NHL ROUNDUP / Call-up’s goals help Pens beat Rangers
Chris Conner, recalled from the minor leagues earlier in the day, netted two goals and the Penguins scored twice one minute apart in the third period to beat the slumping Rangers 4-2 on Monday night in New York.
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After Artem Anisimov gave the Rangers their only lead 9:15 into the third with his second goal of the night, Evgeni Malkin got Pittsburgh even at 9:46 - 16 seconds into a power play. Conner then fired in a rebound of Sidney Crosby's shot one minute later to put the Penguins back in front.
Pascal Dupuis' empty-netter sealed Pittsburgh's fourth win over the Rangers this season with 39.8 seconds left. That was enough to give a win to Marc-Andre Fleury, who returned from a four-game absence caused by a broken finger.
Conner took the spot in the lineup vacated by 39-year-old forward Bill Guerin, who was scratched for the first time this season.
Other games:
With assists from Henrik and Daniel Sedin, defenseman Brad Lukowich scored a third-period goal to help the Canucks earn a 3-2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Vancouver. ... Ty Conklin made 34 saves for his third shutout of the season and the St. Louis Blues beat the struggling Flames 2-0 in Calgary.
Devils' pick suspended:
New Jersey draft choice Patrice Cormier was suspended for the remainder of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs for a violent hit on an opposing player. Cormier, a 19-year-old forward selected in the second round of the 2008 draft, was suspended for elbowing Mikael Tam, sending the Quebec defenseman into convulsions. Raymond Bolduc took more than a week investigating the Jan. 17 incident and called the hit "dangerous and intolerable." Tam, 18, spent two days in the hospital because of brain trauma. Cormier was captain of the Canadian world junior team.
This article appeared on page B - 4 of the San Francisco Chronicle