Zibanejad scores twice, Rangers beat Flames 3-1

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Mika Zibanejad scored twice in the second period on Wednesday to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames.

CALGARY – Mika Zibanejad scored twice in the second period on Wednesday to lead the New York Rangers to a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames.

Tye Kartye, into an empty net, also scored for New York (11-8-1). The Rangers have won four of their last five.

Adam Klapka had the lone goal for Calgary (8-10-1), which finished 1-2-0 on its three-game homestand.

Getting the start for New York, Joonas Korpisalo had 30 stops to improve to 2-0-0.

The 32-year-old was activated from injured reserve on Friday after missing the first six weeks of the season with a lower-body injury.

Saddled with the loss was Devin Cooley, who had 21 saves. He fell to 5-4-0 while his five-game home winning streak was halted.

The first period was scoreless although Calgary defenceman Zayne Parekh nearly scored one of the goals of the year. Instead, Korpisalo’s desperation stop will go down as one of the saves of the year.

Carrying the puck in the Rangers zone, Parekh stepped around Eeli Tolvanen then dipsy doodled through Glenn Gawdin. As he darted toward the Rangers net, Parekh instead cut right and darted behind the net but his wraparound attempt was denied when Korpisalo, abandoning his goal stick, dove across the crease and stopped the puck on the line with the open hand of his blocker.

Zibanejad gave the Rangers the lead for good, scoring the first goal of the game 59 seconds into the second period.

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