Mika Zibanejad scored two goals to power the New York Rangers to a 3-1 victory against the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday.
Following a scoreless opening period, Zibanejad broke the tie just 59 seconds into the second period with an even-strength wrist shot, assisted by Alexis Lafreniere and Marcus Pettersson. Zibanejad struck again at 10:52 of the period, converting on a power play with a slap shot off feeds from Pavel Dorofeyev and Lafreniere to give New York a 2-0 lead.
Calgary cut the deficit in half midway through the third period. Adam Klapka scored on a power play at 7:41 with a snap shot, set up by Ryan Strome and Yegor Sharangovich. The Flames were unable to find an equalizer, and Tye Kartye secured the victory by scoring an empty-net wrist shot with seven seconds remaining, assisted by J.T. Miller.
Joonas Korpisalo earned the win for the Rangers by stopping 29 of 30 shots. Devin Cooley took the loss for Calgary, turning aside 21 of 23 shots. New York finished 1 for 3 on the power play, while Calgary went 1 for 2 with the man advantage.
The victory moved the Rangers to an 11-8-1 regular-season record, having won four of their last five contests. The Flames fell to 8-10-1 on the season.
New York will visit the Vancouver Canucks on Friday, November 13. Calgary will visit the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, November 14.
