The New York Rangers (14-12-2) defeated the Ottawa Senators (13-9-4) 4-2 at the Canadian Tire Center Thursday night.
Dylan Cozens and Drake Batherson scored for the Senators. Linus Ullmark made 24 saves.
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Mika Zibanejad, Vladislav Gavrikov, Will Borgen and Artemi Panarin scored for the Rangers. Igor Shesterkin made 25 saves.
Summary of the game
Zibanejad opened the scoring at 3:19 of the first period with a wrist shot that beat Ullmark from the top. JT Miller led two-on-one and gave Zibanejad his tenth goal of the season.
The Rangers doubled their lead at 9:45 on a Gavrikov snap from the left faceoff spot that beat Ullmark over his glove.
Cozens scored his ninth of the season on the power play at 6:30 PM to cut the lead to 2-1. Cozens took a wrist shot from the middle and beat Shesterkin on the inside of the post glove.
At 7:24 of the middle frame, Borgen beat a screened Ullmark with a wrist shot from the high slot to restore the Rangers’ two-goal lead.
The Sens scored their second power play goal of the night at 13:08 on a Brady Tkachuk slap shot from the right circle that deflected off Batherson on the right side of the crease.
Panarin scored an empty goal in the last minute to seal the 4–2 victory.
The Rangers defeated the Senators 28-27 and went 0-for-1 on the power play. The Senators went 2-for-3 with the man advantage.
Next
Both teams will be back in action on Saturday. The Rangers host the Colorado Avalanche in the afternoonand the Senators host the St. Louis Blues later this evening.
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