Lalonde said. “Probably reflects our overall game a little bit where we have to be good all the time. Kind of feel for Ville that ends up being the game-winner.”

A tripping penalty against the Red Wings’ Andrew Copp with 2:53 remaining in the game hampered their chances of getting the tying goal.

Detroit has been limited to five goals in the last four meetings with Carolina.

“They’re about as aggressive a team as you’re going to play, especially on the forecheck,” defenseman Ben Chiarot said. “They sell out pretty much on every puck.”

Detroit played without its top two centers, Dylan Larkin and J.T. Compher, who are on injured reserve. David Perron served the third game of his six-game league suspension for cross-checking Ottawa’s Artem Zub.

UP NEXT

Hurricanes: Host Nashville on Friday night.

Red Wings: At Philadelphia on Saturday night.

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MONTREAL — Colton Sissons scored twice, Juuse Saros made 36 saves and the Nashville Predators held off the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Sunday night.

“We’re starting to understand how to win these kind of games when maybe you lose a little momentum,” Predators coach Andrew Brunette. “Early in the year we probably would have caved a little bit, so I think we’ve been able to grow as a team here.”

Captain Roman Josi assisted on both goals to help Nashville rebound from a 4-0 loss at Toronto on Saturday night.

“We needed a good response,” Sissons said. “I thought we had some juice at the drop of the puck tonight and played a much better game.”

The Predators have won 10 of 13 to improve to 15-13-0.

“Going on the third period, I really felt we understood that maybe we didn’t have the energy, we needed to play a certain way, but we managed the game extremely well,” Brunette said.

Jake Evans scored for Montreal and Jake Allen made 30 saves. Coming off a 3-2 shootout victory in Buffalo on Saturday night, the Canadiens were 0 of 5 on the power play, while Nashville went 1 for 2.

“I’ve really liked our starts lately, but for some reason we have a tough time sustaining that start,” Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said. “I felt tonight, we lost momentum because our PP didn’t execute.”

Sissons opened the scoring on a power play with 8:19 left in the first period, deflecting a shot from Filip Forsberg. Sissons struck again at 7:03 of the second, with Dante Fabbro’s point shot bouncing off Allen’s pad to the unmarked Sissons at the side of the net for his ninth of the season.

Evans made it 2-1 with 35 seconds left in the second, beating Saros with a backhander.

Canadiens defenseman David Savard returned after missing 22 games because of a broken hand. Savard rejoined Mike Matheson on the Canadiens’ top pairing and replaced Gustav Lindstrom in the lineup. Montreal sent defenseman Mattias Norlinder to Laval of the American Hockey League to open up a roster spot.

UP NEXT

Predators: Host Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Canadiens: Host Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The New Jersey Devils won the battle of the Hughes brothers Tuesday night.

Jesper Bratt scored his second goal of the night with 34 seconds left in the third period as the Devils defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-5 in a nail-biting NHL game.

Jack Hughes had a goal and two assists, while his younger brother Luke Hughes scored on a power play for the Devils.

Vancouver’s Quinn Hughes had two third-period assists as the Canucks rallied from three goals down to tie the game.

The game was billed as the “Hughes Bowl” as Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes faced his brothers center Jack Hughes and defenseman Luke Hughes of the Devils. Parents Jim Hughes and Ellen Weinberg-Hughes were at the game.

“I always enjoy playing Quinn and seem to have good games in Vancouver against him,” said Jack. “It was a nice win and pretty fun to play with both my brothers.”

Quinn Hughes didn’t appreciate the experience quite as much.

“It’s bittersweet right now,” he said. “I’m sure they’re appreciating it more than I am right now.”

Erik Haula and Michael McLeod also scored for the Devils.

J.T. Miller had a power-play goal and an assist for the Canucks. Brock Boeser, Nils Hoglander, Sam Lafferty and Dakota Joshua also scored for Vancouver.

Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko stopped 26 shots.

New Jersey’s Vitek Vanecek had 28 saves.

Heading into the third period trailing by three goals, the Canucks refused to quit with Quinn Hughes playing a big part in the comeback.

Boeser struck first, taking a Miller pass from along the boards and scoring his NHL leading 18th of the year at 7:02. Lafferty made it 5-4, deflecting a Quinn Hughes point shot past Vanecek at 13:58. Hoglander tied the game, taking the rebound of a Quinn Hughes shot and firing it into an open net at 16:34.

Bratt won the game when he put in the rebound of a shot through traffic.

“It shows how strong we are as a group that we believe in ourselves,” said Bratt. “We knew it was possible to make a difference and come away with the two points.”

Canucks coach Rick Tocchet said the winning goal was an example of what his team did wrong all night long.

“I still don’t understand where our guys were going on that play,” said Tocchet. “You can blame all five guys on the ice for that.”

Luke and Jack Hughes combined for the only goal of the second period, which gave the Devils a 5-2 lead.

Jack Hughes said he watches a lot of Canucks games.

“I have a pretty good read on how they play,” he said. “I think what happened was we got to play our game early and they had to take a few chances.”

Devils coach Lindy Ruff said the Hughes brothers are important to the team.

“We know that Jack can generate and we know what Luke can do from the back end,” he said. “I thought Jack’s line helped get us going.”

The Devils led 4-2 after a wild first period that saw the teams combine for three goals in just over six minutes. They then exchanged goals 58 seconds apart as time ticked away.

It was the ninth time in NHL history three brothers played in the same game. The last time was April 13 when Eric and Marc Staal of the Florida Panthers faced Jordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes.

UP NEXT

Devils: At Seattle Kraken on Thursday.

Canucks: Host Minnesota Wild on Thursday.

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NEW YORK — Artemi Panarin had three goals and an assist, Jonathan Quick won again, and the New York Rangers held on to beat the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Sunday night.

Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, Will Cuylle and K’Andre Miller also scored, and Jacob Trouba, Vincent Trocheck and Jonny Brodzinski each had two assists to help the Rangers win for the sixth time in seven games.

The Metropolitan-Division-leading Rangers have won 16 of their last 19 games, have a league-best 18 wins and are tied with Boston for tops with 37 points.

“It’s a good feeling,” Panarin said. “We look pretty good right now. I hope we can play this way all year.”

Quick stopped 23 shots to improve to 7-0-1 this season, becoming the first goaltender with a point in eight consecutive starts to begin his tenure with the Rangers.

Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist, and Jacob MacDonald, Fabian Zetterlund, Ryan Carpenter and Alexander Barbanov all scored for San Jose. Mackenzie Blackwood finished with 30 saves.

The Sharks lost for the 11th time in 12 road games. San Jose was coming off a 6-3 win at New Jersey on Friday night, their first road win of the season after 10 losses.

“Our mental resolve was impressive,” Sharks coach David Quinn said. ”But we have to finish checking and back checking, You can’t leave anything to chance and we left too much to chance.”

Cuylle gave the Rangers a 4-3 lead with his fourth of the season with just under 4 minutes remaining in the second period.

Panarin then completed his hat trick — his third with the Rangers — with his team-leading 15th of the season at 4:41 of the third to make it 5-3.

“He’s always been an elite player but you appreciate him more when you watch him day in and day out,″ Rangers first-year coach Peter Laviolette said about Panarin, who leads the team with 35 points.

Miller gave the Rangers at three-goal lead with 6:56 remaining, but Zetterlund and Barbanov scored just over a minute apart to make it a 6-5 game with 4:10 left.

“They made it interesting at the end,″ Zibanejad added. ”We’ll take this win and these four points this weekend.”

Panarin has points in 19 of his 23 games this season. He became the third player in franchise history with a season-opening home point streak of 10-plus games, joining Mike Rogers in 1983-84 and Wayne Gretzky in 1996-97. Panarin led the Rangers with 92 points last season and 96 the season before that.

“He leaves you speechless sometimes,” Zibanejad said of Panarin. ”I couldn’t be happier having him on our team.”

The Rangers won for the 3,000th time in franchise history, becoming the fifth NHL team to reach the milestone. They reached that figure by defeating 36 different franchises in 87 different venues.

Duclair opened the scoring 3:50 into the game, beating Quick on a breakaway for his sixth, and Panarin tied it at 8:44 on a power play.

Carpenter scored his first of the season with 7:39 remaining in the period to put the Sharks back ahead, but Panarin tied it again 34 seconds later.

Zibanejad put the Rangers ahead 3-2 with 3:18 remaining in the first, beating Blackwood from in close for his sixth.

The Sharks tied it 3-3 on a power-play goal by MacDonald at 9:16 of the second, his fourth of the season and third in two games.

Lafreniere had a penalty-shot chance for the Rangers at 10:16 of the second but was denied by Blackwood.

The Sharks pulled Blackwood with just over two minutes remaining but couldn’t tie it.

“Give our guys a ton of credit,” Quinn added. ”They came ready to play tonight and had a chance to tie it late.”

UP NEXT

Sharks: At the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.

Rangers: At Ottawa on Tuesday night.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — On a night when one of the Anaheim Ducks most popular players set a franchise record, it was who everyone hopes will be one of its future stars that helped snap an eight-game losing streak.

Rookie Leo Carlsson had a goal and an assist and added the shootout winner in the Ducks’ 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night.

John Gibson, who played in his 448th game and surpassed Jean-Sebastien Giguere for most games played by a goaltender in Ducks history, stopped 34 shots and all three in the shootout.

“Obviously, being on that losing streak, we had to get out of it sooner or later and we needed everybody to step up and we did. We found a way,” Gibson said.

Colorado has dropped two straight, but might have a bigger worries. Defenseman Cale Makar, the NHL’s Player of the Month for November, missed the final three minutes of regulation and did not play in overtime.

Coach Jared Bednar said after the game that Makar is “dealing with something, so he wasn’t able to go.”

Makar had a league-high 21 assists and ranked second with 25 points in November, franchise records for a defenseman in a single month.

Anaheim’s win meant it didn’t tie its franchise record for consecutive losses and also provided a sense of relief for a young locker room and first-year coach Greg Cronin.

“It grates on you. You can spin it all you want about the process and the measurables that we look at that reflect the quality of your game, but you keep losing you just feel it,” Cronin said. “Tonight we stayed with it and we were rewarded with a win.”

Carlsson, the second overall pick in June’s draft, skated in and deked Colorado goalie Ivan Prosvetov to have a clear shot at the net for the only goal in the shootout round.

“I kind of lost the puck there, so I was nervous for a second. After that, I knew that I had him so it was good shot,” said Carlsson, who has seven goals. That is second among rookies and four behind Chicago’s Connor Bedard.

Anaheim’s Alex Killorn scored his 200th career goal and became the second player selected in the third round or later of the 2007 draft to reach that milestone. Kilorn also had an assist for his second multipoint game of the season.

Adam Henrique also scored for the Ducks.

Bowen Byram had a pair of first-period goals for Colorado. Devon Toews had a goal and Prosvetov made 34 saves.

Valeri Nichushkin had his point streak snapped at nine games.

“I thought it was a highly competitive hockey game. It felt like they owned portions of the game, and then I felt like we owned some portions of the game myself,” Bednar said. “Once you get to a shootout it’s kind of like flip a coin.”

Colorado quickly jumped out on a pair of goals by Byram in the first nine minutes. He scored from the high slot on a 3-on-2 rush 36 seconds into the game and then put a 82 mph snap shot past Gibson at 8:59 to finish off a 2-on-1.

Anaheim got to 2-1 when Henrique tipped in Ryan Strome’s pass on the power play but Colorado took a two-goal lead into the first intermission when Toews wired a snap shot past Gibson’s glove and into the far side of the net with 43 seconds remaining.

The Ducks got back within a goal at 2:58 of the second when Carlsson beat Prosvetov with a high shot in front of the net.

Killorn tied it 3-3 at 10:22 on a snap shot from the right faceoff circle for Anaheim’s second power-play goal.

Anaheim center Mason McTavish suffered an upper-body injury during the first period and did not return.

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Avalanche: Remain in Southern California to face the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday.

Ducks: Travel to Colorado on Tuesday.

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