Rangers 5, Wild 4
Rangers Storm to Life With Five Goals in Third
By ALLAN KREDA
The Rangers were held in check for the first two periods by the Wild, but they overcame a 3-0 deficit with a burst of offense in the third.
After trailing early, Winnipeg scored three times in the second period but could not hold a two-goal lead.
The Rangers were held in check for the first two periods by the Wild, but they overcame a 3-0 deficit with a burst of offense in the third.
Maatta will have thyroid surgery next week to remove a potentially cancerous tumor that was discovered during a preseason physical.
Los Angeles scored three goals in the second period as the Kings swept their six-game homestand with a 5-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Lars Eller broke a tie midway through the second period, and Max Pacioretty added a goal the third to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-1 victory over the visiting Rangers on Saturday night.
The family and friends of a 17-year-old hockey player are coming to terms with who he was and what led him to leap from the George Washington Bridge.
In recent years, the San Jose Sharks have known nothing but disappointment in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but the players say that any problems have been addressed.
Los Angeles defeated the Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals to lift the Cup for the second time in three years, an achievement that comes despite the current salary-capped era of parity in the N.H.L.
Twenty years later, revisit the most memorable moments from the sports summer of 1994, with archival photography and video recollections from Times reporters and editors on the Knicks, Rangers, World Cup and more.
In hockey, a goalie is always mindful of the vulnerable areas in front of the net. These days, no one is better at guarding those spots than the Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist.