Boston: Derek Stepan and Kevin Hayes each scored short-handed goals and Antti Raanta made 35 saves as the surging New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Saturday night.
Pavel Buchnevich added a power-play goal, Stepan had two assists, and Michael Grabner and Nick Holden also scored for New York, which won its fourth straight game and seventh in the last eight.
David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins, who had won their last three games. Tuukka Rask made 19 saves, but lost for the first time after winning his first six starts.
New York took a 2-1 lead on Stepan’s goal late in the first period as he broke in alone after taking a pass from Grabner. Rask poked the puck off his stick, but it caromed off both of the winger’s skates and slid into the net. Hayes scored on the end of a 3-on-1 break at 2:18 of the second to make it 3-1.
In San Jose, California, Sidney Crosby scored twice and Matthew Murray stopped 32 shots for his second career shutout as Pittsburgh continued its dominance of San Jose 3-0.
Chris Kunitz, Eric Fehr and Nick Bonino also scored for the Penguins, who are 5-0-1 in their last six and have points in 10 of 12 games. Murray got his second win of the season.
The Penguins, who beat San Jose in six games in the Stanley Cup Final last June and won against them at home on Oct. 20, didn’t give the Sharks much of a chance, scoring less than 4 1/2 minutes in.
Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov both had a goal and an assist, Brayden Point scored his first NHL goal and the Lightning beat the Devils 4-1 in Tampa, Florida.
Brian Boyle also scored for Tampa Bay, and Ben Bishop made 37 saves. New Jersey got a goal from Damon Severson. Cory Schneider stopped 31 shots.
Hedman put Tampa Bay up 2-1 with 11:33 left in the second from the blue line.
Shortly before Hedman’s goal, Severson hit the post and Kucherov had his backhander go off the cross bar then get swept off the goal line by Schneider’s stick.
— AP
