Igor Shesterkin, Rangers shut down Red Wings

Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves, Mika Zibanejad had a goal and two assists and the New York Rangers defeated the visiting Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Monday night.Alexis Lafreniere, Chris Kreider and Reilly Smith also scored for the Rangers, who have scored 16 goals while going 2-0-1 to start the season. Artemi Panarin had three assists.Smith, obtained by New York in a July trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins, logged his first goal as a Ranger.Shesterkin bounced back after allowing six goals in an overtime loss to the Utah Hockey Club on Saturday.Dylan Larkin scored for the Red Wings, who fell to 1-2-0. Alex Lyon made 24 saves in his first appearance of the season.The teams face off again Thursday in Detroit.Lafreniere made it 1-0 at 11:45 of the first period. Panarin entered the zone in the middle of a three-on-two and fed Lafreniere, who scored on a one-timer from the right faceoff dot.Larkin tied the score 1-1 with two seconds remaining in the opening period, knocking in a centering feed from Justin Holl from his knees in the slot.

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