Shesterkin gets his first shutout of the season as the Rangers beat the Flames 2-0

NEW YORK –

Igor Shesterkin stopped 30 shots for his first game of the season, and the New York Rangers won their fifth straight game with a 2-0 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.

Will Kuille and Jimmy Vesey scored for the Rangers, who are 6-1-1 in their last eight games. Shesterkin picked up his 12th career shutout and improved to 21-12-1 on the season with his second win.

Jacob Markstrom finished with 29 saves as the Flames snapped a four-game winning streak.

After a scoreless first period and several impressive saves by Markstrom, Kuill came up short with 7:29 left in the end as he slid a loose puck past the goaltender for his ninth goal.

Vesey had an empty net 19 seconds into the game, his 12th.

Shesterkin's best save late in the game was deflecting a high shot by Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson three minutes into the third period.

The Rangers went 0-for-3 on the power play to extend their slump to 0-for-17 in their last seven games.

Markstrom gave up Rangers forwards Vincent Trocheck and Blake Wheeler in close in the first, then stopped Wheeler again in the second.

The Swedish goaltender also made a stop on Johnny Brodzinski's goal with 12 minutes left in the goal and saved an Alexis Lafreniere shot with 3:50 left in the middle period to make it a one-goal game. Early in the third period, Lafreniere nearly scored on Markstrom on a short layup, but the puck bounced off the post.

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Flames: Return home to host San Jose on Thursday night.

Rangers: They host Montreal on Thursday night.