Alexandar Georgiev followed up the best game of his young career by making 31 saves, and Vladislav Namestnikov scored two of New York's three goals in the final 3:53 as the Rangers defeated the host Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Friday night.

Carolina goalie Curtis McElhinney made 40 saves as the Hurricanes rode early scoring to a 3-1 victory against the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Friday night in Raleigh, N.C.

Nico Hischier scored with 1:41 left in overtime Friday night to cap a big comeback by the New Jersey Devils, who scored the final four goals to stun the host Minnesota Wild 5-4.

Noel Acciari scored a goal less than six minutes after the opening faceoff and the visiting Boston Bruins went on to a 3-0 victory Friday over the Anaheim Ducks to extend their points streak to nine consecutive games.