Picking up their sixth win in a row with a 6-4 win over the Canucks Wednesday night, the Blueshirts have totaled 18 goals in their last three games.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Rangers are hitting their stride at the right time.
The outpouring of goals is an encouraging sign and has allowed them to keep pace behind the Hurricanes and Devils in the Metropolitan Division. That scoring has been necessary, considering the fact they also have allowed 17 goals over the past six games. Artemi Panarin celebrates with his teammates after scoring one of his two goals in the Rangers’ 6-4 win over the Canucks.They let the Canucks hang around, however, due to some questionable defense at times and an off-night from goalie Igor Shesterkin. It was a similar story to the last time the Rangers faced the Canucks, when they beat them 4-3 last week at the Garden. Shesterkin stopped 25 of the 29 shots he faced Wednesday night, but the Rangers gave the Canucks too much to work with.
The new-look top line of Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and Tarasenko were threatening all night long, flying up and down the ice and totaling three goals. Zibanejad notched a first-period tally before threading a tape-to-tape pass to Kreider, who buried his 251st goal as a Ranger to surpass Mark Messier for seventh-most goals in franchise history, 50 seconds into the second period for a 4-2 lead.
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