In what looked like it was going to be a lopsided victory heading into the third period for the Dallas Stars. The Rangers looked to be on the right track when they opened the scoring at :27 seconds into the opening period by Derek Stepan, but things soon changed when the Stars tied the game on a power play advantage and added another just 12 seconds later. The Rangers trailed 3-1 at the end of one.
Trailing 4-1 in the second period the Rangers were able to comeback with two goals of their own by the just returning Mika Zibanejad and line mate Pavel Buchnevich bringing the Rangers within 1, 4-3. Less than a minute later the Stars regained their two goal lead and added two more unanswered goals to take a 7-4 lead heading into the third period.
The Rangers pulled Starter Henrik Lundqvist to start the third period and replaced him with recent call up Magnus Hellberg. The Rangers mounted a comeback scoring 3 unanswered goals of their own by Chris Kreider, Derek Stepan (his 2nd of the game) and Mika Zibanejad (his 2nd of the game). But the 3 goals were just not enough and the Rangers comeback just fell short of tying the game in the final seconds.
Bright Side of the Rangers Loss
The line of Stepan, Kreider and Zuccarello combined for 8 points on the night while the Zibanejad, Nash & Buchnevich line combined for 7 on the night.
The Rangers return to action on Thursday in Toronto taking on the Maple Leafs.
FINAL GAME STATS
NEW YORK RANGERS 6 DALLAS STARS 7
SOG: NYR 38 DAL 31
POWER PLAY: NYR 1/2 DAL 1/2
GOALTENDERS:
Dallas - A. Niemi (22 SV), K. Lehtonen (10 SV)
New York - M. Hellberg (3 SV), H. Lundqvist (21 SV)
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
00:27 New York Derek Stepan (11) ASST: Chris Kreider (15), Mats Zuccarello (25) 0-1
12:34 Dallas PPG - Patrick Eaves (16) ASST: Jamie Benn (26), Tyler Seguin (28) 1-1
12:46 Dallas Patrick Sharp (3) ASST: Radek Faksa (15) 2-1
17:54 Dallas Jamie Benn (11) ASST: Cody Eakin (3), Patrick Eaves (10) 3-1
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
04:32 Dallas Antoine Roussel (7) ASST: Lauri Korpikoski (10) 4-1
09:56 New York Mika Zibanejad (6) ASST: Rick Nash (8), Pavel Buchnevich (7) 4-2
12:06 New York Pavel Buchnevich (5) ASST: Kevin Klein (11), Adam Clendening (6) 4-3
12:54 Dallas Patrick Sharp (4) ASST: Devin Shore (12), Radek Faksa (16) 5-3
15:53 Dallas Adam Cracknell (5) ASST: Lauri Korpikoski (11), Dan Hamhuis (9) 6-3
17:40 Dallas Cody Eakin (1) ASST: Patrick Eaves (11), Jamie Benn (27) 7-3
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
03:11 New York PPG - Chris Kreider (18) ASST: Derek Stepan (24), Mats Zuccarello (26) 7-4
05:31 New York Derek Stepan (12) ASST: Ryan McDonagh (26), Mats Zuccarello (27) 7-5
07:26 New York Mika Zibanejad (7) ASST: Rick Nash (9), Pavel Buchnevich (8) 7-6
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
12:16 New York Chris Kreider - Goaltender Interference - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
01:52 New York Chris Kreider - Fighting - 5 minutes
01:52 Dallas Cody Eakin - Fighting - 5 minutes
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
01:52 Dallas Tyler Seguin - Hooking - 2 minutes
04:16 New York Nick Holden - Roughing - 2 minutes
04:16 Dallas Patrick Sharp - Cross-checking - 2 minutes
19:47 Dallas Esa Lindell - Interference - 2 minutes
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