Artemi Panarin extends point streak as Rangers beat Red Wings

Nobody in Rangers blue felt good about the team’s performance in Saturday’s shootout loss to the Wild in Minnesota.

Everyone was a lot more upbeat about Tuesday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Garden, though, even if the ending was a little rough.

“I thought it was a really good win,’’ coach Peter Laviolette said after the Rangers built a five-goal lead over the first two periods and held on for a 5-3 win. “A little frustrating in the third period, where they were able to capitalize on a few things.

“Overall, I thought we came out with the right attitude and the right pace. We really put the game where we wanted to put it right from the start. So I was happy with that.’’

Vincent Trocheck had two goals, and Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist, extending his season-opening point-scoring streak to 12 games, as the Rangers pushed their point streak to eight games (7-0-1).

The power play scored two goals, and the penalty kill snuffed all six Detroit power plays, including a five-on-three in the third period.

Chris Kreider and rookie Will Cuylle also scored for the Rangers, who are 9-2-1.

Goalie Jonathan Quick, starting for the second consecutive game and making his first start at the Garden as a Ranger, made 25 saves to earn his third victory of the season (3-0-1).

“Obviously, there’s some plays that we’d like to clean up there, and not give them any life in the third period,’’ Quick said. “But at the end of the day, that’s a good team that we just beat, so we’ll take the two points and we’ll move on.’’

Trocheck, who scored the game’s first goal at 1:40 of the first period, and then scored the second of the Rangers’ power-play goals, to make it 3-0, at 8:15 of the second, said he didn’t see any common thread in the way the Rangers blew a 3-0 lead in Minnesota, and then gave back most of their 5-0 lead against Detroit.

“I don’t think so, no,’’ he said. “I mean maybe a shift or two, but for the most part, I thought it was good. We were solid defensively.

“Saturday, I think we were a little too lax for 40-plus minutes. So obviously we’ve got to get a little better at protecting those leads, and making sure that we’re continuing to play the same way we are in the first little bit of the game, when we are scoring.’’

For Panarin, who leads the Rangers in scoring with 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists), his scoring streak is the second-longest to start a season in Rangers history, behind Rod Gilbert’s franchise record of 14, set in 1972-73.

The franchise record for longest scoring streak overall is held by Brian Leetch, who had a point in 17 straight games in the 1991-92 season.

“Tonight, it’s a team win,’’ Panarin said, when asked about his streak. “Two points. It’s not about me. I’m just happy to be here right now. I’m feeling great on the team.’’

The Rangers led 1-0 after the first period thanks to Trocheck’s first goal, and then exploded for four goals in the second.

The first two came on the power play, when Kreider tipped in a shot by Erik Gustafsson for his ninth goal of the season, and sixth on the power play, at 7:31, and then Trocheck one-timed a pass from Mika Zibanejad past Ville Husso to make it 3-0.

Panarin, who’d had the second assist on Kreider’s goal, made it 4-0 when he found himself all alone in the slot and banged in Alexis Lafreniere’s pass from behind the net at 11:21.

Cuylle got the fourth goal of when he tipped in a shot by Zac Jones at 14:10.

Michael Rasmussen spoiled Quick’s shutout bid with his goal at 7:55 of the third, and Klim Kostin’s first goal of the season, 20 seconds later, made it 5-2. Former Ranger Andrew Copp’s goal with 6:11 left in regulation, made it 5-3.

By Colin Stephenson

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Colin Stephenson covers the Rangers for Newsday. He has spent more than two decades covering the NHL and just about every sports team in the New York metropolitan area.