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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers turned to two of their top goal-scorers to rally past the Florida Panthers.Mats Zuccarello and Mika Zibanejad each scored twice as New York snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over Florida on Tuesday night and won for the first time in regulation this season.“I’m not saying we played great tonight but find a way to win. That’s what you have to do [url=http://www.redwingsshoponline.com/authentic-martin-frk-jersey]Martin Frk Jersey[/url] ,” a relieved Rangers coach David Quinn said after earning his third victory in his inaugural season. “You are not going to have 82 great nights. You got to find ways to win when you are not on your ‘A’ game.”Kevin Hayes also scored, Neal Pionk added two assists and Alexandar Georgiev made 36 saves for New York, which scored a season-high five goals on Madison Square Garden ice.Vincent Trocheck and Mike Hoffman each scored their third goals of the season, and Jonathan Huberdeau had two assists for the Panthers, who fell to 1-3-3 despite holding the lead in each game.“We have to manage games a little better,” Panthers defenseman Keith Yandle said. “We have to play confident when we have the lead. I think it’s one of those things where we’re letting it get away from us. A team gets a goal (and) it seems like we’re letting them get another. It comes on us to fix that and find a solution.”Georgiev earned his first win of the season in his second appearance. The Russian netminder returned to the NHL after a two-game stop in the American Hockey League.Michael Hutchinson stopped 15 shots in his fourth game for Florida.The Rangers benefited from strong special teams play, registering two power-play goals and a short-handed goal.The Panthers outshot the Rangers 14-5 in the opening period and took a 1-0 lead when Trocheck’s shot sailed past Georgiev at 18:15. Huberdeau and Evgenii Dadonov picked up the helpers while captain Aleksander Barkov screened the goaltender.The Rangers stormed back with three unanswered goals in the second period. Zibanejad scored his first of the game with a pretty wraparound while New York was short-handed due to a too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty at 3:10. Adam McQuaid picked up the assist.“It was big after a terrible first,” Zuccarello said. “We came out hungrier, making smart plays and helping each other out.”Zuccarello benefited from a fortuitous bounce as his shot deflected off Panthers defenseman Michael Matheson’s legs and into the goal at 11:36. Pionk registered the first of his two assists on the goal and extended his points streak to three games.At 16:08 of the second period, Zibanejad struck again with a wrist shot that beat Hutchinson on the short side, giving New York a 3-1 advantage. Zibanejad became the first Rangers player to record a short-handed and power-play goal in the same period since Brandon Dubinsky in April 2009. Pionk and Chris Kreider assisted on the play.“He is a complete player,” Quinn said of Zibanejad. “I knew he was a good player before he got this job, I didn’t know he was this good. This is a guy that does a little bit of everything. He’s got skill [url=http://www.redwingsshoponline.com/authentic-mike-green-jersey]http://www.redwingsshoponline.com/authentic-mike-green-jersey[/url] , he’s tough, he can skate. We are lucky to have him.”Zuccarello recorded his second of the game and season at 1:27 of the third period. Zibanejad picked up his second assist and fourth point of the game.James Reimer replaced Hutchinson after the Rangers’ fourth goal early in the third period. Panthers starting goaltender Roberto Luongo has been sidelined since opening night with a knee injury.Hoffman made it 4-2 with wraparound of his own at 10:37 of the third.“We came out and played pretty well and got the first goal. Usually that’s enough to spark the team and inspire all of us to play at a higher level,” Panthers alternate captain Aaron Ekblad said. “Once we get that lead, we aren’t playing aggressive enough. It’s a combination of different things, but we’ve got to try to do that and move on.”Hayes added an empty-netter in the final minute after Jesper Fast negated an icing to set up the goal.The Panthers will finish off their road trip with games against the New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils before heading to Helsinki, Finland, to take on the Winnipeg Jets for two games as part of the NHL Global series.NOTES: Rangers defenseman Frederik Claesson will be out the next two to three weeks with an upper-body injury. … Marc Staal skated in his 770th career game as a Ranger and is two games away from tying Adam Graves for 10th place on the team’s all-time games played list. … Defenseman Tony DeAngelo was a healthy scratch for the seventh time in New York’s first nine games. … Keith Yandle skated in his 722nd consecutive NHL game and has the longest active iron-man streak in the league. Yandle currently trails Jay Bouwmeester by 15 games for the sixth-longest streak.UP NEXT:Rangers: Visit the Blackhawks on Thursday.Panthers: Visit the Islanders on Wednesday. PITTSBURGH (AP) — The struggling Philadelphia Flyers are just trying to reset following a tumultuous week in which the organization saw major changes in the front office.A road win against their biggest rival was a good start.Dale Weise scored in the first minute of the third period, and the Flyers held on for a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.“This is a good stepping stone, as we know we haven’t had a lot of consistency,” Weise said. “This is a step in the right direction. I thought we had good contributions from everybody.”The Flyers, who started the day last in the Eastern Conference, fired general manager Ron Hextall earlier this week in addition to their assistant general manager and an assistant coach.The players responded on Saturday.Claude Giroux, Travis Konecny and Jakub Voracek also scored for the Flyers [url=http://www.redwingsshoponline.com/authentic-nick-jensen-jersey]Womens Nick Jensen Jersey[/url] , who won for the second time in eight games. Anthony Stolarz stopped 30 shots for his first win since Dec. 11, 2016, at Detroit.“Changes at the rink, it’s never easy, but for us, it’s our job to prepare ourselves and move forward,” Stolarz said. “Hopefully this is the start of a nice little run.”Sidney Crosby scored his 14th for Pittsburgh, while Riley Sheahan also scored for the Penguins, who lost their second straight and seventh of 10. Casey DeSmith made 22 saves.“I think we beat ourselves and that’s unfortunate,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. “It’s discouraging because I felt like we made great strides. We have high expectations from our group. We’re all responsible, so we have to make sure we do the necessary things to improve.”Weise gave Philadelphia a 3-2 lead 51 seconds into the third period with a short-handed goal. He beat DeSmith between the pads on the breakaway for his second goal this season.“I didn’t want to deke,” Weise said. “I missed one a couple weeks ago, so I had to shoot. It worked out well on fresh ice.”The Penguins have allowed a league-worst six short-handed goals. Along with the short-handed winner [url=http://www.redwingsshoponline.com/authentic-thomas-vanek-jersey]Thomas Vanek Jersey[/url] , Pittsburgh gave up three breakaways on Saturday.“We don’t have a conscience defensively when we’re on the ice on the power play,” Sullivan said. “It’s simply inexcusable, and we talked about it. And it can’t happen. It’s hard to win when your power play gives up a goal like that in a game like this.”Stolarz kept the Flyers in front when he stopped Derek Grant on a short-handed breakaway later in the period. Voracek sealed it with an empty-netter.“(Grant) kind of covered the puck, so I kind of knew he was going to go low,” Stolarz said. “He kind of tried to chip it, I tried to take away the five-hole, and I was lucky to get enough on it.”It was the first meeting of the season between the cross-state rivals. It was also the first game since the Penguins swept the regular-season series and eliminated the Flyers in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last spring.Crosby opened the scoring 39 seconds into the game. He finished a 2-on-1 with a one-timer on a pass from Jake Guentzel. Crosby, who recorded his 11th career hat trick Wednesday against Colorado, has 14 goals and 24 points in his last 16 games. Crosby and Guentzel are both riding a four-game point streak.Konecny evened the score when he beat DeSmith to the blocker side on a breakaway. Konecny has points in five of his last six games.The teams traded goals 1:03 apart in the second period. Sheahan gave Pittsburgh a brief lead and Giroux tied it on a one-timer from a sharp angle near the goal line.Weise came through for the Flyers in the third.“It’s huge to win in this building,” Weise said. “We have to start thinking about the next game. It’s about stringing some wins together now.”NOTES: Patric Hornqvist returned for Pittsburgh after missing three games with a concussion. … Flyers F Jori Lehtera played in his 300th NHL game. He was a healthy scratch the previous three games. … The Flyers recorded their first power play in eight periods on Saturday. Their most recent power play came two games ago Nov. 23 against the New York Rangers. … Pittsburgh has not allowed a power-play goal in eight games and 15 chances. … The Penguins and Flyers will play an outdoor game Feb. 23 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.UP NEXTFlyers: Meet Columbus at home on Thursday.Penguins: Continue a three-game homestand Tuesday against Colorado.
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