Rangers ground Ducks in 4-1 win

The Anaheim Ducks made their way to Broadway Tuesday night and found it a house of horrors as they dropped a 4-1 decision to the New York Rangers.

New York jumped out to a 3-0 lead through two periods before the Ducks managed a goal late in the third frame.

The Rangers are 12-1-1 in their 14 home games.

“We have been so good [at home] that teams know it’s going to be hard,” the Rangers’ Marc Staal said. “When you go into a building as a visiting team you know the team’s home record. We’ve just been finding ways to win here. We have to keep that going.”

Paul Carey was main act on Broadway with two goals in the win.

“It’s a big night. It was a lot of fun. Certainly, I was trying to get that third one. I’ve never been able to do that at this level, so it was a good time. It’s nice to be rewarded,” Carey said.

Henrik Lundqvist made 39 save to pick up the win.

“We definitely had our chances and you’ve got to give their goalie credit. He’s been a goaltender in this league for a long time, doing what he does, but if he gets to see everything and gets his positioning then his life is much easier,” Ducks head coach Randy Carlyle said of Lundqvist.

Kevin Hayes and Michael Grabner (17th) also scored for New York.

“When we win, it’s team-oriented,” Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault said. “It’s because contributions are from throughout the lineup, whether it be a blocked shot, whether it be making an offensive play, whether it be a big save from [Lundqvist]. It’s a team thing and that’s how we’re going to continue to roll.”

David Desharnais kicked in two assists for the Rangers.

Ondrej Kase broke Lundqvist’s shutout bid with just over five minutes left in the third period.

“I think we are finding ways to lose hockey games,” Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said. “You have to find ways to win. We have to dig in, buckle down defensively and win one of these games 1-0, something like that. We have to give our goaltenders more help.”

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John Gibson made 28 saves in the loss but his head coach was placing much of the blame on the defense.

“Either we were too tight to the net or they did a good job of blocking us out,” Carlyle said. “We have to be harder to get into those areas as far as saying, ‘Hey, we’re going to go score,’ because that’s where the puck goes and where the goals are scored in the NHL now.”