Despite the skirmish, Shesterkin completed the game with 20 saves, earning his second consecutive shutout. Alexis Lafreniere, Will Cuylle, Arthur Kaliyev, Artemi Panarin, and Rempe all scored for the Rangers. Rangers head coach Peter Laviolette brushed off the incident as part of the game.

The New York Rangers secured a 5–0 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night, extending their point streak to nine games (6-0-3) without having suffered a regulation loss since Jan. 4. The game featured a strong team performance from the Rangers and from Matt Rempe in particular, who delivered both a goal and a fight in New York's effort.

The 5-0 shelling of the Senators on Tuesday moved the Rangers to 7-1-3 in January, moved them within two points of a wild-card spot and moved them further away from that 19-game run of awful, disinterested play in November and December.

The Rangers scored back-to-back goals in a 3:02 span across the end of the first and beginning of the second period and were in complete control in a 5-0 victory over the Senators on Tuesday night. Holding a two-goal lead after 40 minutes,

A Rangers defense that was so shaky just a few weeks ago is suddenly rock-solid and Peter Laviolette gives credit to the team’s new additions on the blueline, Will Borgen and Ur