The Rangers routed Pittsburgh on Saturday night for their second win over the Penguins in three days.
— Mika Zibanejad had a goal and two assists, Artemi Panarin scored twice and Igor Shesterkin made 33 saves as therouted Pittsburgh 6-0 on Saturday night for their second win over the Penguins in three days.
"When you put in hard and honest work, miracles happen,'' Shesterkin said through a translator."We played wonderfully today — scored many, many goals. Honestly, I hope the fans loved it. We're playing for them." Patrick Kane and defenseman K'Andre Miller also had two assists apiece as New York improved to 7-1-1 in its last nine home games against Pittsburgh. The Rangers are five points behind the second-place New Jersey Devils, who lost at Florida on Saturday.
As he did on Thursday when the Rangers beat the Penguins 4-2, Zibanejad opened the scoring. He got his team-leading 36th goal at 5:10 of the first, beating Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry. Trouba and Miller assisted. Kreider made it 4-0 at 6:43 with his 31st goal and third in two games against the Penguins. Kane and Vincent Trocheck assisted on Kreider's 260th career goal, which moved the Rangers forward within two of Vic Hadfield for fifth place on the franchise list.After Casey DeSmith replaced Jarry in net following Kreider's goal, Trouba beat the replacement with a sharp-angle shot at 8:39 for his eighth to increase the margin to 5-0. Trouba has points in six of his last eight games.
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