Chris Kreider scored two goals – one into an empty net – and the New York Rangers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Saturday night.

Alexis Lafreniere and Artemi Panarin (empty net) also scored for the Rangers, who have won the first two games of a three-game road trip and three in a row overall. Mika Zibanejad and Reilly Smith each contributed two assists.

Rangers goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin stopped 34 shots and made several crucial saves.

Auston Matthews scored a goal for the Maple Leafs, who ended a three-game winning streak.

Toronto goalkeeper Anthony Stolarz made 25 saves.

The Maple Leafs had the upper hand in the first half of the first period before Lafreniere gave New York a 1-0 lead at 11:44.

After grabbing a loose puck off a rebound, Lafreniere scored his third goal of the season with a 23-foot wrist shot from the slot. The rebound resulted from Vincent Trocheck’s deflection of Victor Mancini’s shot.

William Nylander missed a chance to tie the game late in the first period after breaking in alone.

Kreider tipped in a pass from the left circle from Zibanejad for his fourth goal of the season at 9:08 of the second period. Smith also received an assist as New York took advantage of a six-on-five situation due to a delayed penalty against Toronto.

Toronto defenseman Chris Tanev went to the locker room late in the second period after stopping a shot but returned to action.

Matthews scored his second goal of the season at 3:40 of the third period, cutting the Maple Leafs’ deficit in half. He worked the puck from the endboards and shot on the wraparound from 11 feet away. Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Matthew Knies received assists.

Shesterkin made a clear save from Nylander towards the end of the third period.

Kreider shot into an empty net at 7:00 p.m. of the third period, his fifth goal of the season. Panarin also scored into an empty net at 19:46, his sixth goal of the season.

Toronto’s Max Pacioretty was healthy for the second straight game and defenseman Timothy Liljegren sat for the fourth time in the team’s five games.

–Field level media