J.T. Miller and Artemi Panarin each had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who have won four of five and got their second shutout in two nights. Ilya Sorokin finished with 22 saves for the Islanders, who have lost five of seven.

Will Cuylle and Will Borgen scored in the first period, Igor Shesterkin stopped 21 shots for his fourth shutout of the season, and the New York Rangers beat the crosstown-rival Islanders 4-0.

The New York Rangers are on the road to play the New York Islanders on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. New York (28-25-4) is coming off a 5-3 win over Pittsburgh. The Islanders (25-24-7) are coming off a 4-3 loss to Dallas.

The Rangers (30-26-4, 64 points) trail the Detroit Red Wings, holders of the second wild card in the East, by two points and are tied with the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins for ninth place. The Rangers are 3-1-0 in their past four games since an 8-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 22 and 14-7-3 since their nightmarish 4-15-0 skid.

Sorokin allowed four goals on 29 shots in Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Stars. Sorokin has allowed at least four goals in each of his last three games, losing all three of them. The two-week break ...