Mika Zibanejad nets 2 as Rangers stop mini slide, beat Panthers
Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Artemi Panarin also scored for New York in the 5-3 win.
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Chris Kreider, Vincent Trocheck and Artemi Panarin also scored for New York in the 5-3 win.
New Jersey fought back on numerous occasions, but 5-4 loss dropped it to 2-7-2 in last 11.
New Jersey has two wins in its last 10 games overall.
Ilya Sorokin finished with 20 saves as the Islanders won their third straight game.
Igor Shesterkin stopped 39 shots in regulation and Mika Zibanejad scored for the Rangers.
Vitek Vanecek made 24 saves for New Jersey, which fell to 22-11-2. Nico Hischier scored for the Devils.
New York had won eight of nine and four straight at home but were flat against the disciplined Capitals.
New York has won two in a row.
Anthony Beauvillier added two goals and an assist in New York's 5-1 victory.
New Jersey fell 4-3 for its seventh defeat in eight games and dropped to 3-6-2 in December.
Kaapo Kakko scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:47 remaining and the surging Blueshirts won 5-3.
Yegor Sharangovich had the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period in the 4-2 victory.
Chris Kreider scored twice for New York in the 3-2 defeat.
Hurricanes assume top spot with 4-1 victory behind 35 saves from rookie goalie Kochetkov.
New York completed the Western Conference portion of its five-game road trip, which wraps up Thursday at MSG.
Star forward had a goal and two assists in the 7-1 win, New York's seventh straight victory overall.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 35 shots before leaving with an injury in the third period.
The Devils are 0-4-1 on their current skid.
The Rangers are 7-1-1 in their last nine.
Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist, and Sebastian Aho, Anthony Beauvillier and Noah Dobson also scored for the Islanders.
Jack Hughes scored for the Devils and Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves as New Jersey fell to 0-3-1 in its last four.
The Rangers improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight games after an inconsistent several weeks.
Miles Wood had New Jersey's lone goal.
Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves before the shootout.
Vincent Trochek had a goal and an assist, and Kaapo Kakko and Chris Kreider also scored in the 4-3 win.