San Jose Sharks goaltender Alexander Georgiev (40) blocks a shot in front of San Jose Sharks’ Timothy Liljegren (37) against the Philadelphia Flyers in the second period at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)

By Daniel Dullum

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Antemi Panarin and Adam Fox each scored twice for New York Saturday at SAP Center, as the Rangers defeated the San Jose Sharks 6-1.

Rangers goaltender Jonathan Quick stopped 21 of 22 Sharks shots to get the win.

The Rangers (35-32-7) opened the scoring at 12:04 of the first period on Panarin’s 32nd goal of the season, assisted by Braden Schneider and Uhro Vaakannainen.

Panarin scored again at 13:58, his 33rd tally of the season New York took a 3-0 assisted by Will Borgen and Vincent Trocheck, giving the Rangers a 2-0 lead after one period.

New York took a 3-0 lead at 4:48 of the second period on Fox’s eighth goal of the season. Brennan Othmann had one assist and Mika Zibnejad collected his 35th helper.

The Rangers extended their lead to 6-0 in the third period on goals by Jonny Brodzinski (3:08), Fox’s ninth tally of the season (5:47) and Trocheck (16:53).

San Jose found the net at 17:46 when Cameron Lund notched his second goal of the season on the power play. Collin Graf and Will Smith picked up the assists.

Alexandar Georgiev made 27 saves on 33 shots on goal for the Sharks (20-43-9). San Jose was 1-4 on the power play.

The Sharks travel to Los Angeles for a Sunday night game against the Kings.