NEW YORK RANGERS POST GAME REPORT: RANGERS @ COYOTES 12/29

Puempel leads Rangers to Win over Arizona 5-3

Matt Puempel scored his first NHL Hat Trick and his first power play goal of his career to help the Rangers defeat the Coyotes 5-3 in Scottsdale. The Rangers special teams were on the ball tonight going 4 for 7 on the power play.

In addition to Puempel's 3 goals, Nick Holden continued his scoring streak with a power play goal and an assist, Chris Kreider picked up his 4th goal in 5 games and J.T. Miller broke his cold streak with an empty netter.

Captain Ryan mCDonagh tallied his team leading 22nd assist of the season. Antti Raanta had a solid game in net with 19 saves on 22 shots picking up his 10th Win on the season.

The Rangers finish off 2016 in Colorado on Saturday when they vist the Avalanche on New Years Eve.

FINAL STATS 

NEW YORK RANGERS 5 ARIZONA COYOTES 3
SOG: NYR 31 ARI 22

POWER PLAY:  NYR  4/7 ARI 1/3

GOALTENDERS:
New York - A. Raanta (19 SV)
Arizona - M. Smith (26 SV)

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
02:24 New York PPG - Matt Puempel (3) ASST: Jimmy Vesey (8) 1-0
08:01 New York PPG - Nick Holden (7) ASST: J.T. Miller (14), Kevin Hayes (14) 2-0
15:16 Arizona Christian Dvorak (4) ASST: Connor Murphy (7), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (11) 2-1
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
01:13 New York Chris Kreider (12) ASST: Nick Holden (13), Mats Zuccarello (19) 3-1
15:32 Arizona Anthony Duclair (3) ASST: Lawson Crouse (2), Jakob Chychrun (6) 3-2
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
07:32 Arizona PPG - Tobias Rieder (8) ASST: Radim Vrbata (15), Martin Hanzal (6) 3-3
14:40 New York PPG - Matt Puempel (4) ASST: Ryan McDonagh (22), Kevin Hayes (15) 4-3
19:33 New York EN - J.T. Miller (10) ASST: Kevin Hayes (16), Jesper Fast (11) 5-3
19:43 New York PPG - Matt Puempel (5) ASST: Brandon Pirri (7), Marek Hrivik (2) 6-3

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
00:26 Arizona Jordan Martinook - Tripping - 2 minutes
06:03 Arizona Luke Schenn - Interference - 2 minutes
17:36 New York Oscar Lindberg - Hooking - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
03:31 Arizona Martin Hanzal - Hooking - 2 minutes
12:29 New York Brady Skjei - Holding - 2 minutes
12:39 Arizona Peter Holland - Hooking - 2 minutes
17:48 Arizona Anthony Duclair - Interference - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
06:43 New York Ryan McDonagh - Holding - 2 minutes
13:41 Arizona Martin Hanzal - Holding - 2 minutes
19:33 Arizona Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 minutes

NY RANGERS STARS OF THE GAME 

1. MATT PUEMPEL    2. NICK HOLDEN

BROADWAY HAT:

MATT PUEMPEL