Rangers down Predators

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville had some chances, but Alexandar Georgiev stood tall.

Georgiev made 32 saves to lead the New York Rangers to a 21 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday.

Filip Chytil and Ryan Strome scored for the Rangers, who have won three of four. Viktor Arvidsson had the lone goal for Nashville, which has lost two straight.

The Rangers killed off three Nashville power plays in the third period, including two in the final five minutes.

“I thought our pace was good, we had gaps all over the ice, we had some great scoring chances today to make it 31, couldn’t do it,” New York coach David Quinn said. “I thought our penalty kill was huge down the stretch. Just a gutsy effort.”

Georgiev has allowed one goal against in three of his five starts this season.

“The guys helped me with a lot of blocked shots and they played really hard from the beginning,” Georgiev said. “The penalty kill was really good.”

Chytil scored the game’s first goal at 16:05 of the opening period. He carried the puck from inside New York’s defensive zone on the left side on a 2on1 with Chris Kreider. After crossing the Nashville blue line, Chytil made a toedrag move around Predators defenseman Dan Hamhuis before beating goaltender Juuse Saros with a wrist shot on the short side.

“That was a good drive to the net from (Kreider) and he opened up space for me,” Chytil said. “(With) the D lying on the ice, I just tried to toe drag and shoot it from there. I was able to get it on net. It was a great feeling.”