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
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