Veteran Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist was back in action for the first time since Feb. 2, and he fell to 25-12-3 with a 4-2 loss to the Bruins on Saturday at TD Garden.

Lundqvist, who missed 25 games due to a serious vascular injury, finished with 26 saves against the Bruins.

"It was a tough start. Obviously, not the start I was looking for," Lundqvist said. 

The Penguins lost defenseman Kris Letang on a hit Saturday that required a trip to the hospital.

Letang left with 4:45 to play in the second period after a hit from Coyotes captain Shane Doan. Letang, in the corner behind his net, was shoved backward by Doan after flipping the puck out of the zone.

"I just went to make sure I got a piece of him so he couldn't jump by me and he obviously went into the boards awkward," Doan said. "You never ever want to see anyone like that, especially a guy with his caliber and everything he's went through in the past couple years.

Jaromir Jagr scored his 718th NHL goal, moving into fifth place on the career list, and added an assist in the Panthers' 3-1 win over the Red Wings on Thursday night.

The 43-year-old Jagr, who gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead, passed Hall of Famer Phil Esposito with his first goal since March 1.

St. Louis goalie Brian Elliott and Steve Mason, his Philadelphia counterpart, both earned shutouts on Thursday night. Elliott also came away with a win as the host Blues edged the Flyers 1-0 in a shootout to give coach Ken Hitchcock his 700th regular-season victory.

With a flick of the wrist Wednesday night, Rangers goalie Cam Talbot came through with a tough-as-can-be 5-on-3 stop, helping the Rangers move atop the Metropolitan Division with a 3-1 win over the Capitals, according to an ESPN.com report.