TAMPA, Fla. — J.T. Miller scored 1:19 into overtime and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday night.

Miller skated around defenseman Anton Stralman and beat Andrei Vasilevskiy. New York also got a goal from Chris Kreider, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 27 shots.

Yanni Gourde had a goal and Vasilevskiy made 33 saves for the Lightning. Vasilevskiy had won nine consecutive decisions.

Kreider opened the scoring during a three-on-one at 18:34 of the first.

Gourde tied it at 1 with a short-handed goal off a nifty pass through the slot by Victor Hedman 11 minutes into the second.

Vasilevskiy stopped Kevin Shattenkirk’s breakaway shot and made a stick save on Jesper Fast’s in-close rebound after Michael Grabner’s shot hit the post in the first. He also made several strong saves in the third following Tampa Bay turnovers.

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Lundqvist turned aside Steven Stamkos’ left-circle power-play shot during the first and Stamkos’ in-close backhander early on in the second.

Stamkos, playing in his 600th NHL game, was held pointless for just the second time in 14 games.

WILD 6, CANADIENS 3: Matt Cullen scored his first goal of the season on his 41st birthday and added an assist during a three-goal first period as Minnesota won at home.

Matt Dumba and Tyler Ennis also scored to send struggling Canadiens goalie Carey Price into the first intermission with a 3-0 deficit. Ryan Suter chipped in a second-period goal , and Jared Spurgeon scored on a power play for more insurance in the first minute of the third.

Mikko Koivu and Mikael Granlund each had two assists and Marcus Foligno added an empty-net goal for the Wild, who have won six straight games against the Canadiens while outscoring them 25-9.

Brendan Gallagher scored twice and Andrew Shaw had one of two third-period goals for the Canadiens, who totaled 13 goals over their previous two games but still entered the night with the fourth-fewest goals per game (2.5) in the NHL.

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CAPITALS 4, ISLANDERS 3: Lars Eller scored two goals, including the winner, and had an assist to help Washington win at home.

SENATORS 3, RED WINGS 1: Mark Stone had a goal and an assist, and Craig Anderson made 24 saves as Ottawa won at home.

BLUE JACKETS 7, PANTHERS 3: Oliver Bjorkstrand and Josh Anderson each scored twice as Columbus won at Sunrise, Florida.

JETS 5, STARS 2: Mark Scheifele had a hat trick, Patrik Laine scored his first goal in five games and host Winnipeg extended its points streak to six games.

FLYERS 2, BLUES 0: Michal Neuvirth made 33 saves and Brandon Manning broke a scoreless tie with a second-period goal to lead Philadelphia at St. Louis.

Claude Giroux added an empty-net goal with 5.4 seconds left in Philadelphia’s first shutout of the season.


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