Kaapo Kakko scored the tiebreaking goal with 2:47 remaining and the Rangers rallied for a 5-3 win over the crosstown-rival Islanders on Thursday night for their eighth win in nine games. NoQuitinNY Isles
Mathew Barzal and Alexander Romanov each had a goal and an assist, and Anders Lee also scored for the Islanders, who lost for the fifth time in six games. Ilya Sorokin finished with 29 saves.
Kakko gave the Rangers their first lead when he deposited a pass from K'Andre Miller from the left corner past Sorokin from the right side for his ninth of the season and fifth goal in eight games. Gauthier tied it at 5:30 with a backhander on a breakaway after the Islanders turned the puck over at the other end. It was Gauthier's fifth.
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