NHL roundup: Rangers stay unbeaten at home with 5-2 win over Ducks

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The Associated Press. (2026, October 20). NHL roundup: Rangers stay unbeaten at home with 5-2 win over Ducks. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nhl-scores-rangers-stay-unbeaten-at-home-with-5-2-win-over-ducks/article_ea6571d2-4d5c-5f51-8345-789e51880631.html

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The New York Rangers defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Monday night, improving to a perfect 6-0-0 record at home this season. Dylan Garand made 29 saves for the Rangers, who received goals from Sean Durzi, Oliver Bjorkstrand (two), J.T. Miller, and Gabe Perreault. The article highlights the Rangers' strong start despite missing goaltender Igor Shesterkin for the rest of the season.
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Story summary

The New York Rangers defeated the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on October 20, 2026, improving their home record to an undefeated 6-0-0 for the season. This victory marked a significant turnaround from last year's struggles, where the Rangers were shut out a league-high 10 times and had seven shutout losses at Madison Square Garden. Despite recent road losses, the Rangers showed improved offensive play against the Ducks, with goals early in each period, including one just 78 seconds into the game by Sean Durzi. Rookie goalie Dylan Garand made 29 saves, continuing his strong performance since Igor Shesterkin's injury. The win underscores the team’s potential to bounce back after a challenging previous season.

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Toronto Star · 0.95 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 11 📰 publisher trust 63
“Both articles describe the exact same hockey game between the New York Rangers and Anaheim Ducks, with identical details such as score, player performances, and context.”
New York Post · 0.87 cosine similarity
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 6% hedged 1 of 17 📰 publisher trust 66
“Both articles describe the same Rangers vs. Ducks game on October 20, 2026, at Madison Square Garden, with a final score of 5-2 in favor of the Rangers.”
New York Post
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 41 📰 publisher trust 66
“Both articles describe the same Rangers vs. Ducks game on October 20, 2026.”
New York Post
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 17 📰 publisher trust 66
“The articles describe different games: Article A is a prediction and analysis before an upcoming game against the Devils, while Article B reports on a win over the Ducks.”
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FLYERS NEW YORK NHL PHILADELPHIA Toronto

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Toronto GPE · 5× FLYERS ORG · 4× NHL ORG · 4× PHILADELPHIA GPE · 4× Matthews PERSON · 2× McKenna PERSON · 2× NEW YORK GPE · 2× Rangers ORG · 2× San Jose GPE · 2× Sean Durzi PERSON · 1×

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Elsewhere in the NHL on Monday: FLYERS 3 AVALANCHE 2 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matvei Michkov scored two goals and Philadelphia beat Colorado for its second straight victory after opening the season with nine consecutive losses.
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2026-10-20 · Toronto Star
NHL roundup: Rangers stay unbeaten at home with 5-2 win over Ducks · assertive framing

Claims (28 extracted, 0 hedged)

— Sean Durzi scored 78 seconds in, Dylan Garand made 29 saves, and the New York Rangers defeated the travel-weary Anaheim Ducks 5-2 on Monday night to improve to 6-0-0 at home this fall. asserted
Rangers → score → home
The Rangers did not pick up their sixth victory at Madison Square Garden last season until Jan. 26, their 23rd game there. asserted
Rangers → pick → Jan.
They lost 27 of 41 at home on the way to missing the playoffs and finishing last in the Eastern Conference. asserted
They → lose → Conference
Garand was making a fifth consecutive start since Shesterkin went down, and he has allowed two or fewer goals in nine of 10 NHL appearances dating to his debut last spring. asserted
he → make → debut
He got support early and often, with Durzi’s goal making it three home games in a row where the Rangers have a goal in the first two minutes. asserted
Rangers → get → minutes
That has only happened once before for New York, in March 1989. asserted
That → happen → March
Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice, captain J.T. Miller and Gabe Perreault each had a goal, and Alexis Lafrenière recorded two assists. asserted
Lafrenière → score → assists
Pavel Dorofeyev, the team’s most notable trade acquisition over the summer, came close on several occasions but remained stuck on two goals for the season. asserted
Dorofeyev → come → season
Elsewhere in the NHL on Monday: FLYERS 3 AVALANCHE 2 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Matvei Michkov scored two goals and Philadelphia beat Colorado for its second straight victory after opening the season with nine consecutive losses. asserted
Philadelphia → score → losses
Michkov leads the Flyers with six goals this season. asserted
Michkov → lead → goals
Noel Acciari also scored for Philadelphia, which lost six games in regulation and three in overtime or shootouts before breaking through on Saturday with a victory over Ottawa. asserted
which → score → Ottawa
Joseph Woll made 24 saves for his first victory with the Flyers. asserted
Woll → make → Flyers
He spent the previous five seasons with Toronto. asserted
He → spend → Toronto
Martin Necas and rookie T.J. Hughes scored for the Avalanche (5-3-1), last season’s Presidents’ Trophy winners. asserted
Necas → score → winners
Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 21 shots. asserted
Blackwood → stop → shots
Cole Knuble made his NHL debut for the Flyers, the team he grew up rooting for. asserted
he → make → Flyers
His father, Mike, played for Philadelphia from 2005-09 and in 2013. asserted
father → play → 2013
The 22-year-old right-winger had 13 minutes, 44 seconds of ice time. asserted
winger → have → time
Mitchkov scored on a power play at 7:41 of the first period and made it 2-0 at 12:23 of the second when he skated around the net and fired a long-range wrist shot past several players that beat Blackwood on the glove side. asserted
that → score → side
Rookie Gavin McKenna scored the go-ahead goal on a third-period power play and Toronto snapped a three-game slide with a victory over San Jose. asserted
Toronto → score → Jose
Auston Matthews added a goal and two assists for Toronto. asserted
Matthews → add → Toronto
Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves to pick up his first home win for the Maple Leafs. asserted
Bobrovsky → make → Leafs
Nick Paul added an empty-netter. asserted
Paul → add → netter
Mason Marchment scored for San Jose, which got 28 stops from Yaroslav Askarov. asserted
which → score → Askarov
The game featured the first meeting between the No. 1 and 2 picks of the 2026 NHL draft — McKenna and Sharks winger Ivar Stenberg. asserted
game → feature → draft
Marchment opened the scoring at 13:54 of the first when he was left alone in front of Bobrovsky after Matthews turned the puck over in the defensive zone. asserted
Matthews → open → zone
Matthews made up for that mistake and got his team even with 12 seconds left in the second on a power play. asserted
team → make → play
Toronto’s captain took a pass from Kirill Marchenko and ripped a shot upstairs on Askarov before McKenna pushed the Leafs in front in the third. asserted
McKenna → take → third
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