Recap
Lafrenière hat trick powers Rangers past Islanders
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5-2 on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Alexis Lafrenière led the way with a hat trick and four points, while Oliver Bjorkstrand added two goals as the Rangers won their fourth straight game to improve to 4-1-0. The Rangers never trailed and outshot the Islanders 24-19.
Bjorkstrand opened the scoring at 6:40 of the first period. Lafrenière made it 2-0 early in the second before Bo Horvat answered on the power play and Calum Ritchie tied it at 2-2. Bjorkstrand's second of the night, also on the power play at 17:07 of the second, stood as the winner. Lafrenière then buried two empty-net goals in the final two minutes to complete his hat trick.
Brayden Schenn picked up two assists for the Islanders, who fell to 1-2-0. Igor Shesterkin made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win, while Semyon Varlamov took the loss with 19 saves on 22 shots. Zibanejad and Vladislav Gavrikov each added two assists for New York.
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