The Carolina Hurricanes added to their lead in the Metropolitan Division and ended a stretch of futility at New York's Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.
The Canes fought past the Rangers, 4-2, behind goalie Frederik Andersen, some tough penalty killing and timely goals from Andrei Svechnikov, Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho and their captain, Jordan Staal.
Aho had a goal and two assists and Jarvis a goal and assist for the Canes (48-18-8), who moved to 104 points and four points ahead of the Rangers in the Metro with eight games left in the regular season. Svechnikov scored his 29th of the season and Staal his sixth goal in past four games.