Smith scores go-ahead goal, Panarin nets 2 as Rangers beat Penguins

Reilly Smith scored the go-ahead goal and Artemi Panarin scored twice as the Rangers beat the Penguins on Friday night.

NEW YORK — Reilly Smith scored the go-ahead goal and Artemi Panarin scored twice as the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Friday night.Smith put New York ahead with his fourth goal this season at 9:53 of the third period in a game played hours after the Rangers traded their captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks. New York responded by winning on home ice as goaltender Igor Shesterkin snapped a personal five-game losing streak with 20 saves.

Panarin followed with his second goal of the game and team-leading 15th of the season with two seconds left in the second period, snapping a low shot past Penguins netminder Alex Nedeljkovic. Nedeljkovic made 28 saves for the Penguins. Tomasino scored his third goal in five games with the Penguins at 8:29 of the third to tie the game at 2.New York had lost six of its last seven games since starting the season 12-4-1.

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