Rangers stay hot, rout Flyers for sixth straight home win
Chris Kreider scored again and Igor Shesterkin stopped 33 shots to help the New York Rangers win at home against the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.
Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, Jacob Trouba and Dryden Hunt also scored and Kaapo Kakko added two assists as the Rangers won for the eighth time in nine games. New York has won six in a row at home.
Shesterkin made 11 saves in the first period, 15 in the second and seven in the third to improve to 12-3-2 with a 2.15 goalsagainst average this season.
Morgan Frost scored and Carter Hart had 24 saves for Philadelphia, which lost its seventh straight (0-5-2).
Trailing by two, the Flyers pulled Hart with about 2 minutes remaining and Panarin scored an empty-netter with 44 seconds left for the final margin.
NO CHARGES IN FIREWORKS DEATH
No criminal charges will be filed in the fireworksrelated death of Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks at a Detroit-area home during a July 4 celebration, the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office said Wednesday.
The death has officially been ruled accidental, and the case is now closed, the office said.
The accident occurred Sunday, July 4, at the Novi home of Manny Legace, who was Kivlenieks’ goalie coach with Columbus.
Kivlenieks, 24, died of chest trauma from an errant fireworks mortar blast. Police have said the firework tilted slightly and started to fire toward people nearby. Kivlenieks was in a hot tub and was trying to move out of the way of the firework when he was struck. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
LATE TUESDAY
Blues 4, Lightning 3 (SO): Ryan O'Reilly scored the lone goal in a shootout and goalie Jordan Binnington rebounded from a rough start to lift host St. Louis over Tampa Bay.
St. Louis erased an early three-goal deficit and has won its five in a row against the Lightning, the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions.
Ducks 5, Kings 4 (SO): Kevin Shattenkirk and Trevor Zegras scored in the shootout, and Anaheim blew a three-goal lead in the third period before rallying past host Los Angeles in the first Freeway Faceoff of the season. Troy Terry and Shattenkirk scored unassisted goals in the second period and John Gibson made 30 saves.