VANCOUVER — Bring out the broom. The battling Blueshirts swept through Western Canada.
With a 7-2 defeat of the Canucks on Tuesday, thanks to a strong performance from Henrik Lundqvist, two goals each from J.T. Miller and Kevin Hayes and three points from Mats Zuccarello, the Rangers won their third game in four days on Tuesday, and will fly back to the United States on Wednesday with a 13-4 record.
In all three games, the Rangers had built leads going into the final 20 minutes, and either shut the opponent down or extended the advantage.
Leading 3-2, the Blueshirts did the latter on Tuesday, with Miller and Hayes each beating Jacob Markstrom in a 42-second span early in the third period.