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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 27 10 58 4
New Jersey 25 15 53 3
Carolina 24 15 50 2
Columbus 18 17 42 6
Pittsburgh 17 17 42 8
Philadelphia 17 19 39 5
NY Rangers 18 20 38 2
NY Islanders 15 18 37 7

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 27 13 56 2
Florida 25 15 52 2
Boston 20 18 45 5
Tampa Bay 21 15 44 2
Ottawa 19 17 41 3
Montreal 19 18 41 3
Detroit 18 18 40 4
Buffalo 15 21 35 5
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