VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) John Gilmour scored from a sharp angle 1:22 into overtime and goaltender Henrik Lundqvist made a season-high 50 saves to help the New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-5 on Wednesday night.
Vancouver's Brock Boeser forced overtime when he scored his second goal of the night with 45.9 seconds left. The Canucks had pulled their goaltender for an extra attacker.
Mika Zibanejad had given New York a 5-4 lead less than five minutes earlier.
Kevin Hayes scored twice for the Rangers (28-30-6), who snapped a seven-game losing streak. Vladislav Namestnikov, obtained in a multi-player trade from Tampa Bay on Monday, had a goal and an assist. Jimmy Vesey had the other New York goal while Ryan Spooner had three assists.
Bo Horvat had a goal and two assists while Daniel Sedin had a goal and assist each for Vancouver (24-32-8). Nikolay Goldobin also scored for the Canucks, who are (3-8-2) in their last 13 games. Brendan Leipsic, obtained Monday in a trade from Las Vegas, had two assists.
The Rangers led 3-0 midway through the first period but the Canucks, who outshot New York 55-27 refused to quit. Vancouver tied the game three times.
Vancouver goaltender Jacob Markstrom was replaced early in the first period after allowing three goals on five shots. His replacement, Anders Nilsson, stopped 19 of 22 shots.
Namestnikov's first goal as a Ranger at 14:48 of the second made the score 4-3 heading into the third period. The smooth-skating Russian stripped the puck from Henrik Sedin at the Canuck blue line, then scored his 21st of the season on a breakaway.
Daniel Sedin had tied the game at 11:01 with his 20th of the season. He picked up a puck that was tipped in the high slot and let go a shot through traffic for his fifth goal in four games.
The Rangers scored goals 43 second apart with just 2:05 gone in the game. The Canucks battled back with two goals before the period ended.
Hayes scored on the Rangers' first shot. He took a loose puck from behind the Canucks net and jammed it past Markstrom. Vesey made it 2-0 when Neal Pionk's shot deflected off his leg and into the net.
Hayes' second goal made it 3-0 at 12:29. He deflected Pionk's shot from the blue line into the net, ending Markstrom's night.
The Canucks scored their first goal at 14:12 when Horvat sent a seeing-eye-pass through traffic to Boeser at the side of the net.
Horvat made it 3-2 on a power play at 19:13, scoring his 17th of the season off the rebound of a Daniel Sedin shot. That goal came just after Nilsson stopped Hayes on a shorthanded breakaway.
NOTES: Forward Jussi Jokinen, who came to Vancouver from Columbus as part of the Motte deal, was a healthy scratch. ... The Canucks signed defenseman Alex Biega to a two-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $825,000. ... The NHL announced Wednesday that Vancouver will host the 2019 draft. ... Vancouver outshot New York 34-17 over two periods. ... Daniel Sedin has scored 20 or more goals 11 times in his career.
UP NEXT:
Rangers: At Calgary on Friday night.
Canucks: Hosts Predators on Friday night
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