Chris Kreider and Tyler Motte each scored twice and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Wednesday night.
Kaapo Kakko and Artemi Panarin also scored, Mika Zibanejad had three assists and Barclay Goodrow and Adam Fox each had two to help the Rangers win for the fifth time in seven games and improve to 11-2-2 in their last 15 games.Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist, and Darren Raddysh and Brandon Hagel also scored for Tampa Bay, which snapped a three-game win streak.
Panarin scored on a power play from high in the left circle with 6:11 left for his 26th to push New York’s lead to 6-3. The Lightning pulled to 4-3 with 8 1/2 minutes remaining in the middle period on a play that needed an officials’ review. Killorn skated in on Shesterkin, and the goalie stopped his initial shot and attempt on the rebound as he fell back into the goal. Hagel then knocked the puck into Shesterkin in the goal. It was Hagel’s 28th.
Kakko made it 2-0 at 7:41 on the Rangers’ next shot as he beat Vasilevskiy on the blocker side for his 17th.
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