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Panarin four-goal night propels Rangers
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New York end Hurricanes winning streak at 7 Sebastian Aho 

Russian forward Artemi Panarin scored four goals – three in the third period – and five points, and the New York Rangers extended their winning streak to five games with a 6-2 resounding win over the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena on Saturday.

The 31-year-old is up to 16 goals and 59 points in 53 contests this season. He’s also on a four-game point streak.

At the same time. Panarin scored his 200th NHL goal.

Carolina’s loss ended their seven-game winning streak and was the second time this season they lost to the Blueshirts after giving up 3+ goals.

New York, on the other hand, moved to 31-14-8 with their fifth straight win and Jaroslav Halak finished with 27 saves in his seventh consecutive victory for the Rangers.

Kaapo Kakko and Mika Zibanejad also scored for the Rangers.

Teuvo Teravainen and Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored for the Hurricanes, Frederik Andersen made 13 saves while forward Sebastian Aho had his six-game goal streak end (nine goals).

The Rangers will head out to Vancouver and will look to continue their winning ways on Wednesday.

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