Artemi Panarin scores twice as the Rangers beat the Islanders 5-2

Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had 3 assists and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves and nan New York Rangers defeated nan New York Islanders 5-2

NEW YORK -- Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had 3 assists and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves, and nan New York Rangers defeated nan New York Islanders 5-2 connected Sunday.

Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Adam Edstrom besides scored for nan Rangers, who won again connected location crystal aft Friday’s 2-1 triumph complete Ottawa.

Kreider scored shorthanded — his seventh extremity of nan play 3:44 into nan title — pinch an assistance to Zibanejad pinch Rangers skipper Jacob Trouba successful nan punishment box.

Trocheck made it 2-0 astatine 1:21 of nan 2nd aft Reilly Smith stripped nan puck from Islanders defenseman Samuel Bolduc and passed to Trocheck successful nan slot.

The Islanders trim nan shortage to 1 erstwhile Casey Cizikas tapped a loose puck past Shesterkin astatine 4:38 of nan second.

Panarin restored nan two-goal lead astatine 11:04 of nan mediate play connected nan powerfulness play.

Islanders halfway Brock Nelson scored disconnected a scramble successful beforehand astatine 19:52 of nan 2nd to make it 3-2.

Edstrom scored his first extremity astatine 5:18 of nan third, followed by Panarin’s 2nd of nan crippled and team-leading ninth extremity into an quiet nett astatine 16:37.

Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves for nan Islanders.

The Islanders, who fell to 4-6-2, person been unopen retired 4 times, scored 1 extremity erstwhile and scored doubly successful Sunday’s loss. They person scored 3 aliases much goals successful six games.

The Rangers improved to 4-1-1 astatine home. They are 4-1-0 connected nan road.

Shesterkin, who improved to 6-2-1 this season, denied Islanders guardant Bo Horvat connected a breakaway early successful nan 2nd play and stopped Horvat again 3:50 into nan third.

Kreider’s first-period extremity was nan 311th of his career, third-most successful Rangers history down Rod Gilbert (406) and Jean Ratelle (336).

Panarin has points successful 10 of New York’s 11 games and leads nan Rangers pinch 18 points.

Islanders: big Pittsburgh connected Tuesday.

Rangers: big Buffalo connected Thursday.

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