Igor Shesterkin, Rangers edge Senators

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Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots, Ryan Strome and Artemi Panarin scored and the New York Rangers edged the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Sunday night.

Tim Stutzle scored the lone goal for the Senators, who were playing the second half of a back-to-back and coming off a 3-2 overtime loss to Boston. Filip Gustavsson made 31 saves in his first NHL start since Dec. 7.

The Rangers outshot the Senators 15-7 in the second and took a 2-1 lead as Panarin scored a power-play goal midway through the period.

"He’s a great player, he’s a star player for us," Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said. "He makes those great passes and tonight he shoots the puck and buries the winning goal on the power play. He’s a big part of our group and, obviously, when the power play is going like they’re going, and to win another hockey game for us tonight, that’s huge."

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New York Rangers celebrate their win over the Ottawa Senators during third-period NHL hockey game action in Ottawa, Ontario, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Senators coach D.J. Smith thought there was a clear advantage in the game for the Rangers.

"The power play is the difference tonight for them, Panarin is one of the best players in the league," Smith said. "He’s the difference at the end of the day."

A balanced first period saw the two teams exchange goals with Stutzle opening the scoring at the four-minute mark when he took advantage of a Rangers turnover and wristed a shot past Shesterkin.

Just over three minutes later, Braden Schneider fired a shot from the point that didn’t get through — but Strome was able to pick it up and