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Shanahan's overtime goal fires Rangers
2007-12-30
Brendan Shanahan's overtime goal sparked the New York Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday, their third straight win. Chris Drury sent the game into overtime with a third-period goal before assisting on Shanahan's winner. Drury slid a centering pass into the slot and Shanahan sent a hard high shot past Montreal netminder Cristobal Huet. Dan Girardi and Jaromir Jagr also scored for New York. Andrei Kastsitsyn tallied twice for Montreal on powerplay goals. Tomas Plekanec scored the Canadiens' other goal, striking in the second period to give his team a 3-2 lead. Rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist made 18 saves for the victory. * Dustin Brown scored his second goal 3:31 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings overcame a 2-0 deficit for a 3-2 road victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, who had a four-game win streak snapped. * Derian Hatcher scored the game's only goal as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 1-0 behind Antero Niittymaki's first shutout of the season. Niittymaki stopped 38 shots for the win. * Matt Cooke's second-period goal paced the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-1 home victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
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