NHL - Results - Thursday, October 22, 2015

Phoenix @ NY Rangers 1-4
Keith Yandle turned his pregame vision into reality by scoring an emotional power-play goal in the third period against the Coyotes, helping the Rangers to a 4-1 win at Madison Square Garden. As Yandle expected, there was very little routine about this game, his first against the Coyotes, including his preparation beginning with dinner Wednesday with several former Phoenix teammates at his favorite restaurant in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. He scored at 6:24 of the third period off a double deflection. Yandle's slap shot from the left point hit Coyotes defensemen Nicklas Grossmann and Connor Murphy before it got past goalie Mike Smith. Kevin Hayes also cashed in on a lucky bounce for what became the game-winning goal at 2:35 of the third period. Smith's puck handling gaffe behind the Coyotes net led to Hayes having an open net from the goal line off the left post. He used his backhand to roof a shot into the corner while Smith was trying to scramble back to the crease. Chris Kreider and Rick Nash each scored his first goal of the season. For Nash, it was his 700th career point, even though he didn't actually put the puck into the net. Nash was credited with the goal because he was hooked on a breakaway with an empty net at 19:17 of the third period. Kreider got the Rangers on the board at 10:06 of the second period when he used his speed to get inside position on Murphy and redirect forward Mats Zuccarello's pass past Smith. Zuccarello got the puck from Staal in transition off a diagonal pass through the neutral zone. Klas Dahlbeck gave Phoenix a 1-0 lead on its second shot of the game. The Coyotes responded with a strong second period, when they outshot the Rangers 14-10. They had nothing to show for it because Lundqvist stopped every shot and Kreider scored to make it 1-1. New York took over early in the third period.  Phoenix had 16 shots in the third, but 10 came after New York had built its two-goal lead on the goals by Hayes and Yandle.
New Jersey @ Ottawa 5-4 SO
Lee Stempniak scored the tying goal with 32 seconds left in the third period and then in the shootout to give the Devils the win. New Jersey trailed 4-2, but Adam Henrique scored with 5:50 left before Stempniak tied it. Henrique and Stempniak scored on rebounds off shots by Mike Cammalleri, who had three assists. Schneider made 35 saves and stopped three of four attempts in the shootout. Stempniak, who made the Devils after a training camp tryout, has six points (two goals) in seven games. Jacob Josefson scored in the second round of the shootout and Stempniak in the fourth against Senators goalie Andrew Hammond, who made 28 saves in his season debut after a preseason groin injury. Senators Dirty Dog Chris Neil celebrated his 900th NHL game with a Gordie Howe Hat Trick. His goal at 6:38 of the third period gave the Senators a 4-2 lead. Ottawa took a 3-2 lead at 2:24 of the third period when Mike Hoffman scored on a slap shot with Devils forward Stephen Gionta serving a major penalty for spearing Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki. Neil had an assist on a second-period goal by Zach Smith that made it 2-2 and fought Jordin Tootoo in the third period at 12:53. Stempniak said the fight gave the Devils a lift. The Devils led 2-1 after an eventful 90 seconds in the first period. Travis Zajac opened the scoring on a 5-on-3 at 5:02, Ottawa's Mika Zibanejad tied it with a shorthanded goal at 5:54, and Tootoo made it 2-1 with another power-play goal at 6:32.
Washington @ Vancouver 3-2
Alex Ovechkin finally put one past Canucks goalie Ryan Miller with 4:55 left in the third period. A long stretch pass by defenseman Dmitry Orlov stranded Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler in the neutral zone and created a 2-on-1 for Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov, who passed it across to Ovechkin for a one-timer that fluttered over the shoulder of a sliding Miller. Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby, who made 23 saves in his sixth straight start to open the season, has seen Ovechkin's one-timer enough in practice to know it was only a matter of time before it went in. Holtby did his part too, making several big saves in the third period, but it was the third line that had the biggest impact for the Capitals. Charged with shutting down the Canucks' top line, center Jay Beagle set up Jason Chimera's goal late in the first period, and then tied the game 5:42 into the third period with his first goal of the season. Radim Vrbata scored his first goal of the season after being reunited with Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin on Vancouver's top line, and then helped set up Henrik to end a long power-play drought and put the Canucks ahead with 5:59 left in the second period. Vancouver had chances early, but Holtby stuffed Brandon Prust on a great chance from atop the crease with five minutes left in the first period, and the Capitals opened the scoring on the ensuing rush. Beagle got behind Edler and held him off down the right wing, then cut to the net and passed through the crease to Chimera, who outraced Canucks defenseman Matt Bartkowski to the back of the net for a one-touch goal. Vrbata, who was held without a point the first six games after leading the Canucks with 31 goals in 2014-15, tied the game 4:14 into the second period after a nice spin move by Henrik Sedin behind the net. Back with the Sedins at even strength for the first time this season, Vrbata went to the front of the net, and Henrik Sedin's pass bounced off his skate and trickled in between Holtby's legs. The Canucks pulled ahead with some nice passing from behind the net, with Daniel Sedin moving the puck to Vrbata and his brother on either side, forcing Holtby to go back and forth, right to left. Henrik finished it with a one-timer between Holtby's left pad and the post. The power-play goal at 14:01 of the second was the Canucks' first since their second game. Vancouver entered 1-for-20 with the man-advantage.
The Capitals tied it after Vrbata gave the puck away with a drop pass behind his own net. It ended up at the point, and Beagle tipped defenseman John Carlson's shot up and over Miller from in front of the net. The puck was still in the air behind Miller when Vancouver defenseman Luca Sbisa tried to bat it away but instead knocked it into his own net.