CBS Miami · Dec 30, 2021
Weegar, Verhaeghe Help Rally Panthers Past Rangers 4-3
MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – MacKenzie Weegar, Carter Verhaeghe and Anthony Duclair scored in the third period to rally the Florida Panthers past the New York Rangers 4-3 on Wednesday night as both teams returned from an extended holiday break.
Artemi Panarin had a goal and two assists for the Rangers. Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider also scored for New York. Igor Shesterkin, back in the net after missing eight games with a lower-body injury, made 28 saves.
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Anton Lundell also scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 31 shots.
Weegar fired a wrist shot high to Shesterkin’s stick side for his first goal of the season, tying it 2-all at 5:56 of the third.