Artemi Panarin on Sunday had a goal and two assists, Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots and the New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-1 for their seventh straight win.
Vincent Trocheck, Filip Chytil and Kappo Kakko each had a goal and an assist, and Vitali Kravtsov, Braden Schneider and Jacob Trouba also scored for the Rangers. Adam Fox had three assists, and Alexis Lafreniere and Mika Zibanejad each had two.
The Rangers have outscored opponents 33-14 during their winning streak.
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Philipp Kurashev scored for Chicago and Arvid Soderblom finished with 19 saves.
The Rangers have not lost since a 5-2 defeat at home to the Blackhawks on Dec. 3. Chicago has lost seven straight since then and is 1-14-1 since the middle of last month.
“There are moments when you play good hockey, make one mistake and it ends up in the back of your net,” Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said. “Right now those moments seem to sting more than they usually do. When things go wrong, they go really wrong, and are snowballing in the wrong direction. Mentally, we’re having a difficult time recovering as a team.”
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The Rangers are today to play the Pittsburgh Penguins, whose own seven-game winning streak was snapped in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Jordan Staal scored with 6 minutes, 27 seconds remaining for the Carolina Hurricanes to rally past Pittsburgh for a 3-2 victory.
Derek Stepan and Brady Skjei both had a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes, who stretched their points streak to 11 games (9-0-2) by scoring twice in the final 8 minutes.
Staal won five of seven third-period faceoffs, as the Hurricanes, who are amid a grueling stretch on the schedule, refused to wilt.
“We managed to right the ship and kind of get into a good flow,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. “Proud of the group, they’re tired for sure.”
Rickard Rakell and Brock McGinn scored for the Penguins. Goalie Casey DeSmith made 26 saves.
The Penguins had the longest active winning streak in the NHL. Pittsburgh won every game since a 3-2 overtime loss at home to the Hurricanes on Nov. 29.
“There’s a fine line some nights between winning and losing,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “This is a good team that we’re playing against. We feel like we’re a good team. It was an evenly matched game for the most part.”
Elsewhere, the Minnesota Wild beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2, the Seattle Kraken topped the Winnipeg Jets 3-2 and the Calgary Flames dominated the San Jose Sharks 5-2.
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