Sunrise – Mika Zibanejad scored 2 times and the New York Rangers snapped a two-match skid with a 5-3 gain around the Florida Panthers on Sunday evening.
Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Artemi Panarin also scored for New York, which had gone -1-1 coming out of the holiday getaway break. Jaroslav Halak completed with 32 will save for New York.
Nick Cousins, Sam Bennett and Eric Staal scored for the Panthers, who have missing their last two video games and 8 of the final 11. Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves.
Zibanejad scored his to start with purpose on a ability engage in at 14:36 of the to start with time period and gave the Rangers a 2- lead with his second midway through the center interval.
That purpose appeared to roust the Panthers, who scored twice in the interval, yet trailed 3-2 likely into the 3rd.
“I considered we experienced a authentic very good initial period, genuine sound,” New York mentor Gerard Gallant stated. “We managed the engage in, performed the way we wanted to.”
Cousins put Florida on the board at 13:57 of the next prior to Kreider made it 3-1 at 15:44.
Bennett’s electric power-perform target with below a moment remaining in the next interval gave the Panthers a elevate and snapped an -for-9 drought with a man benefit dating to a loss at Carolina on Friday night time.
Trocheck, who was drafted by, and put in his 1st 7 NHL seasons with, the Panthers, gave the Rangers a two-target cushion yet again when he tapped in a pass from Kreider on a energy play at 1:38 of the 3rd.
“It truly is generally awesome to conquer these fellas,” stated Trocheck, who ended with two points in the earn. “I did not leave much too long ago but in the COVID year, I performed them eight instances. So I have played them a ton presently. It is really not as contemporary as it was the first couple of occasions, but it is awesome.”
Florida closed within a intention when Staal scored his fourth objective of the period just in excess of a moment later.
Panarin restored the Rangers’ two-target cushion at 10:04of the third, generating it 5-3.
“I don’t think our match adjusted a entire lot playing from at the rear of,” Florida mentor Paul Maurice said. “We did not move the puck properly, it was in the ft and it finished up in the again of our internet a few situations. … (The Rangers) did not get a ton but they completed. They have superior shooters there.”
