Artemi Panarin, Rangers defeat rival Islanders

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Artemi Panarin scored twice and the host New York Rangers never trailed in a 5-2 win over the New York Islanders on Sunday afternoon.

Chris Kreider opened the scoring and Vincent Trocheck scored his 200th career goal early in the second period for the Rangers, who won for the third time in four games. Adam Edstrom scored in the third.

Goalie Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves.

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