NHL roundup: Artemi Panarin scores twice as Rangers roll past 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 defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Sunday.Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Adam Edstrom also scored for the Rangers, who won again on home ice after Friday’s 2-1 victory over Ottawa.Kreider scored short-handed — his seventh goal of the season 3:44 into the contest — with an assist to Zibanejad with Rangers captain Jacob Trouba in the penalty box.Trocheck made it 2-0 at 1:21 of the second after Reilly Smith stripped the puck from Islanders defenceman Samuel Bolduc and passed 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 team-leading ninth goal into an empty net at 16:37.Elsewhere in the NHL on Sunday:---JETS 7 LIGHTNING 4WINNIPEG, Man. (AP) — Dylan Samberg scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets to a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.Nikolaj Ehlers…
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