DALLAS — Igor Shesterkin stopped 41 pictures, together with 23 on seven profitable penalty kills, and the struggling New York Rangers beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Friday evening to finish a three-game dropping streak.
The Rangers additionally scored on their penalty kill, Reilly Smith’s short-handed aim tying the rating halfway via the primary interval. Vincent Trocheck scored the tiebreaking aim and Chris Kreider added an empty-netter late within the third interval.
Roope Hintz scored for the Stars, who accomplished a season-high six-game homestand at 3-3-0. Jake Oettinger stopped 27 pictures making his eighth consecutive begin.
New York gained for the fourth time in 18 video games after permitting the primary aim.
Eight of Shesterkin’s saves got here throughout a five-minute elbowing penalty towards Matt Rempe halfway via the third interval.
Hintz has 4 objectives within the final six video games and a team-high 16 this season.
Every group had a aim disallowed through the first 1:15 for offside.
TAKEAWAYS
Rangers: Artemi Panarin, who leads the group in objectives and factors, returned after lacking two video games with an higher physique damage and assisted on Trocheck’s aim. Rempe, who was given a sport misconduct, drew all three Dallas penalties.
Stars: They went in thirty first in house energy play and dropped to 10.3%
KEY MOMENT
Smith took the puck from Thomas Harley, the lone defender on Dallas’ energy play, close to the Rangers’ blue line and broke in to tie the rating after the Rangers fell behind early.
KEY STAT
A matchup of the second-best penalty kills each house and street delivered no objectives in 23 mixed energy play minutes.
UP NEXT
Rangers host Carolina on Sunday, and Stars go to Utah on Monday evening.
