The Panthers have won 14 of their past 17.

“It’s awesome. It couldn’t go any better for us right now, but we’ve got to keep playing,” Panthers Coach Gerard Gallant said. “We’ve got more than half the season left to go. They’re great wins, but we’ve got to do it every night.”

The announced crowd of 20,289 at the BB&T Center was the largest this season.

Henrik Lundqvist made 17 saves for the Rangers, who have lost eight of their past nine on the road and 10 of their past 14 over all (4-8-2).

“This team today, they had some really good skills,” Lundqvist said.

The Panthers led by 3-0 after two periods despite being outshot, 25-13.

“There’s no doubt that Luongo had a good night tonight, but you’ve got to find a way to make it harder on him,” Rangers Coach Alain Vigneault said. “Better screens, more people at the net. Yes, he did have a good night, but at the end of the day, we had some looks and we didn’t capitalize.”

The Panthers took a 1-0 lead on Shaw’s goal with 25 seconds left in the first period. Corban Knight passed from the left circle to Shaw in the slot, who redirected the puck past Lundqvist on the short side.