NYR TODAY WEDNESDAY 10/31: Alumni Birthdays, Today in Rangers History

NYR Alumni Birthdays 10/31:

Harry Bell D (1946-1947) Paul Cyr LW (1987-1990) Steve Eminger D (2010-2013) Phil Goyette C (1963-69,1971-72) Bucko MacDonald D (1943-1945)

Today in NYR History 10/31:

1967 - Rod Gilbert recorded his 100th career NHL goal as the Rangers defeated the Los Angeles Kings, 6-1, in the first all-time meeting between the two teams. 
Each member of the G-A-G Line registered a goal in the contest.

1970: The Rangers acquire Pete Stemkowski from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Larry Brown.

1987: New York Rangers forward Marcel Dionne scores the 700th goal of his NHL career, joining Gordie Howe (801) and Phil Esposito (717) as the only players to reach that mark at the time. 
The goal comes in an 8-2 loss to the New York Islanders. Though neither spends the bulk of his career with the Rangers, Esposito and Dionne each score goal No. 700 with New York.

1990 - The Rangers won their eighth consecutive home game to begin the 1990-91 season, defeating the Los Angeles Kings, 9-4, at MSG. 
The eight consecutive home wins to begin a season are the most the Blueshirts have registered in franchise history. Brian Leetch, John Ogrodnick, and Darren Turcotte all tallied three points in the contest, and Mike Richter made 38 saves to earn the win.

1993 - Mike Gartner and Sergei Nemchinov both tallied three points (two goals, one assist apiece) as the Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils, 4-1, in a neutral site game in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
Mike Keenan also earned his 350th career win as an NHL head coach.

1995 - Brian Leetch recorded two assists/points, including his 500th career NHL point, as the Rangers defeated the San Jose Sharks, 5-3.
Leetch became the ninth player - and second defenseman - in franchise history (at the time) to record at least 500 points as a member of the Blueshirts.

RANGERS VS SHARKS POST GAME WRAP UP 10/30

RANGERS DROP LEAD TWICE BUT HOLD ON FOR SHOOTOUT WIN

A game of chase in the first period as the Rangers who pretty much out played the home Sharks. After a Brett Burns blast from the point was screened in front and past Henrik Ludqvist, Mats Zuccarello off a feed from Kevin Shattenkirk skated in put a top shelf wrister past Martin Jones to even the score 1-1.

A scoreless second period a pair of goals by Chris Kreider in the third period put the Rangers into the lead twice. San Jose came back on a 2 on 1 rush goal by Tiemo Meier after Brady Skjei skated in and tried a coast to coast run to put the Rangers up by two. The Rangers rush backfired and the Sharks took advantage, Vinny Lettieri back in after being a healthy scratch missed his assignment on the play which caught the ire of coach David Quinn who immediately verbally punished the young winger but set him out on the next shift.

Kreider once again put the Rangers in the lead which almost held for the final 10 minutes of regulation. While with their goaltender pulled and the extra skater in San Jose went to work. A misplay by Jesper fast in the neutral zone when instead of using the room he had to skate up and shoot for the empty net instead sacrificed his chance with a backhand pass looking for Jimmy Vesey but instead was picked off by the Sharks. The Sharks would put enough pressure on the Rangers for 3 straight icing calls, the third would be the deciding factor as Tomas Hertl took the puck deep behind the Rangers net and skated out front to tie the game at the buzzer, sending both teams to the 3 on 3 overtime period.

Neither team could tally in the overtime period despite both having a power play chance late in the 5 minute period. The game would head to the shootout.

Tomas Hertl, Mats Zuccarello, Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski all missed their shootout chances. Kevin Shattenkirk would put the game away on the Rangers final attempt with the game winner.

Two scary moments for the Rangers on Halloween Eve as first Henrik Lundqvist was backed into by teammate Cody McLeod and did not get up for a few moments. Lundqvist clearly in pain was flexing his neck and left shoulder repeatedly and even made a trip to the Rangers bench during the TV timeout. Lundqvist would stay in the game and was tested early and continued trough the pain to pick up the win.

The second close call came late in the third period with San Jose swarming in the Rangers zone, forward Vlad Namestnikov went down for a block and appeared to catch the shot behind his left shoulder. Namestnikov would head to the bench in pain and would wait until the next play stoppage to head to the locker room, skating cross ice with his left arm clearly dangling to his side did not look good. He would return later and seemed to be okay.

The shootout win was Lundqvist's 60th of his career. He leads all NHL goaltenders in the catagory.

The Rangers now 1-2-0 on their west coast road trip head to Anaheim to take on the Ducks Thursday at 10 PM.

FINAL GAME STATS

New York Rangers 4  San Jose Sharks 3
FINAL- SHOOTOUT

SOG: NYR 37 SJS 34
PIM: NYR 4 SJS 8
PPO: NYR 0/4 SJS 0/2
HITS: NYR 28 SJS 14
BLKS: NYR 16 SJS 15
FO%: NYR 41% SJS 59%

GOALTENDERS
NYR: H. LUNDQVIST 31 SV, 3 GA
SJS: M. JONES 34 SV, 3 GA

GOALS
New York - C. Kreider (2), M. Zuccarello
San Jose - B. Burns, T. Meier, T. Hertl

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
03:22 San Jose Brent Burns (3) ASST: Marcus Sorensen (2), Melker Karlsson (1) 0-1
04:21 New York Mats Zuccarello (3) ASST: Kevin Shattenkirk (3) 1-1

2ND PERIOD
No Scoring

3RD PERIOD
01:13 New York Chris Kreider (5) ASST: Brady Skjei (4), Kevin Hayes (2) 2-1
08:14 San Jose Timo Meier (9) ASST: Brent Burns (12) 2-2
10:05 New York Chris Kreider (6) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (7), Mika Zibanejad (5) 3-2
19:59 San Jose Tomas Hertl (5) ASST: Logan Couture (8), Timo Meier (5) 3-3

OVERTIME
No Scoring

SHOOTOUT
1ST PERIOD
03:22 San Jose Brent Burns (3) ASST: Marcus Sorensen (2), Melker Karlsson (1) 0-1
04:21 New York Mats Zuccarello (3) ASST: Kevin Shattenkirk (3) 1-1
2ND PERIOD
No Scoring
3RD PERIOD
01:13 New York Chris Kreider (5) ASST: Brady Skjei (4), Kevin Hayes (2) 2-1
08:14 San Jose Timo Meier (9) ASST: Brent Burns (12) 2-2
10:05 New York Chris Kreider (6) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (7), Mika Zibanejad (5) 3-2
19:58 San Jose Tomas Hertl (5) ASST: Logan Couture (8), Timo Meier
(5) 3-3
OT PERIOD
No Scoring

SHOOTOUT
San Jose Missed - Tomas Hertl -
New York Missed - Mats Zuccarello -
San Jose Missed - Logan Couture -
New York Missed - Mika Zibanejad -
San Jose Missed - Joe Pavelski -
New York Goal - Kevin Shattenkirk

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
13:01 San Jose Melker Karlsson - Tripping - 2 minutes
15:45 San Jose Timo Meier - High-sticking - 2 minutes

2ND PERIOD
00:56 New York Mika Zibanejad - Holding - 2 minutes

3RD PERIOD
15:06 San Jose - Too Many Men - 2 minutes

OVERTIME
01:39 San Jose Kevin Labanc - Tripping - 2 minutes
03:16 New York Chris Kreider - Slashing - 2 minutes

3 Stars of the Game:

1. CHRIS KREIDER NYR

2. Brent Burns SJS

3. HENRIK LUNDQVIST NYR

RANGERS VS SAN JOSE SHARKS GAME DAY PREVIEW 10/30

Rangers Face Sharks Looking to Salvage Road Trip

New York Rangers (3-7-1) vs San Jose Sharks (6-3-2)

SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose, CA.

TONIGHT 10:30 PM, TV: MSG, NSCA RADIO: ESPN-NY 98.7 FM

The Rangers and Sharks meet for the second and last time of the regular season tonight in San Jose. The Rangers won the previous contest at MSG 3-2 in Overtime. Brett Howden and Bredan Smith tallied regulation time goals and Brady Skjei scored the game winner just 37 seconds into the overtime period. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 43 out of 45 shots, allowing 2 goals.

The Rangers are 6-3-1 in their last ten meetings with San Jose. The Rangers recorded a win in their last game at the SAP Center, 6-5 on Jan. 25, 2018.

Coming into tonight's game the Rangers dropped to 0-2-0 on a four-game road trip after falling 4-3 to the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday. New York (3-7-1), gave away a two-goal lead in the second period, tied it in the third period before allowing Alec Martinez's goal with 55 seconds to play.

Since beating the Sharks earlier this month, the Rangers are 2-4-1 and have given up four goals four times. Henrik Lundqvist is 0-3-1 with a 3.74 goals-against average after defeating the Colorado Avalanche on Oct. 16.

The Sharks kick off an extended stretch at home tonight. Over the last five games, the Sharks have picked up nine of a possible 10 points to move atop the Pacific Division.

RANGERS PROBABLE LINEUP VS SAN JOSE
Forwards
Vesey-Zibanejad-Zuccarello

Kreider-Hayes-Spooner

Namestnikov-Howden-Buchnevich

McLeod-Chytil-Fast

Defense pairs:

Staal-Pionk

Skjei-DeAngelo

Smith-Shattenkirk

Starter: Henrik Lundqvist
Backup: Alexandar Georgiev

Scrathces: Vinni Letieri

Injuries: Boo Nieves (concussion protocol), Freddie Claesson (upper body Injury), Adam McQuaid (lower body injury)

ALL-TIME RECORD vs SN JOSE
Overall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-10-3-1 (56 pts)
Home Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5-1-0 (27 pts)
Road Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5-2-1 (29 pts)
Goals For. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Goals Against. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Shutouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, last – 10/19/2015 (4-0; Raanta)
Last Ranger Win at MSG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/11/2018 (3-2 OT)
Last Ranger Win at San Jose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/25/2018 (6-5)
Last Shark Win at MSG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/23/2017 (4-1)
Last Shark Win at San Jose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/28/2017 (5-4, OT)

NYR TODAY TUESDAY 10/30: Alumni Birthdays, Today in Rangers History

NYR Alumni Birthdays 10/30:

Cal Gardner C (1945-1948) Jim Mayer (1970-1980)

Today in NYR History 10/30:

1933: The Rangers trade Sparky Vail to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Frank Peters.

1935: The Rangers  acquire Eddie Wares from the Montreal Maroons in exchange for the signing rights to George Brown.

1964: Emile Francis is named the Rangers' General Manager, replacing Muzz Patrick.

1981: The Rangers acquire the rights to Tom Younghans from the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for cash considerations.

1988: The Rangers and Penguins combine for 292 penalty minutes in a 9-2 Rangers win at MSG. 
The 292 combined penalty minutes, and the 134 penalty minutes the Rangers had, are both team records. Tony Granato tallies four goals for his first Rangers hat trick in the victory.

2008: The Rangers trade Hugh Jessiman to the Nashville Predators for future condsiderations.

NYR TODAY MONDAY 10/29: Alumni Birthdays, Today in Rangers History

NYR Alumni Birthdays 10/29:

Mike Gartner RW (1989-1994) Bill Goloup LW (1942-43,1944-46) Bill Juzda D (1940-42,1944-46), Oscar Lindberg C (2014-2017), Eric Staal C (2016)

Today in NYR History 10/29:

1990: The Rangers extend their winning streak against the Quebec Nordiques to five games with a 5-0 shutout victory at MSG. 
Brian Leetch tallies a goal and an assist and John Vanbiesbrouck makes 22 saves to record the shutout.

1992: Mike Richter ties a franchise goaltending record with two assists against the Quebec Nordiques.

2001: Theo Fleury of the New York Rangers joins the NHL's 1,000-point club.
Fleury tallies two assists in a 4-2 victory against the Dallas Stars at Madison Square Garden.
The assists come on goals by Mike York; the second one starts a burst of three goals in less than five minutes late in the second period by the Rangers.

RANGERS VS KINGS POST GAME WRAP UP 10/28

LAST MINUTE GOAL LIFTS KINGS PAST RANGERS

The young season of road woes continues for the Rangers as they fall to a record of 3-7-1, four of those losses and one overtime loss coming on the road.

New York held a 2-0 lead halfway through the second period on goals from  Vladislav Namestnikov in the first, after a lengthy review when Namestnikov was shoved from behind into the Kings goaltender Jack Campbell as the puck crossed the line and the net was dislodged. Originally the referee called a no goal until a video review was asked for by the Rangers. A few minutes later the result came back in favor of New York for a good goal. But, Los Angeles used their coach's challenge to review the play once again for possibly goaltender interference, which then came back inconclusive and the goal finally stood for the 1-0 Rangers lead.

Tony DeAngelo who made his way back into the lineup with both Adam McQuaid and Freddie Claesson out with injuries tallied the Rangers and the games 2nd goal in the middle period before the halfway point to extend the lead 2-0. But the penalty bug bit the Rangers with back to back infractions from Cody McLeod and another too many men on the ice bench minor. Los Angeles took advantage with two power play goals, 1 from a returning Dustin Brown and the 2nd from Ilya Kovalchuk to even the game 2-2.

Trevor Lewis put the Kings up 3-2 with just under 10 minutes to go in regulation for their 3rd unanswered goal of the game. The Rangers were able to battle back when Ryan Spooner tied the game just under 5 minutes later. The game remained deadlocked until Alec Martinez beat Henrik Lundqvist on a partial screen with Rangers defenseman Brendan Smith in front with 54 seconds remaining to give the Kings the win and end their six game loss streak.

Henrik Lundqvist losing streak when playing in Los Angeles continues as he takes the loss last night stopping 36 of 40 shots on goal. Lundqvist hasn't won a game at the Staples Center since 2013 when the Rangers defeated the Kings 3-1 on October 7.

It's hard to take any good from a loss but there were a few upsides for the Rangers. Ryan Spooner tallied his first of the season along with Vladislav Namestnikov and Tony DeAngelo netting their firsts. Namestnikov and DeAngelo also picked up assists for two point nights.

The Rangers head to San Jose for a match up with the Sharks on Tuesday then to Anaheim to face the Ducks on Thursday before returning home on November 4th to face the Sabres at MSG.

FINAL GAME STATS

New York Rangers 3  Los Angeles Kings 4

SOG: NYR 25 LAK 40
PIM: NYR 13 LAK 11
HITS: NYR 20 LAK  24
PPO: NYR 0/3 LAK 2/4
BLKS: NYR 19 LAK 14
FO%: NYR 47% LAK 53%

GOALTENDERS
NYR: H. LUNDQVIST 25 SV, 4 GA
LAK: J. CAMPBELL 11 SV, 3 GA

GOALS
New York - R. Spooner, T. DeAngelo, V. Namestnikov
Los Angeles - A. Martinez, D. Brown, I. Kovalchuk, T. Lewis

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
11:11 New York       Vladislav Namestnikov (1) ASST: Pavel Buchnevich (2) 1-0

2ND PERIOD
07:42 New York      Tony DeAngelo (1) ASST: Vladislav Namestnikov (2), Brett Howden (4) 2-0
11:23 Los Angeles PPG - Dustin Brown (1) ASST: Ilya Kovalchuk (4) 2-1
13:14 Los Angeles PPG - Ilya Kovalchuk (3) ASST: Drew Doughty (7), Anze Kopitar (1) 2-2

3RD PERIOD
10:28 Los Angeles Trevor Lewis (2) ASST: Adrian Kempe (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (5) 2-3
15:16 New York           Ryan Spooner (1) ASST: Tony DeAngelo (3), Brady Skjei (3) 3-3
19:05 Los Angeles Alec Martinez (1) 3-4

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
09:22 New York Cody McLeod - Fighting - 5 minutes
09:22 Los Angeles Kyle Clifford - Fighting - 5 minutes

2ND PERIOD
03:06 Los Angeles Kyle Clifford - Tripping - 2 minutes
10:55 New York       Cody McLeod - Slashing - 2 minutes
12:41 New York - Too Many Men - 2 minutes, Served by Ryan Spooner
14:27 New York Cody McLeod - Roughing - 2 minutes

3RD PERIOD
00:48 Los Angeles Tanner Pearson - High-sticking - 2 minutes
01:12 New York                                  Neal Pionk  -        Tripping - 2 minutes
07:45 Los Angeles Derek Forbort - Tripping - 2 minutes

RANGERS VS KINGS GAME DAY PREVIEW 10/28

RANGERS LOOK TO TURN THINGS AROUND IN SUNDAY MATINNE IN LOS ANGELES

New York Rangers (3-6-1) vs Los Angeles Kings (2-7-1)
Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA
TODAY 3:30 PM TV: MSG, FSW

The Rangers come into this afternoon's game looking to something, anything to bring them together as a team after coach David Quinn said they played their worst game of the season on Thursday night in a 4-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks. New York played what was definetly their worst period of the young season having been outshot 37-19 and producing just one shot on goal in the third period including a shot off the crossbar by Kevin Hayes.

The Rangers will start the game with news lines and defense pairings if you go by yesterday's practice. Tony DeAngelo will be reinserted into the Rangers defense as both Freddie Claesson (upper body) and Adam McQuiad (lower body) have fallen to injury in the past two games.

Henrik Lundqvist is likely to get the start today although he has struggled in recent years at the Staples Center since the 2014 Stanlet Cup Finals. He has lost both appearances at Staples Center since those Finals as well, giving up seven goals on 66 shots (.894 save percentage).

The Kings (2-7-1) have lost six in a row and haven't led at any point during that streak. Los Angeles will try to avoid their longest losing streak in nearly 11 years when they begin a seven-game homestand today after a  4-1 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.


Rangers Practice Lineup from Saturday:

Forwards:
Vesey-Zibanejad-Zuccarello


Kreider-Hayes-Spooner


Namestnikov-Howden-Buchnevich


McLeod-Chytil-Fast


Defense pairs:

Staal-Pionk

Skjei-DeAngelo

Smith-Shattenkirk

Starter: Henrik Lundqvist
Backup: Alexandar Georgiev

Scrathces: Vinni Letieri

Injuries: Boo Nieves (concussion protocol), Freddie Claesson (upper body Injury), Adam McQuaid (lower body injury)

This is the first of two meetings this season between the Rangers and Kings.

Last year the two teams split the season series, trading 4-2 wins on each other's home ice.

The next and final contest of the regular season between the Rangers and Kings will take place on February 4th at MSG.

ALL-TIME RECORD
Overall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-46-16-3 (159 pts)
Home Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-20-6-1 (85 pts)
Road Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-26-10-2 (74 pts)
Goals For. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Goals Against. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Shutouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, last – 3/25/2017 (3-0; Raanta)
Last Ranger Win at MSG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/15/2017 (4-2)
Last Ranger Win at Los Angeles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/25/2017 (3-0)
Last King Win at MSG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/12/2016 (5-4, OT)
Last King Win at Los Angeles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/21/2018 (4-2)

NYR TODAY SUNDAY 10/28: Alumni Birthday, Today in Rangers History

NYR Alumni Birthday 10/28:

Chris Jensen RW (1985-1988)

Today in NYR History 10/28:

1970: The Rangers record the 1,000th win in franchise history. 
New York  defeats the Detroit Red Wings, 4-1, at MSG.

1973: Rangers trade Glen Sather to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Jack Egers.

1975: Rangers trade Gilles Villemure to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Doug Jarrett.

1993: Adam Graves tallies his 100th career NHL goal. 
The game ends in a 3-3 tie with the Montreal Canadiens at MSG.

2002: Mike Richter wins his 300th career game.
Richter makes 29 saves in a 3-2 overtime victory over the Phoenix Coyotes at MSG.

NYR TODAY SATURDAY 10/27: Alumni Birthdays, Today in Rangers History

NYR Alumni Birhdays 10/27:

Paul Broten RW (1989-1993) Brian MacLellan LW (1985-1986)

Today in Rangers History 10/27:

1931: The Rangers trade Gene Carrigan to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for cash considerations.

1988: The Rangers acquire Ron Shudra from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Jeff Crossman.

1996: Wayne Gretzky extends his point streak to 11 games.
He scores a goal and adds three assists as the Rangers defeat the Buffalo Sabres, 6-4, at MSG.

2014: The Rangers score five goals in the third period to overcome a 3-0 deficit and defeat the Minnesota Wild 5-4 at Madison Square Garden. 
It's only the second time in team history that the Rangers win a game trailing by three goals after being shut out entering the third period.

NYR TODAY FRIDAY 10/26: Alumni Birthday, Today in Rangers History

NYR Alumni Birthday 10/26:

Patrick Rissmiller LW (2008-2009)

Today in NYR History 10/26:

1935: The Rangers acquire Sammy McManus from the Montreal Maroons in exchange for $10k cash.

1977 - Steve Vickers registered four goals as the Rangers defeated the St. Louis Blues, 6-2, at MSG.

1980 - Anders Hedberg registers six points (four goals, two assists).
This includes the game-tying goal at 18:46 of the third period and the game-winning goal at 19:19 of the third period, as the Rangers defeated the Detroit Red Wings, 7-6, at MSG.

1992 - Mike Gartner tallied two goals, including the 545th goal of his NHL career, to pass Maurice "Rocket" Richard for ninth place on the NHL's all-time goals list. 
The Rangers defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 8-4, at MSG to earn their 10th consecutive home win against the Flyers.

1997: Wayne Gretzky has two assists in the Rangers' 3-3 tie with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim at Madison Square Garden. 
They are the 1,850th and 1,851th of his career and give Gretzky more assists than any other player in NHL history has points. He passes Gordie Howe's career point total of 1,850.

RANGERS VS BLACKHAWKS POST GAME WRAP UP 10/25

Rangers Offense a No Show in 4-1 Loss to Chicago

Not much to take out of this game on the upside for Rangers fans except for the Rangers possibly dodged a bullet late in the second period when rookie defenseman Neal Pionk went down after taking a deflected puck to the face, Pionk who has been one of the Rangers best players at both ends of the ice immediately dropped grabbing his face but was able to get up under his own power to make it to the Rngers bench. Immediately Pionk sat while trainer Jim Ramsay checked the rookie out. The Rangers now who had already lost defenseman Adam McQuaid in the first period to a lower body injury had another teammate in question going into the third period. It didn't take long for Rangers fans to relax as Pionk was out for the first shift in the third period.

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32 of 36 shots on net giving up 3 goals and an empty net goal late in the third while pulled for the extra skater sealed the Rangers loss. Pavel Buchnevich was the only Ranger to get a tally tonight for his third goal of the season off a beautiful play started in the Chicago zone by Brett Howden.

From the beginning the Blackhawks had a plan and that was to shut down the Rangers top line of Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad and Mats Zuccarello and except for a few occasions did a pretty good job handling the trio that tallied a combined 7 points in the Rangers previous game against Florida.

The third period summed up the frustration for New York as they were held to only one shot on goal for the 20 minutes.

FINAL GAME STATS

New York Rangers 1 Chicago Blackhawks 4

SOG: NYR 19 CHI 36
PIM: NYR 13 CHI 9
HITS: NYR 20 CHI 9
PPO: NYR 0/2 CHI 0/4
BLKS: NYR 20 CHI 11
GVA: NYR 3 CHI 7
FO%: NYR 52% CHI 48%

GOALTENDERS
NYR: H. LUNDQVIST 32 SV, 1 GA
CHI: C. CRAWFORD 18 SV, 1 GA

GOALS
New York - P. Buchnevich
Chicago - A. DeBrincat, A. Fortin, J. Toews, P. Kane

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
02:55 Chicago Jonathan Toews (6) ASST: Duncan Keith (6), Corey Crawford (1) 0-1
04:09 New York Pavel Buchnevich (3) ASST: Brendan Smith (2), Brett Howden (3) 1-1

2ND PERIOD
10:33 Chicago Alexandre Fortin (2) ASST: Nick Schmaltz (6), Brandon Manning (1) 1-2

3RD PERIOD
15:39 Chicago Patrick Kane (9) ASST: Artem Anisimov (3), Alex DeBrincat (6) 1-3
18:51 Chicago EN - Alex DeBrincat (8) ASST: Dominik Kahun (6), Henri Jokiharju (6) 1-4

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
09:20 New York Brady Skjei - High-sticking - 2 minutes
14:08 Chicago Jonathan Toews - Slashing - 2 minutes

2ND PERIOD
02:33 Chicago Luke Johnson - Goaltender Interference - 2 minutes
05:59 New York - Too Many Men - 2 minutes, Served by Pavel Buchnevich
14:11 New York Mika Zibanejad - Tripping - 2 minutes

3RD PERIOD
10:28 New York Brady Skjei - Interference - 2 minutes
19:14 Chicago Brandon Manning - Fighting - 5 minutes
19:14 New York Jimmy Vesey - Fighting - 5 minutes

3 STARS OF THE GAME
1. Corey Crawford CHI
2. Patrick Kane CHI
3. HENRIK LUNDQVIST NYR

RANGERS VS BLACKHAWKS GAME DAY PREVIEW 10/25

RANGERS START FOUR GAME ROAD TRIP IN CHICAGO

New York Rangers (3-5-1) vs Chicago Blackhawks (5-2-2)

United Center, Chicago, IL

TONIGHT 8:30 PM (Est.-US) , TV: MSG, NSCH RADIO: ESPN-NY 98.7 FM

The Rangers start a four game west coast road trip starting tonight in Chicago a finishing up after three games in California on November 1st.

The Rangers come into tonight's game off a 5-2 win over Florida on Tuesday which saw the "awakening" of both Mka Zibanejad and Mats Zuccarello. The first line along with Chris Kreider picked up a combination of 7 points in the contest with Zibanejad and Zuccarello both picking up a pair of goals each, Zibanejad added 2 assists in the game.

 The Rangers are 0-2-1 in road games this season but hope that they can build off the win Tuesday which saw them net four goals in just 19 shots as they  continued to play well at home and where they have won three of their past five games.

The 5-2-2 Blackhawks come into tonight's contest having won 3 of their last five games including a 3-1 home win against Anaheim on Tuesday. Brandon Saad scored a pair of goals in a 3-1 victory and Corey Crawford made his third start of the season finishing the game with 24 saves. Chicago isn't without their own struggles having a forgettable 6-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday in which Chicago allowed 55 shots on goal, including a record-setting 33 in the second period alone.

Tonight is the first of two meetings between the Rangers and Blackhawks this seaon. Last season the Rangers lost the two game series to Chicago dropping both games, in Chicago 6-3 and 5-2 at MSG.

RANGERS ALL-TIME RECORD vs BLACKHAWKS
Overall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-248-98-2 (582 pts)
Home Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122-117-55-0 (299 pts)
Road Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119-131-43-2 (283 pts)
Goals For. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,671
Goals Against. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,720
Shutouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, last – 12/9/2016 (1-0, OT; Raanta)
Last Ranger Win at MSG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/27/2014 (2-1)
Last Ranger Win at Chicago. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12/9/2016 (1-0, OT)


RANGERS UPDATES FROM WEDNESDAY'S PRACTICE:
Mika Zibanejad didn't skate and was given a maintenance day.
Matt Beleskey was placed on Waivers and could be headed to Hartford if he clears.

NYR TODAY THURSDAY 10/25: Alumni Birthdays, Today in Rangers History

NYR Alumni Birhdays 10/25:

Earl Ingarfield C (1958-1967) Don Murdoch RW (1976-1980)

Michael Eruzione born October 25, 1954; Captain, 1980 USA Miracle on Ice, MSG Studio analyst 1981-1983 

Today in NYR History 10/25:

1932: Rangers trade John Ross Roach to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for $11k Cash.

1954: Rangers trade Jean-Paul Lamirande to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for cash considerations.

1984: The Rangers record their most decisive road victory in franchise history, defeating the New Jersey Devils, 11-2, in New Jersey. Anders Hedberg tallies a hat trick for the Blueshirts in the win.

2008: Nikolai Zherdev ties the game with 8.1 seconds remaining in regulation, and Henrik Lundqvist stops all three players in the shootout as the Rangers defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2, at MSG.