The victory, coming in the front end of a weekend back-to-back, was the Rangers’ third straight, and lifted them two games above NHL .500, at 13-11-2. It also improved their road record to 11-4-1. They are back in action Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

BOSTON -- Mika Zibanejad scored two power-play goals to help the New York Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Friday. Artemi Panarin had a goal and three assists for New York in its third consecutive win. Carson Soucy, Alexis Lafreniere and Vladislav Gavrikov also scored, and Igor Shesterkin stopped 19 shots.