Filip Chytil scored twice, Adam Fox had two assists and the New York Rangers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2. The 600th regular season meeting between the six teams in history.
game review
Tyler Bertuzzi opened the scoring just five minutes into the game to give the Blackhawks the lead. Connor Bedard had an assist on the goal, joining Jonathan Toews, Eddie Olczyk and Dennis Savard as the fourth Blackhawks teenager in the past 50 years to score in seven or more consecutive games.
Jonny Brodzinski and Will Borgen scored later in the first period to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead going into the first intermission. Adam Fox assisted on Brodzinski's goal and is tied with Brad Park (283) for fourth-most by a Rangers defender.
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Filip Chytil, Reilly Smith and Vincent Trochek scored in the second quarter to extend the Rangers' lead to 5-1.
Wyatt Kaiser scored his first NHL goal late in the second period to extend the lead to 5-2.
Fox assisted on Chytil's goal and recorded his 59th multi-point game since his debut in 2019-20, fourth-most among defensemen during that period. Mika Zibanejad received the 400th assist of Smith's career.
Chitil redirected a shot past Blackhawks goaltender Arvid Soderblom for his second goal of the game midway through the third period.
Louis Domingue made his season debut for the Blueshirts and finished with 25 saves.
The Rangers are now 12-2-0 when leading after one quarter and 11-1-0 when leading after the second quarter.
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