VANCOUVER – Kevin Hayes and J.T. Miller had two goals apiece, and Henrik Lundqvist made 36 saves Tuesday as the New York Rangers downed the Vancouver Canucks 7-2.
Mats Zuccarello, with a goal and two assists, Brandon Pirri and Nick Holden also scored for New York (13-4-0), which has won three straight and eight of its last nine. Mika Zibanejad, Jesper Fast and Kevin Klein each added two assists. Holden also had an assist.
Brandon Sutter and Markus Granlund replied for Vancouver (6-10-1), while Lucas Sbisa picked up two assists. Jacob Markstrom made 18 stops in taking the loss.
The Rangers, who picked up back-to-back road wins against Calgary and Edmonton over the weekend, led 1-0 after the first period, and stretched their advantage at 9:08 of second with Hayes’ seventh of the season on a slapshot that beat Markstrom shortside.
New York then made it 3-0 on the power play at 14:38 when Pirri banged home his fifth off Zibanejad’s rebound.
Vancouver finally got on the board with 40.1 left in the period when Sutter threw a puck on net from the sideboards that found its way past Lundqvist with Henrik Sedin right in front for his third.
