McTavish scores in OT, Ducks rally past Rangers

ANAHEIM -- Mason McTavish scored 59 seconds into overtime to lift the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-4 win against the New York Rangers at Honda Center on Friday.

Leo Carlsson had a goal and and three assists, Olen Zellweger and Cutter Gauthier each had a goal and an assist, and Lukas Dostal made 26 saves for the Ducks (32-32-8), who scored twice in the final six minutes of regulation to send the game to overtime.

“Just a great comeback," Zellweger said. "There’s a few goals we want back, but it was a great effort there down the stretch, and a few big penalty kills to keep us in there.”

J.T. Miller, Alexis Lafreniere and Adam Fox each had a goal and an assist, Artemi Panarin had two assists, and Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves for the Rangers (34-32-7), who have lost five of six (1-4-1).

"We made mistakes and the mistakes ended up in the back of our net," Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said.

The Rangers, Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets each have 75 points, six behind the Ottawa Senators for the first wild card in the Eastern Conference. Columbus has played 71 games, Montreal 72 games and the Rangers 73 games.

McTavish redirected a pass from Jackson LaCombe into the net from in close for his 20th goal of the season, capping the comeback from a two-goal deficit.

Gauthier scored Carlsson's rebound off the rush to cut it to 4-3 at 14:12 of the third period, and Zellweger then scored with a wrist shot from just above the right hash marks just after the Ducks killed a penalty to tie it 4-4 at 18:15.

"We were in charge of the game going into the third period, twice," Laviolette said. "We don't execute and get it done, so that's disappointing. As disappointing as it gets."

Panarin took a shot from above the right circle that went wide, kicked off the end boards and came out the other side, where Fox backhanded the puck into the net for a 1-0 lead at 3:20 of the first period.

The Ducks, who had one short-handed goal through the first 70 games, scored short-handed for the second consecutive game to tie it 1-1 at 16:55.

Carlsson broke up a pass in the New York zone and then fed the puck ahead to Alex Killorn for a partial breakaway and he scored his own rebound.

The Rangers went 1-for-7 on the power play and did not capitalize on a 5-on-3 for 1:36 in the third period.

"Our (power play) unit basically gave them the game tonight," J.T. Miller said. "They scored, basically, twice against us."

Carlsson, who only recently started killing penalties, scored short-handed off a feed from Killorn in a 6-2 win against the visiting Boston Bruins on Wednesday.

"Fun to get on the board two games in a row," Carlsson said. "Feels good out there. It's not too hard, it's not too easy either, so it's fun."

The Rangers moved back ahead 2-1 at 18:48 of the first when J.T. Miller scored with a backhand from the slot.

The Rangers scored 14 seconds into the second period when Lafreniere scored with a wrist shot from the bottom of the right circle for a 3-1 lead.

Carlson cut it to 3-2 at 2:22 of the third when he scored with a wrist shot from the high slot.

Mika Zibanejad scored with a one-timer from the bottom of the right circle while on a power play to stretch the lead to 4-2 at 4:35.

"Good teams do not lose a game like that," Fox said. "That can't happen, but we got one point. We'll take that. We're still in this with nine (games) to go."

NOTES: New York forward Jonny Brodzinski played in his 200th NHL game. ... Panarin has 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in his past 25 games. ... J.T. Miller has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past three games. ... Lafreniere recorded his 100th NHL assist. ... Ducks defenseman Jacob Trouba faced the Rangers for the first time since they traded him to Anaheim on Dec. 6 for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a 2025 fourth-round pick. Trouba, who leads the NHL in blocked shots (192), left in the third period with a lower-body injury and did not return. Cronin did not have an update after the game. ... Carlsson has 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) in his past 18 games. ... Killorn has a four-game point streak (three goals, two assists), matching his longest in two seasons with the Ducks. ... McTavish has seven points (two goals, five assists) in the past six games.