Despite 3 point games from Chris Keider and Derek Stepan the Rangers couldn't stop the Minnesota Wild on their way to their 10th win in a row. The Rangers who came out strong in the first and took the lead under 4 minutes into the opening period on Chris Kreider's 10th of the season just couldn't stave off the Wild tonight at MSG.
Goals by Kreider (2), Stepan and Ryan McDonagh just couldn't get the job done as Minnesota rallied to score 2 goals within the first minute of the second period.
Minnesota added their 4th goal of the game just under 3 minutes later to chase starter Henrik Lundqvist from the net in favor of Antti Raanta. The Wild were able to cash in 2 more times in the second but a last minute goal by Derek Stepan gave the Rangers hope heading into the third period.
The Rangers dominated the 3rd period holding Minnesota to 0 shots on goal but failed to capitalize on two power plays and only found the back of the net once, Chris Kreider's 2nd of the game with 3 minutes remaining. Minnesota added an empty net goal to seal the win and sned the Rangers into the Holiday break with a 2 game losing streak.
The Rangers return to action on Tuesday 12/27 as they host the Ottawa Senators in a 7:00 PM game.
FINAL GAME STATS
NEW YORK RANGERS 4 MINNESOTA WILD 7
SOG: NYR 35 MIN 20
POWER PLAY: NYR 0/2 MIN 1/1
GOALTENDERS:
Minnesota - D. Kuemper (31 SV)
New York - H. Lundqvist (9 SV), A. Raanta (5 SV)
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
03:54 New York Chris Kreider (10) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (15), Derek Stepan (18) 0-1
09:53 Minnesota Mikael Granlund (8) ASST: Jason Zucker (13), Mikko Koivu (11) 1-1
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
00:40 Minnesota Mikko Koivu (9) ASST: Jason Zucker (14) 2-1
00:58 Minnesota Nino Niederreiter (9) ASST: Charlie Coyle (13), Eric Staal (16) 3-1
02:17 New York Ryan McDonagh (2) ASST: Derek Stepan (19), Chris Kreider (13) 3-2
04:55 Minnesota Marco Scandella (1) ASST: Charlie Coyle (14), Mikko Koivu (12) 4-2
12:14 Minnesota Jason Zucker (8) ASST: Mikael Granlund (17) 5-2
17:24 Minnesota PPG - Matt Dumba (5) ASST: Charlie Coyle (15), Eric Staal (17) 6-2
19:00 New York Derek Stepan (7) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (16), Kevin Klein (10) 6-3
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
17:00 New York Chris Kreider (11) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (17), Ryan McDonagh (18) 6-4
18:51 Minnesota EN - Charlie Coyle (12) 7-4
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
No Penalties
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
16:18 New York Jesper Fast - Tripping - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
09:10 Minnesota Eric Staal - Interference - 2 minutes
14:46 Minnesota Chris Stewart - Tripping - 2 minutes
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