NEW YORK RANGERS POST GAME REPORT

Rangers fall to Panthers in Shootout 3-2

Tough loss for the Rangers on two fronts. First the shootout loss to Florida but more so the loss of Center Mika Zibanejad.
Zibanejad went into the endboards behind the Rangers net at an awkward angle and looked to jam either his ankle or knee late in the overtime period and had to be helped off the ice by his teammates. The Rangers have announced that Zibanejad will be out 6-8 weeks with a broken fibula.

Looking sluggish for the second game n a row or possibly looking past the Panthers and ahead to the two game series coming up against Pittsburgh the Rangers never seemed to get on track. Most of the game Henrik Lundqvist kept the Rangers in it with save after save. but was beat twice in the shootout for the loss.

Rangers goals were scored by Chris Kreider in the first period on a beautiful wrister that sailed past the Florida net minder Reimer and Mika Zibanejad off an ugly deflection in the second on a backhand no look pass from Mats Zuccarello.

The Rangers return to action tomorrow night at 7:00 PM taking on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first of back to back games.

FINAL GAME STATS

NEW YORK RANGERS 2 FLORIDA PANTHERS 3 FINAL SHOOTOUT
SOG: NYR 35  FLA 30

POWER PLAY:  NYR  0/3  FLA 1/4

GOALTENDERS:
Florida - J. Reimer (33 SV)
New York - H. Lundqvist (28 SV)

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
13:15 New York Chris Kreider (4) ASST: Derek Stepan (10), Marc Staal (3) 0-1
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
14:43 Florida PPG - Keith Yandle (1) ASST: Vincent Trocheck (6), Aleksander Barkov (9) 1-1
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
01:45 New York Mika Zibanejad (5) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (7), Jimmy Vesey (5) 1-2
07:54 Florida Aaron Ekblad (5) ASST: Jakub Kindl (1), Vincent Trocheck (7) 2-2
OT PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
No Scoring
SHOOTOUT
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
New York Missed - Mats Zuccarello -
Florida Goal - Vincent Trocheck -
New York Missed - Brandon Pirri -
Florida Goal - Aleksander Barkov

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
15:31 Florida Colton Sceviour - High-sticking - 2 minutes
17:08 Florida Michael Matheson - Delay of Game - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
11:24 Florida Jonathan Marchessault - Tripping - 2 minutes
13:17 New York Brady Skjei - Concealing puck - 2 minutes
15:49 New York Kevin Hayes - Goaltender Interference - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
02:20 New York Brady Skjei - Interference - 2 minutes
13:28 New York Brandon Pirri - Delay of Game - 2 minutes
OT PERIOD
No Penalties