Alexis Lafrenière prepared the goalArtemi Panarin early in the game before returning to the charge in the third period with his fifth goal of the season on Friday night in a 2-1 victory for the Rangers in New York on the Ottawa Senators.
The 23-year-old Quebecer has now scored 10 points in as many games since the start of the season.
He helped the Rangers score the first goal 3:03 into the first goal by stealing the puck from Josh Norris at the Senator’s blue line and then passed it to Panarin, who immediately blocked it Linus Ullmark with the help of a good view from the slot. That was his seventh goal of the season.
The score remained 1-0 until the start of the third, when Lafrenière completed a pass play from Phillip Chytil and Reilly Smith to hit the target for the first time of the season on the power play.
The Senators managed 41 shots Igor Shesterkinwhich was great, coming close to recording his second shutout of the season. He particularly caught the eye with a brilliant glove save on a point-blank shot from Claude Giroux late in the second.
Work was the only goal allowedAdam Gaudettewho scored his fifth goal with a one-timer on a pass from Brady Tkachuk with 7:32 on the clock in the third.
Ullmark made 16 saves for the Senators, who have lost three of their last four games.
2024-11-02 01:43:00
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