NEW YORK — Igor Shesterkin made 34 saves for his second shutout of the season, and the New York Rangers had five different goal-scorers in a 6-0 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
It was Shesterkin’s first shutout since Nov. 1, when he had 19 saves in a 1-0 overtime win against the Philadelphia Flyers. He has a personal five game winning streak.
Artemi Panarin scored twice, Mika Zibanejad had one goal and two assists, and Vladimir Tarasenko and Jacob Trouba each had one goal and one assist for the Rangers (40-19-10), who won their third straight. Chris Kreider also scored, and Patrick Kane and K’Andre Miller each had two assists for New York, which had six players with at least two points.
The Rangers (40-19-10) came off a 4-2 win against the Penguins at the Garden on Thursday, and are 5-0-1 in their past six. New York is five points behind the New Jersey Devils for second place in the Metropolitan Division.
Tristan Jarry allowed four goals on 17 shots before being replaced by Casey DeSmith (five saves) with 13:17 remaining in the second period.
Pittsburgh (34-25-10) has lost three games in a row in regulation, and was shut out for the second time this season (6-0 at the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 11).
Zibanejad gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead at 5:10 of the first period with a low backhanded shot past Jarry.
Panarin made it 2-0 at 19:49, scoring a power-play goal off a short side shot from the left circle.
Tarasenko scored the first of four New York goals in the second period at 3:54, making it 3-0 on a one-timer off a back and forth passing sequence with Zibanejad.
Kreider made it 4-0 at 6:43, redirecting Patrick Kane’s backhanded pass through the slot past Jarry.
DeSmith replaced Jarry after Kreider’s goal, but Trouba’s high shot from below the right circle went in off his mask to make it 5-0 New York at 8:39.
Panarin scored again for the 6-0 final at 16:38, playing Kane’s pass off his left skate to his stick and then into the net from below the left hash marks.
