Garand makes 19 saves, Rangers defeat Canucks in first game without Shesterkin

Tye Kartye and Will Cuylle both scored their first two goals of the season, Alexis Lafreniere and Gabe Perreault each had a goal and an assist, and J.T. Miller and Mika Zibanejad had two assists apiece. The Rangers (5-2-0) improved to 4-0-0 at home to start the season.

Shesterkin was injured in a 3-1 loss against the Washington Capitals on Friday. The Rangers announced on Saturday that he would miss the remainder of the season, and that Garand would get the opportunity to be the new No. 1 goalie this season.

Jake DeBrusk and defenseman Elias Pettersson scored for the Canucks (2-5-0), who lost their fourth consecutive game. Kevin Lankinen made 19 saves. Kartye's second goal of the game at 18:25 of the second period gave New York a 3-2 lead.

Vladislav Gavrikov led a clean breakout to Miller, who moved the puck across the zone to Kartye. He scored with a near-side shot from the left circle. Lafreniere extended the lead to 4-2 with a power-play goal off a pass from Perreault at 1:04 of the third period.

Perreault was on the first power-play unit to start the third period, replacing Pavel Dorofeyev. Lafreniere scored with Lankinen out of the crease after contacting Miller above the blue paint. The officials conferred briefly and the goal stood with no coach's challenge from Vancouver.

Perreault made it 5-2 at 5:57, scoring on a deflection of Adam Fox's shot. Cuylle added one off a rebound at 15:22 for the 6-2 final. Kartye got the Rangers going early, scoring 27 seconds into the game to give them a 1-0 lead.

Vancouver tied it 1-1 on DeBrusk's goal at 17:04 off a sharp-angled shot from the left circle. Cuylle gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead with a shot past Lankinen's glove from the top of the left circle at 2:09. Pettersson, the Canucks' defenseman, tied it 2-2 with a short-handed goal off the rush at 16:56.