Luongo injured as Canucks ekes past Jets

VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Defenseman Chris Tanev broke a tie in the third period and Vancouver beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Sunday night after Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo left early because of an injury.
Luongo left with 3:30 remaining in the first period. Earlier, Luongo had his leg clipped by big Winnipeg defenseman Dustin Byfuglien, and was knocked flat during a goalmouth collision with the Jets’ Blake Wheeler.
The Olympic gold medalist was replaced by Eddie Lack. Luongo is one of the goalies being considered to play for Canada in the Sochi Olympics.
Tanev scored at 10:23 of the third period. He took a pass in the high slot from Zack Kassian and ripped a shot past goalie Ondrej Pavelec.
Brad Richardson opened the scoring for Vancouver on a power play midway through the first period.
Evander Kane tied it on a power play in the second.
Rangers 4, Wild 1: The New York Rangers, trying to salvage the remainder of a nine-game homestand, knocked off the Minnesota Wild 4-1.
The win moved the Rangers (17-18-2) to just 2-4-2 on their longest ever home stand, which concludes on Monday against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Minnesota (20-13-5) dropped their fourth game in their last six. The Rangers had not won a game in regulation since a 3-1 win at Buffalo on Dec. 5.
Coach Alain Vigneault’s team overcame a 1-0 Minnesota first-period lead by scoring two goals in the second period and one in the third.
Cam Talbot, making his first start in goal for the Rangers since Dec. 2, stopped 24 shots to improve to 7-2. Niklas Backstrom (2-7-2) recorded 32 saves for the Wild.