Dawn, Fla. (AP) — Mika Zibanejad scored two times and the New York Rangers snapped a two-video game skid with a 5-3 gain about the Florida Panthers on Sunday night.
Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Artemi Panarin also scored for New York, which had gone -1-1 coming out of the holiday getaway split. Jaroslav Halak concluded with 32 will save for New York.
Nick Cousins, Sam Bennett and Eric Staal scored for the Panthers, who have misplaced their previous two online games and 8 of the past 11. Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 will save.
Zibanejad scored his 1st purpose on a electric power perform at 14:36 of the initially interval and gave the Rangers a 2- lead with his 2nd midway by means of the center period.
That objective appeared to roust the Panthers, who scored 2 times in the time period, nevertheless trailed 3-2 going into the third.
“I considered we had a serious great to start with period, real sound,” New York mentor Gerard Gallant reported. “We controlled the participate in, played the way we required to.”
Cousins place Florida on the board at 13:57 of the 2nd before Kreider built it 3-1 at 15:44.
Bennett’s energy-play target with under a moment remaining in the second period gave the Panthers a elevate and snapped an -for-9 drought with a gentleman edge courting to a loss at Carolina on Friday night time.
Trocheck, who was drafted by, and spent his initially 7 NHL seasons with, the Panthers, gave the Rangers a two-target cushion yet again when he tapped in a move from Kreider on a power perform at 1:38 of the 3rd.
“It’s generally wonderful to beat these men,” said Trocheck, who finished with two points in the gain. “I did not depart way too extensive back but in the COVID year, I played them 8 periods. So I have performed them a ton now. It is not as fresh as it was the first pair of instances, but it is nice.”
Florida closed in a intention when Staal scored his fourth target of the season just about a moment later.
Panarin restored the Rangers’ two-aim cushion at 10:04of the 3rd, generating it 5-3.
“I really don’t assume our game transformed a total large amount actively playing from guiding,” Florida coach Paul Maurice stated. “We did not transfer the puck well, it was in the toes and it finished up in the back again of our internet a couple situations. … (The Rangers) did not get a whole lot but they completed. They have fantastic shooters there.”
NOTES: The Rangers had Alexis Lafreniere again in the lineup after he was a healthier scratch Friday night in Tampa. Lafreniere was on the 3rd line with middle Filip Chytil and Jimmy Vesey. … The 3 coaches on the New York bench had ties to the Panthers. Gerard Gallant was head coach in Florida for pieces of 3 seasons (2014-16), together with assistant Mike Kelly. Gord Murphy was an original member of the Panthers as a defenseman and was also an assistant mentor. … Florida had Zac Dalpe again in the lineup following actively playing Anton Levtchi the preceding two video games. Levtchi was returned to AHL Charlotte on Saturday.
UP Following
Rangers: Host Carolina on Tuesday night time.
Panthers: Host Arizona on Tuesday night time.
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