New York: Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 35 saves for his 60th career shutout to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night.
Jimmy Vesey had a goal and two assists, and Dan Girardi, Rick Nash, Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes also scored for New York, who have won seven of their first 10 games.
Jake Allen started in goal for St. Louis and allowed four goals on 19 shots until he was replaced by Carter Hutton after Zuccarello made it 4-0 with 7:05 remaining in the second. Hutton stopped eight of the nine shots he faced.
Giradi opened the scoring 9:37 in with a 4-on-4 goal at 9”37 as his shot ricocheted off the skate of the Blues’ Valdimir Tarasenko and bounced off the ice and past Allen’s glove side. Vesey doubled the lead 1:34 later on the power play with his sixth of the season.
Meanwhile, Nazem Kadri got his second goal of the game in overtime, lifting Toronto 3-2 over Edmonton.
Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews were scoreless in the anticipated first matchup of the last two No. 1 overall picks. McDavid, from nearby Richmond Hill, Ontario, played his first NHL game in Toronto.
Frederik Andersen had 44 saves for Toronto and Ben Smith also scored. The Leafs have won three of four games at home this season.
Edmonton have dropped two in a row for the first time this season. Anton Lander and Darnell Nurse scored and Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots.
McDavid’s line was burnt for the first goal of the game 89 seconds into the first period, with Kadri striking for an early lead.
— AP
