NEW YORK — Adam Fantilli scored three targets for his second profession hat trick, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 7-3 on Sunday evening.
Mathieu Olivier had two targets, Dante Fabbro added a objective and an help, and Justin Danforth additionally scored as Columbus gained for the fifth time in seven video games. Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov every had two assists, and Daniil Tarasov stopped 30 photographs.
Artemi Panarin, Braden Schneider and Chris Kreider scored for the Rangers, and Mika Zibanejad had two assists. Jonathan Fast completed with 20 saves in New York’s third straight loss (0-1-2).
Fantilli scored two targets 26 seconds aside early within the second interval to offer the Blue Jackets a 3-1 lead.
Schneider and Kredier scored short-handed targets 42 seconds aside to tie the rating, nevertheless it was all Blue Jackets after that.
Olivier and Fabbro scored late within the center interval to offer Columbus a 5-3 lead.
Olivier bought credit score for his second of the evening after Rangers defenseman Zac Jones knocked the rebound of his shot previous Fast halfway via the third.
Fantilli completed the hat trick with 8:09 remaining.
Takeaways
Blue Jackets: Columbus moved one level forward of Ottawa for the primary wild card within the Jap Convention.
Rangers: New York remained outdoors of a playoff spot, one level behind the Senators for the second wild card.
Key second
Fantilli bought a cross from Kirill Marchenko from in entrance of Fast and fired a shot from between the circles previous Fast for the 20-year-old middle’s second hat trick this season.
Key stat
Schneider and Kreider scored short-handed targets, giving the Rangers a league-high 13 on the season.
Up subsequent
Blue Jackets go to Devils on Tuesday, and Rangers play at Winnipeg to open a three-game journey.