Rangers score quickly and beat Devils, 2-1

Jaromir Jagr and Sean Avery scored 23 seconds apart early in the third period at Newark, N.J., and Henrik Lundqvist made 26 saves as the New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils yet again in a 2-1 victory Friday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals.

The win was the Rangers’ ninth in 10 games against New Jersey this season, and it gives them a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series that will shift across the river for Game 3 Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.

The Devils face a long road back. The Rangers have never lost a best-of-seven series in which they have led, 2-0.

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Washington 5, Philadelphia 4 -- Held without a shot until late in the third period at Washington, Alex Ovechkin stole the puck and scored the tiebreaking goal with 4 1/2 minutes left at Pittsburgh in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round series.

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Pittsburgh 5, Ottawa 3 -- Ryan Malone scored the Penguins’ third power-play goal of the game with only 1:02 left at Pittsburgh, giving them a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference series.

Malone added an empty net goal with 6.5 seconds remaining -- the Penguins’ 54th shot, their most in regulation in their playoff history. The previous record was 49 shots.

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Minnesota 3, Colorado 2 (OT) -- Keith Carney scored on a slap shot 14 seconds into overtime at St. Paul to tie the Western Conference series at 1-1. The Avalanche’s Milan Hejduk tied the score at 2-2 with 43.8 seconds to play.