<div id="subtitle">Henrik Lundqvist stops 41 shots to lead Rangers to 3-1 victory over Devils</div><div><p>Henrik Lundqvist made 41 saves and Ryan Callahan triggered a three-goal outburst in the second period as the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Saturday night.</p><p>Callahan, Marian Gaborik and Chris Drury scored for the Rangers, who ended a two-game losing streak with only their second win in the last nine games.</p><p>The win ended a personal six-game losing streak for Lundqvist, improving his record to 17-6-5 against New Jersey.</p><p>Dainius Zubrus scored for the Atlantic Division-leading Devils, who have one win in their last four games.</p><p>Callahan had a goal and an assist as the Rangers struck three times in a span of 2:39 to snap a scoreless deadlock in the second period. Callahan got the Rangers going at the 7:20 mark, making a hard pass across the slot that Gaborik deflected for a power-play goal. It was the team-leading 35th goal for Gaborik.</p><p>New York kept swarming the New Jersey zone, scoring again 56 seconds later. This time it was Callahan getting an unassisted goal, picking off a weak clearing attempt by Devils defenseman Mike Mottau and firing the puck past Martin Brodeur.</p><p>Drury added the third goal, beating Brodeur from between the circles.</p><p>Lundqvist did his part earlier in the period, making big stops on Ilya Kovalchuk and Jamie Langenbrunner with the Devils on the power play.</p><p>In the third, Lundqvist held the Devils off until the 11:11 mark when Zubrus scored. Before that, Lundqvist made consecutive stops in a bang-bang sequence with 13 minutes left, stopping Kovalchuk's drive and Mottau's swipe at the rebound. The Devils fired 20 shots in the final period.</p><p>The Devils outshot the Rangers 10-7 in the scoreless first period. Lundqvist made one of the best stops in the final minute, gloving Rob Niedermayer's bid on a two-on-one short-handed break.</p><p>NOTES: The Devils activated Patrik Elias from the injured reserve list. He missed 10 games with a concussion. ... It didn't take long for hostilities to break out: Andrew Peters of the Devils and Brandon Prust fought 3:40 in. They staged a rematch later in the period at 12:41. Kovalchuk and the Rangers' Sean Avery exchanged punches in the Devils zone with 2:16 left. They each got double minor penalties for roughing ... Gaborik has six goals in the last five games. .... The win evened the season series between the teams at 2-2 and marked the first time the home team came out on top. They will play twice more this year.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=68604770&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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