Lundqvist superb as Rangers blank Red Wings
DETROIT -- The New York Rangers continued to be the road warriors of the NHL and Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist maintained his mastery over the Detroit Red Wings.
A 1-0 overtime victory Sunday afternoon was the NHL-leading 17th road victory for the Rangers, who are 6-1 in their last seven away from home and 10-2 in their last 12 road contests. New York's 89 road wins since the start of the 2013-14 season are already the most ever earned by the franchise in a four-season span.
J.T. Miller converted Mats Zuccarello's feed on a two-on-none breakaway at 1:56 of overtime for his 15th goal of the season.
Lundqvist, who made 21 saves in posting his second shutout of the season and his second straight win since ending a personal three-game losing streak, is now 6-1-1 with four shutouts in his last eight games against the Red Wings.
The victory was his 20th of the season, making Lundqvist the only netminder in league history to reach the 20-win plateau in each of his first 12 seasons.
It was the fifth time this season that the Wings have been shut out and the third time that Detroit has lost by a 1-0 count. With the point, the Wings extended their point streak to five games (3-0-2).
Jared Coreau, who made 18 saves for Detroit, saw his personal six-game point streak (5-0-1) come to an end.
Red Wings left-winger Thomas Vanek left the ice at the end of the first period favoring his left leg and did not return to start the second period. Vanek went down during a net-front scramble in the waning seconds of the period and struggled to get back up to his feet.
The Red Wings' leader with 12 goals, Vanek, who missed 11 games earlier this season due to a hip injury, did not return to the game.
NOTES: Detroit activated D Niklas Kronwall from injured reserve. Kronwall missed eight games with a groin issue. The Wings placed veteran F Drew Miller on waivers to open up a roster spot for Kronwall. ... The next power-play point for Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg will give him 310, surpassing Sergei Fedorov for fourth on the team's all-time list. ... The Rangers lead the NHL with 16 road victories, two more than any other team. ... Rangers rookie F Pavel Buchnevich entered the game with points in each of his last eight NHL games. ... Red Wings healthy scratches were Ds Alexey Marchenko and Ryan Sproul and F Tomas Jurco. .. F Steve Ott (shoulder), G Jimmy Howard (knee) and D Brendan Smith (knee) are on the injured reserve list. ... Rangers scratches were D Marc Staal (upper body injury) and Fs Matt Puempel (healthy) and Jesper Fast (upper body injury). ... G Antti Raanta (lower body) is on injured reserve.