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NEW YORK -- Henrik Lundqvist came up big when the New York Rangers needed him and got a key milestone win.Kevin Hayes scored the deciding goal in the shootout and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots through overtime and three more in the tiebreaker to help the Rangers beat the new Jersey Devils 3-2 Sunday night.Lundqvist stopped Damon Severson in the fourth round of the shootout to secure the Rangers sixth win in seven games and second against the Devils at home in eight days. It also gave Lundqvist his 389th career win, tying him with Dominik Hasek for the most by a European-born goaltender.He was an inspiration to me growing up, Lundqvist said about the feat. He was the first guy I saw play paddle down. I grew up watching him, so this special for sure.Lundqvist has been stellar since serving as the backup to Antti Raanta, who started four straight games from Dec. 8-13. In three games since, Lundqvist is 3-0-0 with a 0.98 goals against average and a .967 save percentage. He also made several big stops on Sunday, which included two saves on New Jersey breakaways, to fend off the Devils.Hank is such a competitor. He works so hard, Rangers center Derek Stepan said. Hes an absolute workhorse -- a great teammate. And I expected nothing less from him.New York coach Alain Vigneault isnt surprised by Lundqvists recent play.This is the start of my fourth year. As soon as I got here, I knew his preparation and his work ethic in practice, Vigneault said. Thats why he was one of the best goaltenders in the league at that time, and he continues to be. He just works at his game, hes really focused, and hes a great person.Mats Zuccarello also scored in the shootout, and Chris Kreider and Derek Stepan had goals in regulation.PA Parenteau and Miles Wood scored and Cory Schneider stopped 24 shots as the Devils lost their sixth straight. Michael Cammalleri had a shootout goal.Things are going to happen in hockey games, Cammalleri said. We arent hiding from the fact that were on a losing streak and we have to get out of it.Parenteau broke a scoreless tie early in the second with his seventh goal of the season and the Devils on the power play. Parenteau pushed a loose puck underneath Lundqvist and off the post, but the Rangers goalie inadvertently hit the puck into the net as he tried to cover it up.The Rangers upped the pressure in the third and after several chances that were stopped by Schneider. New York finally found the back of the net as Mats Zuccarello quickly swung the puck from behind the net to Kreider, who tapped the puck in to even the score at 8:10.The Devils quickly responded to recapture the lead with 9:28 left in the third. Adam Henrique forced Dan Girardi to turn over the puck behind the Rangers net, fought off two Rangers players and sent the puck to Wood, who got a quick shot off in front of the net to give the Devils the 2-1 lead.However the Rangers kept pressing and tied it with 1:13 left in regulation as Stepan redirected the puck past Schneider.Its not the result we wanted so thats a little frustrating and disappointing, Schneider said. I thought our defending was good here against a really offensive team, but again at the end of the day its the two points that matter.Sunday was the final time the Devils will play at Madison Square Garden this season and the loss extended their struggles away from Prudential Center. New Jersey is now 4-11-5 on the road and looking snap their six game skid.Game notes Forwards Jacob Josefson, Luke Gazdic and Devante Smith-Pelly were healthy scratches for New Jersey. . Devils F Andy Greene has skated in 342 consecutive games dating back to March 6, 2012. . Rangers C Mika Zibanejad missed his 15th game due to a broken fibula that he suffered during a game against Ottawa on Nov. 20. . New York scratched F Brandon Pirri and D Adam Clendening.UP NEXTDevils: Host Nashville on Tuesday night.Rangers: At Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. China Jerseys Wholesale . Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void. China Jerseys 2022 . Most important, perhaps, it went off without a hitch. Organizers poked a little fun at the now-infamous opening ceremony gaffe that saw only four out of five snowflakes open up into rings, leaving the Olympics logo one ring short. https://www.chinasjerseys.com/ . Westbrook has missed 27 games since having a procedure on Dec. 27 to deal with swelling in his injured right knee — the third operation on the knee in nine months. China Jerseys 2021 . Its an influence in football and a big part of the game. Nike China Jerseys . The 28-year-old from Calgary matched his career best after missing just one shot in his two rounds of shooting in the mens 10-kilometre sprint competition. Smith finished in 23 minutes 15. Nick Kyrgios has indicated he may play fewer tournaments in 2017.In a question and answer session with Twitter users on Wednesday, the suspended Australian tennis star was asked what his goals were for next year.More time off, he replied. But there seems little scope for Kyrgios to cut down his schedule next season.As it was, he only played 19 tournaments in 2016 - two more than Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray but considerably fewer than most of his other, less successful peers on tour.Most professionals play between 20 and 30 events, with some cramming in almost 40.Kyrgios would have contested 21 events this season had his eight-week ban not ruled him out of upcoming tournaments in Basel and Paris.Kyrgios was also questioned on Wednesday about whether he had always given 100 per cent effort on the tennis court, replying nah man.And he responded with lol when asked how he felt about playing tennis.The world No.14 partly blamed mental fatigue for last weeks meltdown at the Shanghai Masters, which has resulted in him receiving an eight-week ban from the ATP Tour and more than $50,000 in fines.His ban will be reduced to three weeks if he meets conditions laid down by the sports governing body, including consulting a sports psychologist.ddddddddddddHowever he cast doubt on that happening when he responded with probs not to a Twitter question about whether he would get his ban reduced after meeting with a psychologist.Kyrgios was accused of unprofessional behaviour by the umpire during this second-round loss to Mischa Zverev in Shanghai a week ago.He argued with spectators after appearing to put in little effort during various stages of the match - even walking to the change of ends before one of his opponents serves had landed.After the match, Kyrgios said he owed his fans nothing and admitted taking the easy way out.Other thoughts from Kyrgios in Wednesdays Twitter Q&A included the 21-year-old rating beating girlfriend Ajla Tomljanovic in a backhand-to-backhand game as his biggest win of the year.He said his diet philosophy was all day errthing and reckoned his beloved Boston would win the 2016-17 NBA championship. 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