Jagr, Rangers beat Panthers

Jaromir Jagr scored twice on two-man power plays in 42 seconds, and Henrik Lundqvist made 23 saves for his first NHL shutout in the New York Rangers’ 4-0 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday in New York.

Jagr scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season – all on the power play – on nearly identical plays late in the second period to help the Atlantic Division-leading Rangers tie Ottawa for the top spot in the Eastern Conference with 10 points.

Petr Prucha added his first NHL goal and fellow rookie Fedor Tyutin also scored for New York, which has earned points in all but one of its seven games this season.

Red Wings 3, Sharks 2 (OT): In Detroit, Jiri Fischer’s goal with 50.9 seconds left in overtime gave Detroit a win over San Jose. Fischer’s wrist shot from the top of the left circle beat Sharks’ goalie Evgeni Nabokov.

Coyotes 2, Flames 0: In Calgary, Alberta, Curtis Joseph recorded his 44th career shutout as Phoenix beat Calgary. Mike Ricci scored with 7:14 left in the third period to put Phoenix up.

Around the league

Ottawa Senators star wing Martin Havlat was suspended five games by the NHL for kicking Boston defenseman Hall Gill. … Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, the No. 1 pick in the 2003 NHL draft, was reassigned by the Pittsburgh Penguins to their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton minor league club. … Flyers right wing Turner Stevenson will have surgery on his right hip and is expected to be sidelined two to three months.