NEW YORK — Patrick Kane had a purpose and two assists and Max Domi scored twice because the Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Rangers 5-2 Saturday evening to snap an eight-game dropping streak.
Reese Johnson and Taylor Raddysh additionally scored for Chicago, which gained for the primary time since Nov. 12 at Anaheim and had gained simply two of its earlier 16. Petr Mrazek stopped 21 photographs over two intervals and Arvid Soderblom had 5 saves within the third because the Blackhawks improved to 6-3-0 at Madison Square Garden since February 2012.
“It’s huge. We’ve been looking for it for a while,” said Domi, who leads the Blackhawks with nine goals. “Our particular groups had been stable and we discovered a approach to keep composed with the sport on the road.”
Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson was pleased with the win despite getting hit on the right side of his head with an errant puck behind the bench early in the game.
“I really feel good, we bought a win,” he said. “I’m actually joyful. The guys have been taking part in nicely and battling arduous.”
Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider scored for the Rangers, who’ve misplaced 5 of their final six general (1-4-1) and 4 straight (0-3-1) at house. Artemi Panarin had two assists and Jaroslav Halak had 16 saves.
The Rangers trailed 3-1 heading into the third and appeared to have momentum after Zibanejad scored late within the second. The Blackhawks had been then pressured to change goaltenders due to a groin damage to Mrazek but it surely was Chicago that scored the following purpose.
“You get a big goal heading into the third and don’t do anything with it. It’s definitely disappointing,” said Rangers captain Jacob Trouba, who fought Chicago’s Jonathan Toews late in the second. “It’s a tough sport and you’ve got to play it arduous. There wants to be extra of a pushback. You cannot preserve doing the identical factor and count on a unique end result.”
Johnson tallied his second of the season at 2:39 of the primary, tipping Jack McCabe’s shot previous Halak for his second of the season.
Kane bought his fourth on a 5-on-3 energy play at 8:37 of the second and Domi scored a minute afterward the 5-on-4 energy play to make it 3-0.
“We wanted show we weren’t going to cave and we showed that with what Tayzer did,” Kane mentioned referring to Toews preventing Trouba after Trouba levelled Andreas Anthanasiou with an open-ice examine. “A great win for the team.”
Kane and Toews have been teammates for 15 seasons and are six video games away from taking part in 1,000 video games along with the Blackhawks.
“It’s been a fun ride with him, going through things at a young age and now as time has evolved,” Kane mentioned. “It’s fun to go through it with him to this day, bouncing idea off each other.”
Zibanejad bought the Rangers on the scoreboard with 2:09 left within the second together with his team-leading thirteenth.
Raddysh restored the Blackhawks’ three-goal lead with a power-play rating at 4:46 of the third, his seventh of the season and Chicago’s third man-advantage purpose of the sport.
Kreider pulled the Rangers to 4-2 together with his twelfth with 2:45 remaining, and Domi added an empty-net purpose, with 1:14 left.
KANE HEATING UP
The 34-year-old Kane, who has spent his total profession with the Blackhawks and might be an unrestricted free agent subsequent summer season, has factors in seven of his final eight video games towards the Rangers. Kane leads the staff with 20 factors and his help on Raddysh’s power-play purpose early within the third was the 1,two hundredth level of his 16-year profession.
“It’s nice to reach it, obviously,” Kane said. “It feels good and good to get it like this, the place you get a win and may contribute to the staff too.”
UP NEXT
Blackhawks: At the New York Islanders on Sunday evening.
Rangers: Host St. Louis on Monday evening.