Mike Sullivan left ruing concerning Rangers infractions even as penalty kill dominates

After a night when the Rangers killed all six of their penalties, Mike Sullivan was left ruing the stick infractions that they’ve continued to commit — and that have repeatedly tested the league’s best penalty-kill unit.The Blueshirts jumped from third to first in the NHL when their 3-1 win over the Blues ended as their success rate climbed to 90.4 percent, but they took three penalties in the first period, two more in the second and another — though Alberts Smits’ was for delay of game — in the third.Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers.

“I thought the kill was good,” Sullivan said.“I think it’s a little concerning that the type of stick infractions that we’re taking game in and game out.

That’s a conversation we’ve had in between periods.I gotta think about next steps on that one, but we’ve gotta do a better job of our responsibility with our sticks.”Dylan Garand, who made 32 saves and was less than a minute away from his second shutout of the season, saved the Rangers with some critical stops against a St.

Louis power play that entered the night as the 10th best in the NHL.Scott Morrow and J.T.

Miller were called for high-sticking penalties, while Noah Laba went for slashing and Jaroslav Chmelar and Mika Zibanejad were given hooking penalties.The Blueshirts penalty kill has emerged as their definitive strength through the early portion of their season, especially as their power play continues to take shape.They’ve allowed just five goals while opponents have the man advantage all season.But all five of their stick-infraction penalties occurred while they were either tied or protecting a one-goal lead, giving the Blues plenty of opportunities to shift the tenor of the game.“It’s a lot to ask to have the penalty kill have to kill that many opportunities against a real good power play,” Sullivan said, “but I thou...