more goals in nine of 14 road games on the season, including in Saturday’s shootout victory at Florida.Rangers’ head coach David Quinn is looking for more

GLENDALE www.bruinsshoponline.com , Ariz. (AP) Darcy Kuemper bounced back nicely for the Arizona Coyotes.Just 2 1/2 weeks after being acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings – and one night after being worked over in a 5-2 loss at Colorado – the goalkeeper earned his 11th career shutout with a 1-0 victory over Vancouver on Sunday night, his and Arizona’s second win over the Canucks in four days.Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored on a power play for the only goal Kuemper needed. Ekman-Larsson is now two shy of 100 career goals.Kuemper, in his fourth straight start for the injured Antti Ranta since being acquired Feb. 21 from Los Angeles, stopped 27 shots.”It’s nice to get these consecutive starts like this and just kind of get in the rhythm out there,” he said. ”Every start I feel more and more comfortable with the team and how we play. Tonight was just a gutsy effort from everyone.”Kuemper’s previous shutout was Feb. 3 for the Kings against the Coyotes.”It was a very solid game. He looked big to me tonight,” Arizona coach Rick Tocchet said. ”A very solid play. It looked like when they shot nothing was going to go in.”Kuemper had 24 saves in the Coyotes’ 2-1 win at Vancouver on Wednesday in his Arizona debut.Although long out of the playoff picture, Arizona rebounded from a 5-2 loss at Colorado the previous night and improved to 10-3-2 in its last games. Vancouver lost its third straight and is 4-10-3 in its last 17.”It’s frustrating,” Canucks forward Bo Horvat said. ”At the same time we need to take the positives out of this one. I thought we did battle hard until the end. I think we came on a little stronger there in the second half Boston Bruins T-Shirts Womens , we just have to capitalize on our chances instead.”After mostly uneventful play through one period and most of the second, the Coyotes finally broke through on a power play.With Vancouver defenseman Derrick Pouliot in the penalty box for high-sticking, Ekman-Larsson got loose and sent a sharp shot from outside the circle, just to the right of goalie Jacob Markstrom and Arizona led 1-0 with 4:53 left in the second. It was Ekman-Larsson’s 10th goal of the season. Derek Stepan and Clayton Keller got assists.Kuemper shut down any attempts to tie it after that with 13 third-period saves.Ekman-Larsson said Kuemper has been an easy fit.”It makes it easy when he’s a great guy and you want to battle for him,” Ekman-Larsson said. ”I think everybody’s doing a really good job, too. We’re playing better as a team, too. It makes it easy on everyone.”With the victory, Arizona pulled within one game of Buffalo Boston Bruins Hoodies Womens , and two of Ottawa, to escape the bottom of the NHL standings. The Coyotes are four points behind Vancouver in last place in the Pacific Division.The Canucks know they need to step up the offensive pressure early in games.”It’s easier said than done,” coach Travis Green said. ”It’s easy to say from the outside let’s go out and get 10 to 15 shots. We gave up only six (in the first period). I thought we passed up a few chances, a few shots early in the game, but I’d like to see us put the puck in the net. You got to execute, you got to make passes to get scoring chances. That was a tight game both ways.”NOTES: Ranta missed his fourth straight game with a lower body injury. … Coyotes opened a five-game homestand. … Canucks are 6-13-1 against the Pacific Division. … Ekman-Larsson has scored at least 10 goals in five consecutive seasons. He has a point in five of his last six games. … Coyotes lead season series 2-1.UP NEXTCanucks: At Los Angeles on Monday night.Coyotes: Host Los Angeles on Tuesday night. TAMPA, Fla. — The explosive Tampa Bay Lighting offense hosts a New York Rangers team on Monday that struggles to keep the puck out of the net while away from home.Coming off a 7-1 dismantling of the Colorado Avalanche for a sixth consecutive victory, the Lightning lead the league with 122 goals scored Boston Bruins Hats Womens , 13 more than anybody else. Tampa Bay has scored five or more goals in a game 12 times through 31 games.The Lightning have seven players with at least 20 points, five players who have reached double-digits in goals and 10 players with six or more goals. And if Tampa Bay didn’t have enough offensive depth, Ondrej Palat is back from a lengthy injury and back on the scoresheet.Article continues below ...Palat missed a month with a foot injury and after five games to get back into game shape, is starting to fit back in with the top line. Palat picked up a pair of goals in the victory against Colorado, his first two of the season.“It feels good. It’s nice to get those first ones,” Palat said.In his first five seasons, Palat has never failed to reach 16 goals in a full season (he scored 11 last season when he was limited to 56 games).“It’s tough to come back from an injury, especially one like that Custom Boston Bruins Jerseys ,” Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said of Palat. “He’s had some bad breaks over the years, but at the end of the day when you look at that stats at the end of the year, he finds a way to get it done. He’s really worked extremely hard. Hopefully this will propel him and keep him going.”The Rangers enter the game allowing the 4.14 goals per game on the road, third most in the league. New York has allowed for our more goals in nine of 14 road games on the season, including in Saturday’s shootout victory at Florida.Rangers’ head coach David Quinn is looking for more consistency from his team.“We did a lot of good things. We did things we were hoping to accomplish throughout the week in practice,” Quinn told NHL.com following Saturday’s game. “We built on it, and we didn’t sustain it. Our goal is to build off that first period.”While New York has been boosted by the return of former Lightning first-round pick Vladislav Namestnikov after a three-game absence — he had one of the Rangers’ four goals on Saturday — the addition of Ryan Strome — a former No. 5 overall pick of the New York Islanders — figures to provide more depth for a New York team that continues to hover around the playoff picture.Strome has two goals and five points in 10 games since being acquired from the Edmonton Oilers.“I think the thing is just don’t get complacent,” Strome told the New York Post. “I think in my career www.sabresshoponline.com , I’ve had some good moments, I’ve had some down moments. I think I’ve learned to stay even-keeled now. So I’m trying to take this in. At the end of the day, we have to win some more hockey games here and there’s always more you can do to help out.”