Panarin extends point streak to 12, Rangers top Red Wings

NEW YORK -- Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist to extend his season-opening point streak to 12 games, and the New York Rangers defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-3 at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

Panarin, who has 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists), is the second Rangers player to open a season with a point streak of at least 12 games. Rod Gilbert had a 14-game streak (23 points) to begin the 1972-73 season.

"He grabbed the puck and he attacked downhill, he attacked the game," New York coach Peter Laviolette said of Panarin. "I find when he's moving and he's attacking, he becomes really dangerous. He has a skill set that's elite, and with that speed and with that downhill approach through the neutral zone and toward their net, that's dangerous."

Vincent Trocheck scored twice, and Chris Kreider scored his NHL-leading sixth power-play goal for the Rangers (9-2-1), who extended their point streak to eight games (7-0-1). Jonathan Quick made 25 saves in his second straight start with Igor Shesterkin day to day because of soreness.

"I'm just happy to be here right now," Panarin said. "We're feeling great on the team."

Michael Rasmussen, Klim Kostin and Andrew Copp scored in the third period for the Red Wings (7-5-1), who had won two of three. Ville Husso made 27 saves and had an assist.

"The start," Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said. "Obviously, special teams will ultimately be the difference, but it was just the start. They got to the more simple game quick. They established a forecheck. They put pucks on net. You just build momentum off getting pucks on net, foot races. We weren't able to do that."

Trocheck gave New York a 1-0 lead at 1:40 of the first period, scoring from the right circle.

The Rangers protected the one-goal lead with three straight penalty kills before their power play went to work.

"The penalty kill put a lot more pressure up ice, through the neutral zone and most definitely in zone, which I think is a reflection of the 5-on-5 play from a defensive standpoint," Laviolette said.

Kreider put New York ahead 2-0 at 7:31 on the power play, scoring in his fourth straight game after deflecting Erik Gustafsson's point shot past Husso.

Trocheck made it 3-0 with another power-play goal 44 seconds later at 8:15, beating Husso on a one-timer from the left hash marks off a pass from Mika Zibanejad.

The Rangers went 2-for-3 on the power play and 6-for-6 on the penalty kill, including a 52-second 5-on-3 in the third period. They also scored three 5-on-5 goals, giving them seven in the past two games after scoring 13 in their first 10.

"I thought all three areas were really on point tonight; the power play, 5-on-5 and the penalty kill," Laviolette said.

New York is 34.1 percent on the power play this season (14-for-41), and has connected for at least one goal with the man-advantage in 10 of 12 games.

"The power play has been good," Trocheck said. "We're working hard at it. I think that's why we've been so successful. We're making sure we're keeping it simple."

Panarin made it 4-0 at 11:21 with a shot from the bottom of the right circle off a pass from Alexis Lafreniere before Will Cuylle pushed it to 5-0 at 14:10.

Detroit responded with three goals in a span of 5:54 in the third period.

Rasmussen scored at 7:55 to make it 5-1, and Kostin cut it to 5-2 at 8:15.

Copp scored from the right circle at 13:49 for the 5-3 final.

"We've got to figure out a way to score the first goal one of these games," Copp said. "I don't think that we weren't ready to play, but clearly we're missing something."

The Red Wings have been down at least 2-0 in six straight games. They have scored eight goals in the first period in their 13 games.

"You can go back my last 10 press conferences, just cut, paste what I said," Lalonde said. "It's the same thing. You watch hockey, every single game it's the team that has the simple game to start. … It's a race for that simple game to start and tonight the Rangers did it."

Detroit is also 2-for-27 on the power play in the past six games, losing four (2-4-0). The two goals came in a 5-4 win against the Boston Bruins on Saturday. The Red Wings were 12-for-29 in the first seven games, winning five (5-1-1).

"We were kind of bailed out by a really hot power play for a while there," Copp said. "We've got to find consistency in our 5-on-5 and overall intensity. Not that we weren't intense tonight, but we definitely weren't as intense as we were in the Boston game."

NOTES: Red Wings center Dylan Larkin played after missing practice Monday with an injury. He was considered a game-time decision. Larkin played 19:19, went 11-for-17 on face-offs and had five shots on goal. … Detroit center Robby Fabbri was minus-2 in 12:42 of ice time in his first game since Oct. 12. He missed 11 games with a lower-body injury. … Quick made his first start with the Rangers at Madison Square Garden. He is 3-0-1 with a 1.77 goals-against average and .935 save percentage in five games this season.