By The Associated Press on January 19, 2025.
MONTREAL (AP) – Patrik Laine scored 3:20 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5-4 on Sunday night. Brendan Gallagher and Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist, and Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens, who trailed 4-3 heading into the third period. Jakub Dobes had 23 saves, including two highlight-reel stops before Laine ended the game, to improve to 5-0 for his career. Alexis Lafrenière, Will Cuylle, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored, and Adam Fox had two assists for the Rangers, who snapped a two-game win streak. Jonathan Quick, who was in search of his 400th career NHL win, made 33 saves. Elsewhere in the NHL on Sunday: — SENATORS 2 DEVILS 1 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – Artem Zub and Zack Ostapchuk each scored a goal and Anton Forsberg stopped 25 shots to lead Ottawa to a win over New Jersey. Zub snapped a 1-1 tie in the third period with his second goal of the season. Ostapchuk scored his first career NHL goal that provided the Senators with a brief 1-0 lead in the second period. Michael Amadio and Matthew Highmore, Ostapchuk’s linemates on the fourth line, had the assists. Tomas Tatar scored for the Devils, who have lost four in a row and are 2-6-3 in their past 11 games. Tatar tied it at 1-1 just 1:18 after Ostapchuk’s goal from Curtis Lazar and Luke Hughes. It was Tatar’s fourth goal this season. Jacob Markstrom stopped 18 shots for the Devils. — STARS 4 RED WINGS 1 DALLAS (AP) – Jason Robertson had one of three first-period goals plus a third-period assist and Jake Oettinger made 33 saves as Dallas beat Detroit. Wyatt Johnston and rookies Matej Blumel and Mavrik Bourque also scored for the Stars, who are 10-3-1 in their last 14 games. Simon Edvinsson pulled Detroit within 3-1 with 7:59 to play, but Johnston answered 2:08 later on Robertson’s assist. Robertson scored twice in 40 seconds in Dallas’ 6-3 loss at Colorado on Saturday. His goal Sunday came on the power play. Alex Lyon stopped 21 shots for the Red Wings. 21