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WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Chris Kreider scored twice and the New York Rangers beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-1 Sunday night time.
Mike Zibanejad and Barclay Goodrow additionally scored for the Rangers, and Artemi Panarin and Jacob Trouba every had two assists. New York received its third straight.
“The workforce is taking part in nicely,” Kreider mentioned. “Our play has been clicking. I’m taking part in with some unbelievable linemates and unbelievable defensemen each time I am on the ice.”
Igor Shesterkin stopped 45 pictures to select up his twenty eighth win of the season.
“Yeah, I had a lot of work at the moment, however we did an important job,” mentioned Shesterkin, who leads the league in goals-against-average (1.93) and save share (.942). “Blocked pictures, heaps. PK, nice job, and strong play.”
It has change into outdated hat for Rangers coach Gerard Gallant.
“Standard, usual,” he mentioned. “He is performed nice. He is strong and made some large saves, particularly the primary interval of the sport. We received the early lead. It wasn’t an important recreation. I imply the pictures (46 for Winnipeg) did not point out the sport for me. … He made some key saves.”
Nikolaj Ehlers scored for Winnipeg, and Connor Hellebuyck completed with 18 saves.
“He is (Shesterkin) had a fairly nice season and he is a fairly good goalie,” Ehlers mentioned. “The pictures are fantastic however we are saying it loads. We had some visitors in entrance of the web however not sufficient, I feel. We had some good possibilities, so that may come.”
Winnipeg misplaced for the sixth time in eight video games and is eight factors behind Nashville for the second wild card within the Western Convention.
“Clearly, there are issues that want to alter and we have to do this now,” Ehlers mentioned. “I do not know what number of video games we’ve left, 26, 27 – we wish to make the playoffs, we have to start out successful some video games. It isn’t in three or 4 video games. It is now.”
Kreider received his second of the night time – and thirty eighth of the season – as he beat Jets defenseman Mike Schmidt to the puck and backhanded puck previous Hellebuyck to offer the Rangers a 3-1 lead at 6:21 of the third. Kreider tied Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl for second within the NHL in scoring, one behind Toronto’s Auston Matthews.
“Yeah, he is rolling fairly good,” Rangers coach Gerard Gallant mentioned of Kreider. “A giant power-play objective tonight and he scored one other good objective, so the large guys are scoring large objectives at key instances. It put us in command of the sport fairly good.”
Zibanejad deflected Trouba’s slap shot from the purpose to extend the result in 4-1 and put the sport away at 9:32.
Kreider, who was on Hellebuyck’s doorstep, scored on the ability play with 2:32 left within the first to make it 2-0. It was his league-leading nineteenth with the person benefit.
The Rangers opened the scoring early within the first as Goodrow tipped an ideal move from Trouba previous Hellebuyck at 2:01.
Ehlers pulled the Jets to with a power-play objective with 6:26 left within the second interval.
Winnipeg completed 1 for six on the ability play. The Rangers have been 1 for two.
UP NEXT
Rangers: At Minnesota on Tuesday night time within the second of a four-game journey.
Jets: Host Tampa Bay on Tuesday night time within the third of a four-game homestand.
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