Dec 3, 2023; New York, New York, USA; New York Rangers left wing Artemi Panarin (10) celebrates with goaltender Jonathan Quick (32) after defeating the San Jose Sharks 6-5 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports
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Artemi Panarin had three goals and an assist, Jonathan Quick won again, and the New York Rangers held on to beat the San Jose Sharks 6-5 on Sunday night.
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist, Will Cuylle and K’Andre Miller also scored, and Jacob Trouba, Vincent Trocheck, and Jonny Brodzinski each had two assists to help the Rangers win for the sixth time in seven games. Quick stopped 23 shots to improve to 7-0-1 this season.
The Metropolitan-Division-leading Rangers are 16-2-1 since starting the season 2-2-0 and have league-bests with 18 wins and 37 points.
Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist, and Jacob MacDonald, Fabian Zetterlund, Ryan Carpenter, and Alexander Barbanov all scored for San Jose. Mackenzie Blackwood finished with 30 saves.
The Sharks lost for the 11th time in 12 road games. San Jose was coming off a 6-3 win at New Jersey on Friday night, their first road win of the season after 10 losses.
Cuylle gave the Rangers a 4-3 lead with his fourth of the season with just under 4 minutes remaining in the second period.
Panarin then completed his hat trick — his third with the Rangers — with his team-leading 15th of the season at 4:41 of the third to make it 5-3.
Miller gave the Rangers a three-goal lead with 6:56 remaining, but Zetterlund and Barbanov scored just over a minute apart to make it a 6-5 game with 4:10 left.
Panarin leads the Rangers with 35 points and has points in 19 of his 23 games this season. He became the third player in franchise history with a season-opening home point streak of 10-plus games, joining Mike Rogers in 1983-84 and Wayne Gretzky in 1996-97.
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