Rangers fans fight after Lundqvist tosses stick into stands

Yet there was Rangers coach Alain Vigneault at the podium Tuesday night sounding like someone who isn’t all that happy with his team over the first six-plus weeks of the season.

Veteran fourth-liner Dominic Moore was a healthy scratch for the first time this season, preventing him from playing in his 700th career game.

This should be a great game between two of the hottest teams in the league. He has been the goaltender of record in each of their past seven games, going 6-1-0 record with an 0.88 GAA, .971 save percentage and three shutouts in that span.

On a night in which Lundqvist passed Mike Richter for most appearances for a goaltender in franchise history and became New York’s record holder for combined regular season and postseason saves, New York’s netminder was strong throughout.

Ward made 20 saves.

Andreas Athanasiou scored 4:06 into the third period and Petr Mrazek had 38 saves, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 1-0 win over the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night. The others: Frank Fredrickson (Nov. 24, 1926 at CHI), Connie Brown (Jan. 26, 1939 at CHI) and Steve Black (Oct. 29, 1949 at MTL). Sean Monahan scored late in the second period to tie the game at 3-3. Austin Watson (1-2-3) had his first multipoint game to equal his point total through his first 16 National Hockey League games (2-1-3).

Colton Sissons, Shea Weber, Roman Josi and Mattias Ekholm each scored a goal for Predators, while Austin Watson scored a goal and had assist for final result for Bourqe goal.

The St. Louis Blues look to remain red hot after winning six of their last seven games. The Blues are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in NY and 8-2 in the last 10 meetings overall. “We needed to be a desperate team and we were”, Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said.TV: 7 p.m. ET, FSN Carolina, MSG-Plus (New York)ABOUT THE HURRICANES (6-8-0): Carolina has not produced more than three goals in 10 straight games, although it has generated plenty of scoring chances in the past eight contests.

Henrik Sedin added two goals and an assist, and Brandon Sutter also scored, as the Canucks snapped a three-game losing streak. Absences by forwards Jaden Schwartz, Paul Stastny and Patrik Berglund prompted last week’s signing of Martin Havlat, with the veteran wing scoring in his Blues debut Tuesday.

St. Louis continues to thrive despite injuries to a number of key players. They scored 2:35 apart midway through the third period to get Winnipeg within 5-3.

Vanek began Minnesota’s offensive onslaught at 4:30 of the second, capping a breakaway with a slap shot from the high slot that beat Pavelec over his blocker.