New York Rangers outshoot New York Islanders, 52-20, en route to 7-2 victory

Last night the New York Rangers made it look easy with a 7-2 win over the New York Islanders. They snapped the Islanders’ 4 game winning streak and made it quite clear why they sit 8 spots higher in the conference standings. The Rangers play their other struggling local rival, the Devils, tomorrow night in New Jersey. Photos by Avi Gerver, ©Madison Square Garden, L.P.

The Rangers’ Derek Stepan and an Islanders defender:

The Rangers’ Mats Zuccarello (5’7″) checks the Islanders’ Milan Jurcina (6’4″) into the boards:

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist:

Brandon Dubinsky celebrates his goal:

The Rangers’ Artem Anisimov and Islanders’ Zenon Konopka and Trevor Gillies:

The Islanders’ Milan Jurcina checks the Rangers’ Sean Avery:

The Rangers’ Derek Stepan and Marian Gaborik celebrate Stepan’s goal:

The Rangers’ Alex Frolov makes a play against the Islanders’ Andrew MacDonald:

The Islanders’ Mark Eaton and Rangers’ Brandon Prust:

The Rangers’ Matt Gilroy (#97) and Brian Boyle (#22), seen here celebrating a goal by Ruslan Fedotenko (#19), combined for 3 goals and 2 assists and were named the #1 and #2 stars of the game: