NEW YORK (AP) — Jack Eichel scored at 4:52 of overtime and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the New York Rangers 3-2 Sunday evening for their fourth consecutive victory.
Brett Howden And Thomas Hertl also scored, and Marc Pierre had two assists for the Golden Knights, who improved to 6-2-2 in their last 10 games. Carter Hart finished with 21 saves.
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Mika Zibanejad And Alexis Lafrenière scored for the Rangers, who lost in overtime at home for the second straight day to fall to 3-8-3 at Madison Square Garden. Jonathan Rapide made 26 saves.
After Hart denied Zibanejad forcing a Vegas whistle late in overtime, Eichel ran the other way after the ensuing faceoff and beat Quick for his 12th goal and the victory.
Hertl forced overtime with a tying goal with 52 seconds left in regulation.
Lafreniere gave New York a 2-1 lead at 13:01 of the second, firing a shot past Hart for his seventh goal.
Howden, a former Rangers player, scored his fifth goal just 36 seconds into the game.
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Zibanejad tied it at 9:08 of the second, sending a loose puck past Hart for his team-best 11th. Zibanejad has 261 goals as a Ranger, one behind Vic Hadfield for sixth place on the franchise list.
Stone has 20 points in 12 games this season.
Hart was playing his second game since returning to the NHL. The 27-year-old goalie was one of five 2018 Canada junior hockey players acquitted of sexual assault in July. He made his first appearance for Vegas last Tuesday at home, a 4-3 shootout victory over Chicago.
To be continued
Golden Knights: Visit the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.
Rangers: Visit Chicago Wednesday night.
