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Zuccarello, Lundqvist lead Rangers to shootout win
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Zuccarello, Lundqvist lead Rangers to shootout win

Published Jan. 16, 2016 5:38 p.m. ET

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Mats Zuccarello scored in a shootout and Henrik Lundqvist reached 20 wins for the 11th straight season, leading the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Chris Kreider and J.T. Miller scored in regulation for the Rangers.

Brayden Schenn and Wayne Simmonds scored for Philadelphia, which had won four straight overall and six in a row on home ice.

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Lundqvist improved to 20-12-4. He is the only goaltender in NHL history to have won 20 games in each of his first 11 seasons and joins Martin Brodeur and Tony Esposito as the only goalies who have won 20 games in 11 straight seasons over the course of their careers.

Lundqvist stopped Shayne Gostisbehere and Claude Giroux in the shootout, and Jakub Voracek shot wide of the net.

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