Kreider Scores Late To Lift Rangers Over Islanders
Mika Zibanejad and Tony DeAngelo also scored as the Rangers beat the Islanders for the fourth time in the last five meetings.
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Mika Zibanejad and Tony DeAngelo also scored as the Rangers beat the Islanders for the fourth time in the last five meetings.
New York scored three times in the first eight minutes, a rousing response after a lopsided road loss to the crosstown Rangers a night earlier.
New York Rangers coach David Quinn isn't surprised by anything Artemi Panarin does.
New York, which snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Bruins in a 3-2 shootout win at Boston on Dec. 19, has now lost nine straight meetings at home.
Casey Cizikas, Jordan Eberle, Tom Kuhnhackl also scored for the Islanders.
The Islanders had lost two straight overall and four in a row at the Nassau Coliseum.
The Islanders are 0-for-9 on the power play the last five games.
Mackenzie Blackwood added 29 saves to help the Devils improve to 6-2-1 in their last nine games.
Casey Cizikas just might pull off another 20-goal season with more efforts similar to the one Tuesday against Washington.
Reinforcing fundamentals paid off for the New York Islanders.
Robin Lehner made 38 saves against his former team, Dennis Gilbert scored his first career goal
Anders Lee and Mathew Barzal scored for the Islanders, who lost their third consecutive game at Nassau Coliseum.
Anders Lee, Brock Nelson and Mathew Barzal each had a goal and an assist while Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves as the Islanders fell for the second time in three games.
Varlamov had 27 saves as New York snapped a seven-game losing streak to Boston.
Thomas Greiss gave up five goals on 15 shots through two periods, and Semyon Varlamov stopped six of the nine shots he faced in the third.
