The New York Rangers, who played their first seven games on the road, finally earned their first victory at the renovated Madison Square Garden by routing the San Jose Sharks 5-2 behind a pair of goals by Ryan Callahan.

The Sharks can't feel too badly about the defeat as they ended a six-game road trip with a 5-1 mark.

The Rangers led 2-0 in the first period but squandered it to the Sharks, who were trying to complete a sweep of a six-game road trip.

Artem Anisimov also scored in the second after Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan had goals in the first. Martin Biron made 24 saves to improve to 2-0 as Henrik Lundqvist's backup.

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