Latest Alexis Lafreniere News

Bjorkstrand scores twice as Kraken rally past Rangers for a 7-5 win

Dec. 08, 2024 16:14 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Oliver Bjorkstrand had two goals and two assists to help Philipp Grubauer and the Seattle Kraken beat the New York Rangers 7-5 on Sunday. Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and two assists for Seattle, which trailed 3-1 early in the second period. Brandon Tanev, Vince Dunn,...

Smith scores go-ahead goal, Panarin nets 2 as Rangers beat Penguins 4-2

Dec. 06, 2024 22:30 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Reilly Smith scored the go-ahead goal and Artemi Panarin scored twice as the New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Friday night. Smith put New York ahead with his fourth goal this season at 9:53 of the third period in a game played hours after the...

Connor Zary scores 3rd-period goal to lift Flames to 3-2 win over Rangers

Nov. 22, 2024 00:23 AM EST

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Connor Zary scored about midway through the third period to give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Thursday night. Matt Coronato and Yegor Sharangovich each had a goal and an assist and MacKenzie Weegar had three assists for the...

Jonathan Quick earns the shutout in Rangers’ 2-0 win against Kraken

Nov. 17, 2024 23:46 PM EST

SEATTLE (AP) — Alexis Lafreniere and Zac Jones scored as the New York Rangers beat the Seattle Kraken 2-0 on Sunday night. Jonathan Quick stopped 24 shots for his second straight shutout and 62nd of his career. Quick has won all five of his starts as the backup to Igor Shesterkin....

Scheifele and Connor each score twice and Jets down Rangers 6-3

Nov. 13, 2024 00:44 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Scheifele and Kyle Connor each scored twice, Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves, and the Winnipeg Jets won their seventh straight, 6-3 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Gabriel Vilardi and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Jets, who have now won...

Panarin and Lafreniere score, Shesterkin makes 40 saves as Rangers beat Senators 2-1

Nov. 01, 2024 21:59 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere scored, Igor Shesterkin stopped 40 shots and the New York Rangers beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Friday night. Panarin scored his team-best seventh goal 3:03 into the game, beating Senators goalie Linus Ullmark with a low shot....

Bobrovsky wins 400th career game, Panthers beat Rangers 3-1 in Eastern Conference Finals rematch

Oct. 25, 2024 11:58 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 saves for his 400th career win, and the Florida Panthers defeated the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday. Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe scored early first-period goals for Florida. Lundell opened the scoring 44 seconds in, beating Igor...

Kreider scores 2, Shesterkin has 34 saves as Rangers beat Maple Leafs 4-1

Oct. 19, 2024 22:04 PM EDT

TORONTO (AP) — Chris Kreider scored twice and Igor Shesterkin stopped 34 shots as the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night. Alexis Lafreniere and Artemi Panarin also scored for the Rangers, and Mika Zibanejad and Reilly Smith each had two assists. New...

Kreider scores tiebreaking goal in 2nd period as Rangers beat Red Wings 4-1

Oct. 14, 2024 22:02 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored the go-ahead goal on the power play late in the second period and the New York Rangers beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Monday night. Kreider tipped Mika Zibanejad's shot with 2:55 left in the middle period to snap a 1-1 tie after the teams...

Shesterkin stops 29 shots as Rangers open season by drilling Sidney Crosby and the Penguins 6-0

Oct. 09, 2024 22:21 PM EDT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots and the New York Rangers opened the season with a 6-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. Chris Kreider scored twice for the reigning Metropolitan Division champions. Sam Carrick, Alexis Lafreniere, Filip...