PHILADELPHIA – Mika Zibanejad had three goals and three assists, Adam Fox had five assists and the Rangers sent the Philadelphia Flyers 8-3 on Thursday night.
Pavel Buchnevich added two goals and Ryan Strome, K’Andre Miller and Filip Chytil also scored as the Rangers won their third straight and fifth game in their last seven games.
Claude Giroux, Kevin Hayes and Sean Couturier scored for the slump Flyers, who lost four in a row and 10 of 14.
The teams met 9-0 over the Flyers eight days after the Rangers’ home win, and New York picked up where it left off at the start of this game.
The Rangers scored three consecutive goals in the opening period, then scored two power play goals in the first 2:06 of the second to chase goalkeeper Carter Hart, who conceded five goals out of 10 shots. They scored another goal 36 seconds later on their first shot against Brian Elliott.
Eleven shots, six goals and a goal of 15-0 over two games.
Ryan Strome had three assists for the Rangers, who were led by acting coach Kris Knoblauch for the fifth game in a row. Igor Shesterkin made 41 saves.
Zibanejad scored his first with 6:24 left in the first on a deflection of Fox’s blow shot from the point of making it 3-0. His second 54 seconds in the second period on the power play was a one-timer after a cross-ice pass from Fox, and he got his third 1:12 later with a bang.
That was the end of the day for the collapsed Hart, who has conceded 16 goals in a three-game slip.
Miller scored on a blue line poler that appeared to go from defender Shayne Gostisbehere on the first shot at Elliott.
Zibanejad took his sixth point with his third assist on Buchnevich’s short-handed goal, 33 seconds in the third.
Strome extended his points run to seven consecutive games with his 11th goal of the season 8:01 in the game to give New York a 1-0 lead, completing a stunning pass from Artemi Panarin with a one-timer just to the left of Heart . Strome has two goals and 10 assists during his streak.