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Jesper Boqvist scores twice as Panthers beat Rangers 5-3 after back-to-back scoreless games

Jesper Boqvist nets goal for Panthers

Eetu Luostarinen, Aleksander Barkov and Mackie Samoskevich also scored for Florida, and Uvis Balinskis had two assists. Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves.

Florida took a 3-2 lead off Boqvist's goal in the second when he found a loose puck and knocked it into the open net with a scrambling Igor Shesterkin out of position. New York's Chris Kreider tied it with a power-play goal 5:19 into the third.

Filip Chytil and Ryan Lindgren also scored for New York. Shesterkin stopped 21 shots, and Adam Fox got his 27th assist of the season.

Luostarinen tipped Gustav Forsling's shot past Shesterkin 3:04 into the first to break Florida's two-game scoreless streak.

Takeaways Rangers: The Rangers have lost seven of their past eight games and are 4-15 in their past 19.

Panthers: The Panthers stopped a two-game losing streak in which they were shutout in consecutive home games.

Key moment Boqvist scored a rebound with 8:22 left in the game for his first multi-goal game of the season, assisted by his brother Adam Boqvist.

Key stat With his assist on Kreider's goal, Artemi Panarin became the 14th Ranger to record 500 points for the franchise, and he was the fastest to do it in 384 games.

Up next Both teams are back in action Thursday night. The Rangers host Boston, while the Panthers host Carolina.

Regular Season Series

FLA leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 3:04 Eetu Luostarinen Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Gustav Forsling (9)
Goal 1st Period 5:21 Mackie Samoskevich Goal (7) Deflected, assists: Dmitry Kulikov (5), Uvis Balinskis (8)
Goal 2nd Period 14:25 Filip Chytil Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Brett Berard (2)
Goal 2nd Period 16:17 Ryan Lindgren Goal (2) Tip-In, assists: Adam Fox (27), Sam Carrick (6)
Goal 2nd Period 16:55 Jesper Boqvist Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Anton Lundell (16), Uvis Balinskis (9)
Goal 3rd Period 5:19 Chris Kreider Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Artemi Panarin (23), Vincent Trocheck (13)
Goal 3rd Period 11:38 Jesper Boqvist Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Adam Boqvist (3)
Goal 3rd Period 19:23 Aleksander Barkov Goal (11) Backhand, assists: none

Statistics

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21 Blocked Shots 13
22 Hits 23
7 Takeaways 7
35 Shots 26
1 Power Play Goals 0
5 Power Play Opportunities 4
20.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
23 Faceoffs Won 28
45.1 Faceoff Win Percent 54.9
14 Giveaways 17
5 Total Penalties 6
10 Penalty Minutes 12

Game Information

Amerant Bank Arena

Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 19,556 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 35 11 77 7
Carolina 32 18 68 4
New Jersey 30 19 66 6
Columbus 26 21 59 7
NY Islanders 25 21 57 7
NY Rangers 26 23 56 4
Pittsburgh 22 24 53 9
Philadelphia 23 25 53 7

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Florida 32 20 67 3
Toronto 32 19 66 2
Ottawa 29 21 62 4
Detroit 28 21 61 5
Tampa Bay 28 20 60 4
Boston 27 23 60 6
Montreal 25 24 55 5
Buffalo 22 26 49 5
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