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NEW YORK — It took four games for the New York Rangers‘ David Quinn to get his first win as an NHL coach www.canucksshoponline.com , and when it finally happened, his team presented him with the puck to mark the achievement.There may not be any celebratory pucks for getting the second win, but Quinn and the Rangers hope they do not have a long wait for the next victory.The Rangers get a chance to follow up their first win of the season Saturday afternoon when they host the Edmonton Oilers.Article continues below ...New York hired Quinn from Boston University to oversee its first rebuilding attempt after missing the playoffs last season for only the second time in 13 seasons since the infamous 2004-05 lockout. Quinn replaced Alain Vigneault, who coached a mostly veteran team for the previous five seasons.The Rangers expected some growing pains but did not think it would take four games to get the first win. They nearly did not get it Thursday against the San Jose Sharks, but defenseman Brendan Smith scored the tying goal with 2:39 remaining in regulation and fellow blue-liner Brady Skjei scored 37 seconds into overtime to turn a potential one-goal loss into a 3-2 victory.Those goals came on a night when Henrik Lundqvist withstood a barrage of shots at times and notched his 432nd career win while turning in a 41-save performance.“The players made me do that (realize this was the first win) when they brought me in the locker room and gave me the puck, so that was pretty special,” Quinn said. “I wish I could divide the puck into about 45 pieces because it was certainly a great win for us. We needed to feel good about something and obviously, Hank (Lundqvist) stood tall for two periods. He gave us a chance tonight for sure.”Rookie Brett Howden scored the other goal for New York and also forced the turnover by the Sharks’ Erik Karlsson that led to the game-winner.Quinn’s first win marked the first time a Rangers defensemen scored the tying goal in regulation and the overtime winner since March 24, 2014 Vancouver Canucks T-Shirts Womens , vs. the Arizona Coyotes when Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh did it. It also came on a night when the Rangers consistently allowed odd-man rushes through 40 minutes, including one on San Jose’s second goal.“We kept getting behind them and establishing the offensive zone and not forcing plays,” Quinn said. “That’s been a problem for us. The first three games of the season, our problem is we create our own problems by forcing plays. I thought the third period we started doing things we’re going to have to do to have success.”The defense gave up those rushes while Kevin Shattenkirk sat out as a healthy scratch. The benching was a one-game thing as Shattenkirk is expected to return Saturday after accumulating a minus-4 rating in the first three games.While the Rangers avoided their first 0-4 start since the 1998-99 season, the Oilers remained the league’s only team without a point. The Oilers began the season with a 5-2 loss to New Jersey last Saturday in Sweden and then dropped a 4-1 decision to the Boston Bruins Thursday.Connor McDavid scored the first goal 3:43 into the game against the Bruins, but the Oilers allowed consecutive power-play goals and three in the first period. McDavid has been involved in Edmonton’s first three goals of the season, and although it is two games in there are concerns about others not being able to get prime scoring chances.“The Grade A chances are only coming from three or four individuals, and it has to get an awful lot deeper than that for us to have offensive success,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said. “That can come from the blue line or wingers on different lines. That could come from the blue line. It seems when we get a little more desperate or fall behind Vancouver Canucks Hoodies Womens , we find a player or two offensively, but we need them early in the game as well.”McLellan’s call for offense early on is correct as the Oilers try to avoid their third 0-3 start in the last five seasons. The Oilers allowed four goals in the first period in their first two games combined and have led for a total of 5:37 so far.“Any team that can get off to a good start puts themselves in a good position,” McLellan said. “We’re 0-2 right now, we’re not happy about that but we’ve got to keep pushing and we’ll have a big game Saturday against the Rangers.”The Rangers are on a five-game winning streak against the Oilers since taking a 7-5 loss Dec. 11, 2015, in Edmonton. It is New York’s longest win streak against Edmonton in team history. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) The Carolina Hurricanes got a big lift from a pair of unlikely scorers.Brett Pesce, Phil Di Giuseppe and Sebastian Aho scored in the first period, leading the Hurricanes to a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.While Aho leads the team with 20 goals Vancouver Canucks Hats Womens , Pesce scored his second of the season 14 seconds into the game. Di Giuseppe picked up his first goal in over a year.”I think everyone found a way to contribute,” Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. ”All in all, it was a good night.”Justin Williams added his 10th in the third as Carolina stopped a three-game slide. Scott Darling, who had lost his last three starts, made 22 saves.”They were throwing a lot of pucks from the side and getting bounces off them,” Darling said. ”There were a couple of awkward ones, but none of those got by me. It was just good to get the win.”Michael Del Zotto scored for Vancouver, which beat Carolina 3-0 in their first meeting of the season on Dec. 5. Jacob Markstrom stopped 29 shots.”It’s not Markstrom’s fault tonight,” Vancouver coach Travis Green said. ”We weren’t good enough to win this hockey game Custom Vancouver Canucks Jerseys , that’s for sure.”Pesce got Carolina off to a fast start when he beat Markstrom over his left shoulder. Jordan Staal and Aho each got an assist on the play.”I definitely didn’t expect that,” Pesce said of his team’s early offense. ”But we stressed that since they were coming off a back-to-back.”Di Giuseppe made it 2-0 at 14:43, knocking the puck into the goal off Markstrom’s right blocker for his first goal of the season.Aho then scored with 56 seconds left in the first, easily beating Markstrom on a stretch pass from Jaccob Slavin.Del Zotto got Vancouver on the board at 3:30 of the second, scoring from the top of the left circle. But Williams beat Markstrom from the right point at 7:27 of the third.”There was a little bit of desperation for sure,” Pesce said. ”We’ve had some trouble scoring these past few games. But you have to score to win, and we know where the standings are. Every win is sort of a must.”NOTES: Slavin played in his 200th NHL game. … Aho became the first Hurricane since Jeff Skinner (2010-12) to score at least 20 goals in his first two seasons. . RW Brock Boeser (wrist) and Christopher Tanev (lower body) were scratches for the Canucks. … Haydn Fleury was a healthy scratch for Carolina. . The Hurricanes sent forwards Josh Jooris and Marcus Kruger to Charlotte of the AHL.UP NEXTCanucks: Visit Dallas on Sunday in the finale of their four-game road trip.Hurricanes: Host Colorado on Saturday in the seventh of their eight-game homestand.