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Gallant became just the second Rangers coach to reach the 50-win mark in his first season behind the bench.

They also reached the plateau in 1991-92, 1993-12. The Rangers reached the 50-win mark for the first time since 2014-15, when they won a franchise-record 53 games.

The Rangers haven’t allowed a goal since an empty-net score with six seconds left in the third period of a 4-2 home loss to Carolina last Tuesday. ”Our goaltender has been been really good, really strong. “He's been outstanding,'' Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said. He also improved to 21-3-2 this season when making 30 or more saves in a game. The 26-year-old Russian netminder is 36-11-4 this season and become the first Rangers goalie since Henrik Lundqvist in 2011-12 to with six or more shutouts in a season. He also denied Nikolaj Ehlers with just over five minutes left in the third to preserve the shutout. Shesterkin’s best save was a point-blank right-arm stop on Jets captain Blake Wheeler at 17:23 of the middle period. “I love playing and I love winning,'' Shesterkin said through an interpreter. It was the first time since the 1972-73 season that the Rangers recorded three straight shutouts. He also blanked Detroit 4-0 on Saturday after backup Alexandar Georgiev stopped Philadelphia 4-0 on April 13. The shutout was his second straight and sixth of the season. Shesterkin was stellar from the start, making six saves in the first, 12 in the second and 13 in the third. ”We just come to the rink every day with a fresh mindset about the next game." “It's a nice accolade, means a lot for our team,'' Strome said of the 50-win mark achieved for the just the fifth time in Rangers' franchise history. Strome added an empty-net goal - his 19th - at 19:27 to complete the scoring, with assists to Chris Kriender and Copp, who has points (five goals, 10 assists) in 12 of his 14 games with New York since being acquired from Winnipeg on March 21. Panarin is the first Rangers player to reach that mark since Wayne Gretzky had 72 assists in 1996-97. Panarin has points in seven of his last eight games and a career-best 70 assists. Fox scored his 11th of the season at 11:47 of the third, with assists to Panarin and former Jets forward Andrew Copp.