NEW YORK (Interstat) — Tye Kartye and Will Cuylle scored two goals apiece, Dylan Garand made 19 saves, and the New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. Kartye opened the scoring 27 seconds into the first period, but Jake DeBrusk tied it at 17:04. Cuylle scored in the second, Elias Pettersson tied it again, and Kartye put New York ahead for good at 18:25 of the second. Gabe Perreault and Alexis Lafreniere each had a goal and an assist, J.T. Miller and Mika Zibanejad each added two assists, and Noah Laba, Vladislav Gavrikov and Braden Schneider also assisted. Garand stopped 19 of 21 shots. It was New York’s first game since losing goaltender Igor Shesterkin for the season with a knee injury. The Rangers won their fourth straight home game to open the season and improved to 5-2. Vancouver fell to 2-5. Attendance was 18,006.