Garand makes 19 saves as Rangers beat Canucks 6-2
Tye Kartye and Will Cuylle each scored twice as New York won its first game after Igor Shesterkin’s season-ending injury.
Dylan Garand stopped 19 shots as the New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Oct. 11. New York improved to 5-2-0, including four wins in four home games, while Vancouver fell to 2-5-0 with its fourth consecutive loss.
The game was the Rangers' first since they announced that Igor Shesterkin would miss the remainder of the season with a lower-body injury.
Tye Kartye and Will Cuylle each scored their first two goals of the season. Kartye opened the scoring after 27 seconds and broke a 2-2 tie at 18:25 of the second period. Cuylle scored at 2:09 of the second and 15:22 of the third.
Jake DeBrusk tied the game late in the first period. Canucks defenceman Elias Pettersson supplied their other equaliser with a short-handed goal at 16:56 of the second.
Alexis Lafrenière's power-play goal 1:04 into the third gave New York a two-goal lead. Gabe Perreault followed at 5:57, redirecting an Adam Fox shot. Lafrenière and Perreault each finished with a goal and an assist; J.T. Miller and Mika Zibanejad each had two assists.
Kevin Lankinen made 19 saves for Vancouver.
