DALLAS – After a dreadful 1-4-0 stretch, the New York Rangers hit the road with a stop to face the Stars.
Kaapo Kakko struck for two goals in the middle frame and New York got a 4-2 win on Tuesday night.
Adam Fox had a goal for the Rangers – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
“It was a big game for us,” Kakko said. “To get a couple of goals feels good.”
For Dallas, it was their sixth straight loss.
“I don’t know what we’re doing day of a game, but we’re not preparing ourselves properly,” Stars head coach Rick Bowness said. “It’s as simple as that. There’s no urgency if you’re not prepared.
“Thirteen games to go, we’re still in a playoff spot and we can dig ourselves out of this. But if we don’t prepare ourselves properly on the day of a game, it’s not going to work.”
Igor Shesterkin made 31 saves. to get the win.
“I thought we really managed the puck well,” New York head coach David Quinn said. “I thought our puck play was really good, I thought we were on top of them and took away some time and space. We had everybody going. It was a true team effort.”
Andrew Cogliano and Roope Hintz scored for Dallas in the third period after the Rangers had taken a 4-0 lead.
Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad struck in the opening frame for the Rangers; for Zibanejad, it was his 40th of the season.
“I think an early goal in any game is big,” Fox said. “It’s tough to play from behind in this league and coming off of the games that we were, it felt good to get one, play in front and not have to chase the game.”
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Ben Bishop made 23 saves in the loss.
“We’ve done some good things during this losing streak, but it’s a results-based business,” Dallas’ Blake Comeau said. “We’ve got to start seeing some results here. We battled back pretty well from a slow start to the season to put ourselves in a position where we control our own destiny. That being said, we let some teams back in the chase with us here.”
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