Nazem Kadri and Matt Coronato scored first-period targets and the Calgary Flames beat the New York Rangers 2-1 on Tuesday evening.
Defenseman MacKenzie Weegar added two assists and Kadri aslo had an help for the Flames who snapped a three-game dropping streak. Dan Vladar made 12 saves.
Artemi Panarin scored his thirtieth aim for the Rangers, and Igor Shesterkin completed with 33 saves. New York misplaced its second straight with one other subpar residence efficiency because it was outshot 35-13.
The Rangers dropped out of the second wild card spot within the Jap Convention with Montreal’s win over Ottawa.
After Panarin scored 1:13 into the sport, Kadri pushed a free puck within the crease previous Shesterkin to tie it at 10:22.
Coronato put the Flames forward on the power-play with 1:57 left within the first. The aim was the seventeenth for Coronato, a 22-year-old ahead from Lengthy Island who was chosen by Calgary within the first spherical of the 2021 draft.
TakeawaysRangers: New York’s residence file fell to 16-16-3. The Rangers have been 30-11-0 at Madison Sq. Backyard final season once they completed with an NHL-best 55 wins.
Flames: Calgary received for simply the third time within the final 10 video games (3-4-3) to remain in a detailed battle with St. Louis, Vancouver and Utah for the second wild card within the West.
Key momentVladar stopped a fluttering shot by defenseman Urho Vaakanainen at 5:54 of the third to protect the lead.
Key statsPanarin reached the 30-goal mark for the third time in six seasons with the Rangers, and the fifth time in his 10-year NHL profession.
Up nextFlames go to New Jersey on Thursday, and Rangers host Toronto.
Initially Printed: March 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM EDT
