Rangers 4, Coyotes 3 (OT)

The defense of Ryan McDonagh and Dan Girardi has helped Henrik Lundqvist to many of the goalie's record wins with the New York Rangers.

The duo's timely offense gave him his latest victory in stunning fashion.

Lundqvist escaped with his 305th NHL win after Girardi scored the tying goal late in regulation and McDonagh netted the winner — with each setting up the other — 1:56 into overtime to lift the Rangers over the Phoenix on Monday night.

Lundqvist, who made 18 saves, was honored before the game for recently passing Mike Richter for first place on the team's wins list (301) and Ed Giacomin in shutouts (49). Both were in attendance on the Madison Square Garden blue carpet along with Lundqvist's parents, his wife and young daughter.

"It was a roller coaster. It was definitely a special one," Lundqvist said after the Rangers erased an early 2-0 deficit and then climbed out of the late hole. "The way it started with the ceremony was just a memory for life."

Then he and the Rangers had a first period to forget.

Oilver Ekman-Larsson and Jeff Halpern scored for the Coyotes, who seemed primed to run the Rangers out of their building. But Brad Richards and Derick Brassard scored in the second to get New York even.

The Rangers entered the third down by a goal again, with the added frustration that Chris Kreider deflected Kyle Chipchura's attempted pass into his own net.

McDonagh ended the game when he put the puck past backup goalie Thomas Greiss, who relieved injured starter Mike Smith in the third and gave up the tying and winning goals. Girardi got the Rangers even with 3:28 left in regulation when he tipped in a drive by defense partner McDonagh.

"It was pretty ugly in the first period, and we weren't playing with the pace that we are accustomed to and that we need. Slowly but surely we got our groove going," said McDonagh, who has 13 goals this season and 12 points the past 12 games after a three-point night. "We are getting better chemistry with each other and understanding situations — when you need to take risks and jump in."

The Rangers' fourth straight win pushed them one point ahead of Philadelphia and into second place in the Metropolitan Division with nine games left. Philadelphia, which has two games in hand, will meet the Rangers in New York on Wednesday.

Chipchura, who entered with only two goals and 11 assists in 69 games, helped set up Halpern's goal and then was credited with the go-ahead tally on Kreider's miscue.

"I'm glad to be contributing offensively. I had several fortunate bounces," Chipchura said. "I don't know why we can't bear down late in games."

Smith stopped 25 shots while making his 12th consecutive start, but was forced to leave with 7:34 left in regulation after he injured his right leg when Brassard was pushed into him by Coyotes defenseman Derek Morris.

"Smitty is one of the best goalies in the league. To lose him will be really tough for us," Chipchura said.

Greiss came on for his first action since Feb. 28 and stopped seven of nine shots.

"Tough of course to see Mike go down," Coyotes captain Shane Doan said. "Greiss came in and was great. That's an unbelievably tough position to be in."

The Coyotes, who hold the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference, will play at Pittsburgh on Tuesday. There was no update on Smith's condition.

Kings 3, Flyers 2

Dwight King scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, leading Los Angeles to the win.

Jeff Carter and Justin Williams scored in the second for the Kings, who won their third straight and 11th in 14 games while remaining in third place in the Pacific Division.

Matt Read and Jakub Voracek had Philadelphia's goals. The Flyers had won five in a row. They dropped to 12-3-1 in their last 16 games.

Los Angeles had a 2-0 lead entering the final period, but Philadelphia tied it at 2 before King's winning score with 9:24 remaining.

Ray Emery had 38 saves for Philadelphia. Jonathan Quick finished with 30 stops for the Kings.

Senators 4, Lightning 3 (SO)

Jason Spezza scored in regulation and had the only goal in a shootout, helping Ottawa end a six-game losing streak

Erik Karlsson had a goal and two assists for the Senators. Karlsson, the top-scoring defenseman in the NHL with 68 points, opened the scoring 3:57 into the game with his career-high 20th goal.

Seventy seconds after Karlsson scored, Nikita Kucherov snapped a shot past goalie Robin Lehner to pull Tampa Bay even at 1.

Ottawa took a 3-1 lead midway through the second period, when Spezza and Kyle Turris scored 44 seconds apart against former Senators goalie Ben Bishop.

The Lightning rallied from a two-goal deficit with power-play goals by Victor Hedman at 13:26 of the second period and Steven Stamkos at 5:44 of the third.

Lehner finished with 35 saves. Bishop had 29.

Stars 2, Jets 1

Ray Whitney and Tyler Seguin scored power-play goals and Dallas held off Winnipeg.

The victory allowed Dallas to move within a point of the Phoenix Coyotes for the Western Conference's final playoff spot.

The Stars have 79 points. Phoenix received a point for an overtime loss against the Rangers to reach 80.

Winnipeg continued to fade out of the postseason race. The Jets are 2-6-3 in their past 11 games. One of the victories was a 7-2 rout of visiting Dallas eight days earlier.

Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen made 32 saves.

Jamie Benn had two assists for Dallas, which was 2 for 4 on the power play.

Bryan Little scored for the Jets with 2:44 remaining.

Flames 2, Sharks 1 (SO)

San Jose clinched a playoff spot by getting a point in a shootout loss to Calgary.

Mike Cammalleri scored the only goal in the shootout for Calgary.

Cammalleri moved in from the right wing and went short side on Alex Stalock, setting off a roar from the Saddledome crowd.

Karri Ramo, who finished with 33 saves, stopped Patrick Marleau, Joe Pavelski and James Sheppard for the win.

Joe Colborne scored in regulation for Calgary. The Flames have won 10 of their past 13 on home ice.

Sheppard scored in regulation for San Jose, which had its four-game road winning streak end.

San Jose increased its lead atop the Pacific Division to two points over Anaheim. The Ducks have two games in hand.