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Rangers rookie Alexis Lafreniere raising his game to NHL level

Rangers' Alexis Lafreniere warms up for the team's NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, April 8, 2021, in New York. Credit: AP/Bruce Bennett

Rangers youngsters K’Andre Miller and Alexis Lafreniere are rooming together in their first season in New York and their household must have been quite the happy Friday night after both freshmen scored a goal in the Blueshirts' 4-1 win over the rival Islanders at Nassau Coliseum.

"Yeah, a lot of fun, probably,’’ Lafreniere said after the game when asked what the mood would in the pair’s apartment later. "We'll enjoy a little bit, but we have to get ready for Sunday, another big game against them.