Shesterkin made a stellar save on Oliver Bjorkstrand in front during a Blue Jackets power play 7 1/2 minutes into the middle period, keeping Columbus off the scoreboard and drawing chants of “I-gor! I-gor!" from the home crowd. They outshot the Blue Jackets 14-7 and had several nice scoring chances, but were denied each time by Merzlikins.
Leading 2-0 after 20 minutes, the Rangers controlled play for much of the second period. It was New York's fifth power-play goal this season - all by Kreider. Kreider deflected a shot by Fox from the right side with 8:37 remaining with the Rangers on another power play for his sixth of the season.
Kreider took advantage as he deflected a pass from Panarin on the right side past Merzlikins to push the lead to 3-0 at 1:19. The Rangers began the third period on a power play that carried over from the second. Merzlikins came in 4-0-0 with a 1.47 GAA in his first four starts. Shesterkin had 12 saves in the first period, seven in the second and 12 in the third to improve to 4-1-1 with a 1.81 goals-against average.Įlvis Merzlikins made 33 saves for Columbus, which lost for the third time in five games and fell to 0-2-0 on the road. Ryan Strome and Alexis Lafrenière also scored, and Adam Fox and Artemi Panarin each had three assists to help New York get its fifth win in six games. NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Kreider scored two power-play goals, Igor Shesterkin stopped 31 shots for his third career shutout and first this season, and the New York Rangers got their first home win with a 4-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night.
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