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New York's Chris Kreider scored a go-ahead, power-play goal
early in the third period and added an assist. Jacob Trouba and
Kevin Rooney both had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, and
Barclay Goodrow also scored. New York's Adam Fox, Ryan Reaves
and Mika Zibanejad notched two assists apiece.
Erik Gustafsson and Kirby Dach were the goal-scorers for the
Blackhawks.
New York outshot Chicago 30-26 en route to topping its Original
Six counterpart for the second time in four days. In the
process, the Rangers spoiled Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre
Fleury's bid to become just the third netminder in NHL history
to earn 500 career victories.
Fleury stopped 24 of the 29 shots he faced. Among his most
impressive saves was a sliding effort to stuff Kreider on a
short-handed chance with 4:41 left in the second period to keep
the game tied at 2.
Kreider wouldn't be denied at 4:59 of the third period, however,
tipping in a shot from the point to put the Rangers ahead 3-2.
Fox recorded the first of his two assists on the night, giving
him a helper in seven straight games.
An eerie episode transpired at 15:40 of the second period when
Trouba delivered a shoulder-to-chest hit to Chicago's Jujhar
Khaira, who was looking for the puck at his skates near the
Blackhawks blue line.
Khaira's head hit the ice following the blow. He was taken off
in a stretcher and later transported to a nearby hospital for
further testing, the Blackhawks said. No penalty was assessed on
the play.
Trouba opened the scoring 61 seconds into the game, taking a
pass from Panarin and maneuvering through ample space before
slipping a shot past Fleury on the far side.
Chicago responded 43 seconds later, as Gustafsson scored his
first goal of the season on a long wrist shot from the blue line
following a faceoff win.
The Blackhawks benefited from winning another draw to tally
their next goal. Collecting a rebound of a blocked shot, Dach
beat Rangers goaltender Alexandar Georgiev to snap a 17-game
stretch without a goal.
Georgiev finished with 24 saves.
After failing to register a shot on goal over the final 12:16 of
the first period, the Rangers shook off the rust at 3:19 of the
second behind their vaunted power play. Panarin converted on the
man advantage to give New York a power-play goal for the fourth
straight game.
Panarin, who broke into the NHL with the Blackhawks, collected
seven points against his former team in two games this season.
--Field Level Media
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