Rangers 3, Islanders 1: For one night, everything was great at Madison Square Garden as the Rangers picked up a much needed 3-1 win over the Islanders. Scott Gomez, Nigel Dawes and Fredrik Sjostrom all scored goals in the win, while Chris Drury picked up an assist on each score. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 25-of-26 shots in the win, which is only the Rangers second in their past 10 games.
Capitals 4, Canadiens 3: While the Rangers were finally able to pick up a win, the Canadiens continued their recent struggles by losing in a shootout, 4-3, in Washington. The Canadiens actually held a 3-2 lead with less than four minutes to play in the third period, when Washington's Dave Steckel scored his seventh goal of the season to send the game to overtime.
The rest of Wednesday's action
Columbus holds on for a big win against St. Louis.
Steve Sullivan scores his first two goals of the season for Nashville, but it's not enough as Detroit picks up the win.
The Kings and Ducks battle it out in California.
Daily rebounds
-- So, are the Canadiens shopping Alexei Kovalev or not?
-- Sticking with the Canadiens for a moment, it appears as if Andrei Kostitsyn will not be suspended for his slew foot of Vancouver's Alex Burrows on Sunday night. Of course, this doesn't make any sense since his teammate, Tomas Plekanec, received two games for the exact same move the previous week. Oh NHL discipline, will you ever make sense?
-- The Phoenix Coyotes confirm recent sale talks.
Thursday's key games
-- The slumping Penguins host the slumping Canadiens as Pittsburgh attempts to pick up its first win in the Dan Bylsma era.
-- Elsehwere in the Eastern Conference: Florida hosts Chicago, Carolina travels to Long Island, and Buffalo takes on the Flyers in Philadelphia.
-- Columbus looks to continue its playoff push in Toronto, as the Blue Jackets have won five of their past six games.
