NEW YORK (AP) — Mika Zibanejad scored 2 times and Igor Shesterkin stopped 33 shots as the New York Rangers defeat the Florida Panthers 6-2 on Monday evening.
Adam Fox had a target and two assists, and Jimmy Vesey, Alexis Lafreniere and Filip Chytil also scored for the Rangers, who are 15-4-2 considering that Dec. 5 and 5–1 in their previous six home games from Florida. Artemi Panarin experienced a few assists.
Carter Verhaeghe and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers, who had gained four of their previous 5 and are 7-3-1 considering that Jan. 1, when the Rangers received the previous meeting 5-3 in Florida.
Shesterkin experienced seven saves in the initial, 14 in the 2nd and 12 in the third to increase to 11-4-3 in his very last 18 starts and 21-8-6 over-all this time.
The 27-year-old Russian just missed scoring when the Panthers pulled goaltender Alex Lyon with much more than 5 minutes still left, down by three objectives. Sheskterin’s whole-rink try skipped huge remaining by mere inches.
Fox opened the scoring with his 10th target at 3:03 of the to start with, bursting past the Panthers’ defense prior to sliding the puck earlier Lyon. Fox has details in 32 of New York’s 47 game titles this year.
Verhaeghe tied it on the electricity participate in at 5:56 with his 23rd, offering the Panthers goals with the gentleman gain for the fourth straight match and 7 of the previous eight.
Zibanejad put the Rangers forward with 2:39 left in the first on the energy perform, just one-timing a move from Panarin previous Lyon from his patented spot in the left circle. Fox had an aid on the perform, supplying him a multi-issue hard work for the third time in 6 game titles. The Rangers are 11– when Fox documents several details.
Vesey produced it 3-1 at 15:03 of the second with his eighth.
Lafreniere scored for the initial time in 18 game titles at 7:56 of the third right before Zibanejad scored once more — his group-major 22nd — at 8:10 to make it 5-1.
Barkov pulled the Panthers within just three at 11:02 of the third with his 13th before Chytil completed the scoring with an vacant-web intention with 3:11 remaining.
Panarin, who qualified prospects the Rangers with 50 details, extended his details streak from the Panthers to 12 games.
STAAL RETURNS
Former Rangers defenseman Marc Staal played his initial game with the Panthers at Madison Square Backyard immediately after two seasons with Detroit. Staal, who was traded to the Red Wings in September 2020, performed 892 video games above 13 seasons in New York and skated in the 2nd-most playoff game titles (107) in Rangers historical past.
UP Up coming
Panthers: At Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.
Rangers: At Toronto on Wednesday night time.
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