Rangers Defeat New Jersey in Shootout 3-2
The Rangers pulled out a come from behind victory tonight at Madison Square Garden defeating the visiting New Jersey Devils for the second time this season 3-2.
A game in which saw the Rangers miss on several opprotunities throughout the game and exceptional play by J.T. Miller, Kevin Hayes and Rick Nash who missed on several power forward moves to the New Jersey net.
The Rangers trailing coming into the third period tied the game on a goal by Chrois Kreider only to lose the lead just a few minutes later were able to come back and score the tying goal off the stick of Derek Stepan with just over a minute left in regulation to send the goal to overtime.
In an exciting end to end overtime where both teams were able to get great chances both Lundqvist and his opponent Cory Schneider were able to keep the opposing teams off the board for the five minute three on three period sending the game to the shootout.
Going into thier second shootout in two days the Rangers once again sent out Mats Zuccarello who scored in the first round and the Devils were able to tie the shootout in the 3rd round. It took an extra round for the deciding goal when Kevin hayes put one past Schneider and Lundqvist stopped NJ's Severson to seal the win.
Another stellar game in net for Henrik Lundqvist in which he tied Dominik Hasek for 12th on the NHL’s all-time list with win number 369 of his career.
The Rangers return to action on Tuesday facing the Penguins in Pittsburgh, 7:30 PM game time.
FINAL GAME STATS
NEW YORK RANGERS 3 NEW JERSEY DEVILS 2 Final (SO)
SOG: NYR 27 NJD 31
POWER PLAY: NYR 0/2 NJD 1/4
GOALTENDERS:
New Jersey - C. Schneider (25 SV)
New York - H. Lundqvist (29 SV)
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
No Scoring
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
04:37 New Jersey PPG - Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau (7) ASST: Kyle Palmieri (11), Damon Severson (13)
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
08:10 New York Chris Kreider (9) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (13), Brady Skjei (14) 1-1
10:32 New Jersey Miles Wood (3) ASST: Adam Henrique (10), Kyle Palmieri (12) 2-1
18:47 New York Derek Stepan (6) ASST: Ryan McDonagh (17), Kevin Klein (9) 2-2
OT PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
No Scoring
SHOOTOUT
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
New York Goal - Mats Zuccarello -
New Jersey Missed - Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau -
New York Missed - Jimmy Vesey -
New Jersey Missed - Taylor Hall -
New York Missed - Derek Stepan -
New Jersey Goal - Michael Cammalleri -
New York Goal - Kevin Hayes -
New Jersey Missed - Damon Severson
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
05:31 New York Matt Puempel - Cross-checking - 2 minutes
09:02 New Jersey Miles Wood - Tripping - 2 minutes
11:50 New York Marc Staal - Tripping - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
03:13 New York Marc Staal - Delay of Game - 2 minutes
08:32 New Jersey Damon Severson - Interference - 2 minutes
18:14 New York Oscar Lindberg - Hooking - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties
OT PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties
3 STARS OF THE GAME:
1. HENRIK LUNDQVIST
2. Corey Schneider
3. RICK NASH
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