ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Igor Shesterkin made 46 saves and Vladislav Gavrikov had a goal and two assists as the New York Rangers extended their winning streak to four games with a 4-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
Noah Laba, Jaroslav Chmelar and Vincent Trocheck also scored for New York, which won for the fifth time in six games despite being outshot 48-18.
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New York Rangers defenseman Urho Vaakanainen (18) and Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Johansson (90) reach for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
New York Rangers right wing Jaroslav Chmelar (49) scores a goal past Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
New York Rangers defenseman Adam Fox (23) skates with the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) reaches for the puck while pressured by Minnesota Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek (14) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Matt Boldy and Danila Yurov scored for the Wild, who dropped their second straight and lost for the third time in four games. Filip Gustavsson had 14 saves.
New York had a 9-6 edge in shots in the opening period and led 2-0. The Wild carried play the rest of the way, outshooting the Rangers 42-9 over the final two periods — including 21-1 in the third, but were unable to solve Shesterkin.
Laba opened the scoring with his ninth of the season on a power play 2:41 into the game. Gabe Perreault and Gavrikov assisted. Gavrikov scored his 13th of the season with five minutes left in the first.
In the second, the Wild cut their deficit to a goal in the first minute, but the Rangers scored twice despite being outshot 21-8 in the frame.
Boldy scored in his third straight game, scoring in the first minute of the period with a man advantage. It was Boldy’s 38th goal of the season, tying him for the team lead with Kirill Kaprizov. Quinn Hughes picked up his 61st assist and Gustavsson had his second of the season.
Chmelar restored a two-goal at 8:41, and 22 seconds later Gavrikov shot into a crowd in front of the net and Trocheck scored on a deflection.
Wild rookie Danila Yurov scored his 10th of the season at 7:19 of the third, but the Wild got no closer.
J.T. Miller was back in New York's lineup after missing five games with an upper-body injury.
Minnesota captain Jared Spurgeon played in his 1,000th game, and Bobby Brink missed his second straight game.
Rangers: Host Los Angeles on Monday.
Wild: Host Toronto on Sunday.
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New York Rangers defenseman Urho Vaakanainen (18) and Minnesota Wild left wing Marcus Johansson (90) reach for the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
New York Rangers right wing Jaroslav Chmelar (49) scores a goal past Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson (32) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
New York Rangers defenseman Adam Fox (23) skates with the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) reaches for the puck while pressured by Minnesota Wild center Joel Eriksson Ek (14) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a “catastrophic deterioration” of her health, her foundation said Friday.
The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said the Nobel Prize laureate had two episodes of complete loss of consciousness and a severe cardiac crisis.
Earlier Friday, Mohammadi had fainted twice in prison in Zanjan in northwestern Iran, according to the foundation. She was believed to have suffered a heart attack in late March, according to her lawyers who visited her a few days after the incident. At the time, she appeared pale, underweight and needed a nurse to help her walk.
The hospital transfer comes “after 140 days of systematic medical neglect,” since her arrest on Dec. 12, the foundation said.
“This transfer was done as an unavoidable necessity after prison doctors determined her condition could not be managed on-site, despite standing medical recommendations that she be treated by her specialized team in Tehran,” the foundation said.
Mohammadi’s family had advocated for her transfer to adequate medical facilities for weeks.
The foundation, quoting her family, said her transfer Friday to a hospital in Zanjan was “a desperate, ‘last-minute’ action that may be too late to address her critical needs.”
On March 24, Mohammadi’s fellow inmates found her unconscious, her lawyers said she told them during the visit a few days later. Upon later examination at the prison’s clinic, a doctor told her that she probably had had a heart attack. She had chest pain and breathing difficulties since.
Her legal representative in France, Chirinne Ardakani, said at the time that Mohammadi had been denied transfer to the hospital or to visit her cardiologist. A prison official was present throughout the brief visit by Mohammadi’s lawyers.
Mohammadi, 53, a rights lawyer who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023 while in prison, was arrested in December during a visit to the eastern Iranian city of Mashhad and sentenced to seven more years in prison.
Her family said in February that her health was worsening in prison, in part because of a beating she endured during her arrest in December. He said multiple men hit and kicked her in her side, head and neck. The Nobel committee condemned the “ongoing life-threatening mistreatment” of Mohammadi in a statement in February.
“In recent days, her blood pressure has experienced severe fluctuations, going very high and low, and today she suddenly fainted due to a sudden drop in blood pressure,” her lawyer Mostafa Nili posted on X.
At first, the prison doctor injected Mohammadi with drugs but she refused to be transferred to a hospital, demanding to see her cardiologist. A few hours later, Mohammadi fainted again. This time a neurologist ordered her immediate transfer to a hospital, the lawyer added.
Mohammadi was urgently transferred to the hospital and admitted to the cardiac care unit, “but her blood pressure continues to fluctuate severely,” Nili wrote. He said a medical official in Zanjan recommended a one-month suspension of her sentence for treatment, but the public prosecutor in Zanjan referred the matter to his counterpart in Tehran.
Prior to her arrest Dec. 12, Mohammadi had already been serving a sentence of 13 years and nine months on charges of collusion against state security and propaganda against Iran’s government, but had been released on furlough since late 2024 over medical concerns.
During that furlough, Mohammadi kept up her activism with public protests and international media appearances, including demonstrating in front of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, where she had been held.
In February, a Revolutionary Court in Mashhad sentenced Mohammadi to an additional seven years. Such courts typically issue verdicts with little or no opportunity for defendants to contest their charges.
Mohammadi suffered multiple heart attacks while imprisoned before undergoing emergency surgery in 2022, her supporters say.
In 2023, Mohammadi became the fifth laureate to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while in prison, further amplifying her voice in support of widespread protests that swept Iran after the death the year before of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the country’s morality police for not properly wearing the mandatory headscarf.
Her selection enraged Iran’s hard-line Shiite theocracy, which increased her prison time and later sent guards to rough her up along with other prisoners who were protesting inside Evin Prison.
Yet Mohammadi remained defiant, even issuing boycott calls for the 2024 election that President Masoud Pezeshkian won. She maintained that one day Iran’s government would change due to popular pressure.
FILE - Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi attends a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
