Vincent Trocheck scores in OT to lift the Rangers past the Wild, 5-4

NEW YORK (AP) — Vincent Trocheck scored at 24 seconds of overtime to give the New York Rangers a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night.

Trocheck slid the puck past goalie Filip Gustavsson to help the Rangers keep pace with Montreal in the Eastern Conference wild-card race. Both teams have 79 points.

Artemi Panarin scored his team-leading 34th goal and Braden Schneider, K’Andre Miller and Chris Kreider added goals for New York. Igor Shesterkin made 20 saves.

Minnesota’s Marco Rossi tied it at 4 early in the third. Gustav Nyqvist, Brock Faber and Marcus Johansson also scored, and Gustavsson made 34 saves. The Wild are in wild-card position in the Western Conference with 89 points.

Wild: Failed to rebound from a shootout loss Monday night in New Jersey.

Rangers: Gabe Perreault made his NHL debut. The 19-year-old forward, a first-round draft pick in 2023, played two seasons for Boston College.

Trocheck ended it with his 22nd goal of the season.

New York was 0 for 4 on the power play and has only two goals in its last 41 chances.

The Wild are at the New York Islanders on Friday night. The Rangers are at New Jersey on Saturday.

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New York Rangers' Braden Schneider (4) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Wild's Marcus Johansson, center, celebrates with teammates Jake Middleton, left, and Brock Faber after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Wild's Jake Middleton (5) and goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) stops a shot by New York Rangers' Vincent Trocheck (16) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) watches the puck as he protects the net during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

The New York Rangers gesture to fans after an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

The New York Rangers celebrate after an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) leaves the ice after an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Fans cheer as New York Rangers' Vincent Trocheck (16) celebrates a goal with teammtes K'Andre Miller (79) and Artemi Panarin (10) after Trocheck scored during the overtime period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Wild's Matt Boldy (12) reacts as New York Rangers' K'Andre Miller (79) and Artemi Panarin (10) celebrate a goal by Vincent Trocheck (16) after he scored a goal during the overtime period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32), Brock Faber (7) and Matt Boldy (12) react as New York Rangers' Artemi Panarin (10) and Vincent Trocheck (16) celebrate a game-winning goal by Trocheck during the overtime period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mobile phones in Iran were able to call abroad Tuesday after a crackdown on nationwide protests in which the internet and international calls were cut.

Several people in Tehran were able to call The Associated Press and speak to a journalist there. The AP bureau in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was unable to call those numbers back.

Witnesses said the internet remained cut off from the outside world.

Iran cut off the internet and calls on Thursday as protests intensified.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown on protesters that activists said had killed at least 646 people.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking to the Qatar-funded satellite news network Al Jazeera in an interview aired Monday night, said he continued to communicate with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff.

The communication “continued before and after the protests and are still ongoing," Araghchi said. However, “Washington’s proposed ideas and threats against our country are incompatible.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Iran’s public rhetoric diverges from the private messaging the administration has received from Tehran in recent days.

“I think the president has an interest in exploring those messages,” Leavitt said. “However, with that said, the president has shown he’s unafraid to use military options if and when he deems necessary, and nobody knows that better than Iran.”

Meanwhile, pro-government demonstrators flooded the streets Monday in support of the theocracy, a show of force after days of protests directly challenging the rule of 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian state television aired chants from the crowd, which appeared to number in the tens of thousands, who shouted “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”

Others cried out, “Death to the enemies of God!” Iran’s attorney general has warned that anyone taking part in protests will be considered an “enemy of God,” a death-penalty charge.

FILE - Protesters march on a bridge in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP, File)