Artemi Panarin had a goal and three assists, and the New York Rangers led a first period with four goals on Tuesday, at an 8-4 draw of the Pittsburgh penguins.
Adam Fox had a goal and two assists for the Rangers, and Colin Blackwell, Kaapo Kakko, Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Strome and Pavel Buchnevich added a goal and a piece assist.
Rookie Alexis Lafreniere also scored the sixth goal of the year for New York, which is 3-0-1 in its last four games. Rangers goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin made 41 saves.
Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist, and Jared McCann, Jake Guentzel and Brian Dumoulin also scored for Pittsburgh, which dropped the second in a row.
Tristan Jarry, after an absence in two matches, allowed four goals to 11 shots in the first, before being relieved by Casey DeSmith, who made 10 saves.
The Rangers took the lead 1-0 at 1:35 of the first, when Blackwell’s pass overtook Matheson. Zibanejad scored on a rebound at 7:28 to push it to 2-0.
In a power play by Rangers, Panarin took a shot through a screen at 9:58 for a 3-0 lead.
The penguins responded 40 seconds later, also in a power play, as McCann scored from the top of the left circle through Fox’s feet and under Shesterkin’s pads.
With 17.7 seconds left in the first, Strome scored from above the right point on a short shot shielded during another power play to make it 4-1.
Lafreniere scored 5-1 at 12:20 second in a stern angle shot that went behind DeSmith and was shot over the goal line by Pittsburgh’s John Marino. Sixteen seconds later, Matheson closed it at 5-2 with a rising shot from the left circle.
The Rangers scored their third power-play goal at 6:10 of the third, on top of Kakko from a Trouba shot for a 6-2 lead.
Matheson’s back pass set Guentzel up once to close it at 6-3 at 8:04 p.m.
At 10:22 of the third, Fox, who extended his points streak to 11 games, scored short, and Buchnevich scored 19 seconds later to increase it to 8-3.
Dumoulin’s goal with 1:24 left made it 8-4.