Joel Hofer made 26 saves, Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist and the St. Louis Blues beat the reeling New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday night.

Robert Thomas scored a goal and earned an assist as the St. Louis Blues edged the visiting New York Rangers 3-2 Sunday.

ST. LOUIS -- Jordan Kyrou scored in his fourth straight game, and Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist for the St. Louis Blues, who held on for a 3-2 win against the New York Rangers at Enterprise Center on Sunday.

The New York Rangers slumped to 5-0 against the Kings before falling 5-1 on Saturday, and now Ryan Lindgren and Vincent Trocket have called the team out.

The Kings strike twice in the first period and three more times in the second period for a 5-1 victory in a Saturday matinee at Madison Square Garden

The Kings get a pair of first-period goals to start the victory in New York while captain Anze Kopitar has a pair of assists.

As if things couldn’t get worse for the reeling New York Rangers, they are without their top scorer Sunday for their game against the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center. Artemi Panarin is out with an upper-body injury.

Forward Artemi Panarin will miss the game with an upper-body injury, the Rangers said as teams took the ice for warmups. It’s unclear how Panarin was injured but he is considered day-to-day. The 33-year-old leads the Rangers in goals (15) and points (36) this season.

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