Fantilli gets 2nd career hat trick as Blue Jackets beat Rangers 7-3

NEW YORK -- — Adam Fantilli scored three goals for his second career hat trick, and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 7-3 on Sunday night.

Mathieu Olivier and Dante Fabbro each had a goal and an assist, and Kent Johnson and Justin Danforth also scored as Columbus won for the fifth time in seven games. Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had two assists, and Daniil Tarasov stopped 30 shots.

Artemi Panarin, Braden Schneider and Chris Kreider scored for the Rangers, and Mika Zibanejad had two assists. Jonathan Quick finished with 20 saves in New York's third straight loss (0-1-2).

Fantilli scored two goals 26 seconds apart early in the second period to give the Blue Jackets a 3-1 lead.

Schneider and Kredier scored short-handed goals 42 seconds apart to tie the score, but it was all Blue Jackets after that.

Olivier and Fabbro scored late in the middle period to give Columbus a 5-3 lead.

Johnson made it 6-3 midway through the third when his attempt on the rebound of a shot by Olivier went off Rangers defenseman Zac Jones and past Quick.

Fantilli finished the hat trick with 8:09 remaining,.

Takeaways

Blue Jackets: Columbus moved one point ahead of Ottawa for the first wild card in the Eastern Conference.

Rangers: New York remained outside of a playoff spot, one point behind the Senators for the second wild card.

Key moment

Fantilli got a pass from Kirill Marchenko from in front of Quick and fired a shot from between the circles past Quick for the 20-year-old center's second hat trick this season.

Key stat

Schneider and Kreider scored short-handed goals, giving the Rangers a league-high 13 on the season.

Up next

Blue Jackets visit Devils on Tuesday, and Rangers play at Winnipeg to open a three-game trip.

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