NHL-Highlights of Monday's NHL games

Nov 30 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's National Hockey League (NHL) games. - - Rangers 4, Hurricanes 3 The New York Rangers jumped to a three-goal lead and survived a strong push from the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4-3 victory at Madison Square Garden that snapped a three-game losing streak. Goals from Derick Brassard, Oscar Lindberg, Chris Kreider and Mats Zuccarello proved just enough for goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, who made 33 saves. - - Islanders 5, Avalanche 3 Cal Clutterbuck scored the tie-breaking goal 1:52 into the third period and Casey Cizikas added an unassisted goal less than seven minutes later as the New York Islanders beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 at Barclays Center. Clutterbuck scored seconds after Cizikas won a faceoff in front of the Avalanche net. The puck found its way to defenseman Thomas Hickey, whose shot was redirected by Clutterbuck. - - Maple Leafs 3, Oilers 0 Garret Sparks made 24 saves to earn a shutout in his NHL debut as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-0. The Maple Leafs victory behind a goaltender called up from the American Hockey League Toronto Marlies ended their three-game losing streak. It was Toronto's first shutout of the season. - - Ducks 4, Canucks 0 Anaheim goaltender John Gibson stopped 25 shots to earn his first shutout of the season in the Ducks' 4-0 rout of the Vancouver Canucks at the Honda Center. Corey Perry, Shawn Horcoff, Rickard Rakell and Jakob Silfverberg provided the goals for the Ducks (9-11-5), who broke a two-game losing streak. The Canucks (9-9-7) absorbed their third loss in four games. - - (Editing by Peter Rutherford)