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NHL Roundup: Artemi Panarin scores twice as Rangers beat Islanders 5-2
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NHL Roundup: Artemi Panarin scores twice as Rangers beat Islanders 5-2

NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had three assists and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves, and the New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Sunday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had three assists and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves, and the New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Sunday.

Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Adam Edstrom also scored for the Rangers, who won again at home following Friday’s 2-1 win over Ottawa.

Kreider scored shorthanded – his seventh goal of the season 3:44 into the game – with an assist to Zibanejad with Rangers captain Jacob Trouba in the box.

Trocheck made it 2-0 at 1:21 of the second period after Reilly Smith stripped the puck from Islanders defenseman Samuel Bolduc and passed it to Trocheck in the slot.

Edstrom scored his first goal at 5:18 of the third, followed by Panarin’s second of the game and the team’s ninth goal into an empty net at 16:37.

Elsewhere in the NHL on Sunday:

JETS 7 LIGHTNING 4

WINNIPEG, MB. (AP) — Dylan Samberg scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets earn a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Nikolaj Ehlers and Cole Perfetti added empty-net goals for the Jets, who lead the NHL with 22 points this season.

It was a milestone goal for Ehlers, who became the highest-scoring Danish NHL player of all time with 474 points.

BRUINS 2 KRAKEN 0

BOSTON (AP) — Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves for his first shutout of the season, and the Boston Bruins blanked the Seattle Kraken 2-0.

Justin Brazeau scored a tip-in at 3:23 of the game on a pass from Nikita Zadorov, and Charlie Coyle scored less than seven minutes later, beating Kraken goalie Joey Daccord for an uncontested shot in the crease.

Charlie McAvoy had the secondary assist on Brazeau’s goal, while Brad Marchand and Elias Lindholm assisted Coyle.

Daccord made 31 saves in the loss.

HURRICANES 4 CAPITALS 2

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dmitry Orlov scored twice to lead the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Capitals.

It was a sixth straight victory for the Hurricanes, who also got a goal and two assists from Martin Necas. Andrei Svechnikov added an empty-net goal.

Alex Ovechkin and Brandon Duhaime scored for the Capitals, who ended their three-game winning streak.

The Capitals scored two goals in 33 seconds to close the first period and take a 2-1 lead. Carolina goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov did not allow another goal.

WILD 2 MAPLE LEAVES 1 (OT)

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy scored on a breakaway 2:14 into overtime to lift the Minnesota Wild to a 2-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Boldy and Marco Rossi had a 2-on-0 breakaway after defenseman Jared Spurgeon chased down a loose puck in the neutral zone. He sent the puck up the ice to Rossi, who passed it to Boldy. The Wild forward gestured toward Toronto goaltender Anthony Stolarz to bury the game-winner.

Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves in Minnesota’s victory. Stolarz stopped 31 shots.

Ryan Hartman scored his third of the year on a goal that was initially reviewed to give the Wild a 1-0 lead midway through the first. William Nylander responded for Toronto with his team-high ninth goal of the year.

Boldy’s winner was the only shot on goal for either team in overtime. Minnesota improved to 1-2 in overtime, while Toronto is now 0-2 in overtime.

4 FLAME OILER 2

CALGARY, AB. (AP) — Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists for the Edmonton Oilers in a 4-2 road victory over the Calgary Flames.

Zach Hyman, Jeff Skinner and Mattias Janmark, in an empty net, scored for the Oilers (6-5-1), who have won four of their last five games. Edmonton goaltender Stuart Skinner stopped 29 shots.

Draisaitl lifted a backhand over Dan Vladar’s glove just 20 seconds after the opening faceoff. Skinner made it 2-0 for the visitors at 8:12 on a second effort.

Calgary’s Anthony Mantha redirected a Tyson Barrie shot past Skinner at 4:33 of the second period, and Yegor Sharangovich tied it at 2 for the Flames (6-5-1) at 4:28 of the third with a shot in traffic.

Hyman scored on the second of Edmonton’s three power play opportunities in the third period with a backhander on Vladar with 9:50 left, and Janmark scored into an empty net with a few ticks to play.

BLACKHAWKS 4 DUCKS 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Connor Bedard had three assists, Teuvo Teravainen scored his first goal in 10 games and the Chicago Blackhawks earned their second straight victory in Southern California, beating the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 .

Isaak Phillips, Ryan Donato and Seth Jones also scored for the Blackhawks, who have won three of four. Taylor Hall also had two assists and Arvid Soderblom stopped 37 shots for his first win of the season.

Brock McGinn and Mason McTavish scored the goals for Anaheim, which is 1-3-1 in its last five games. Lukas Dostal made 25 saves.

It was the 11th career multi-pass match for Bédard, 19 years oldtied with Bobby Hull for second most by a Blackhawks teenager. Patrick Kane has the most with 13.

The Associated Press