RANGERS FALL TO ISLANDERS 7-5
"Barclays Curse" Continues to 7th Straight Loss in Venue
Things looked to be on the Rangers side last night as the Rangers took a 2-0 lead just over 5 minutes into the first period. The Rangers once again tallied two goals in a span of one minute or less for the fourth time in the last six games. A power play goal from Chris Kreider (his team leading 9th of the season) and Freddie Claesson's first as a Ranger put the Blueshirts ahead 2-0 just under 6 minutes into the opening period.
The Rangers would hold the lead for exactly 4 minutes when Anthony Beauvillier scored the first of his 3 on the night to cut the lead in half, the Isles would add the tying goal in just a minute of their own from Brock Nelson to eventually take the tie to intermission.
Beauvillier would open the scoring early in the second to put the Islanders ahead 3-2 but Kevin Hayes would bring the game even 3-3 when he scored on a short handed opprotunity on Islanders Thomas Greiss. Beayvillier would tally the heat trick to put the home team ahead for good and Anders Lee would add a goal to bring it to an Islanders 5-3 lead before the end of the period.
The Rangers would make a comeback effort in the third with goals from Chris Kreider, his 10th and Filip Chytil, his second in two games to bring the Blueshirts within 1 goal 6-5. But with time winding down the Rangers chose to pull Alexandar Georgiev for the extra skater and the Isles would cap off the night when Cal Clutterbuck scored into the empty net to make it 7-5.
Henrik Lundqvist who started the game was victim of 5 goals, 4 of which were deflections in front. Georgiev who replaced Lundqvist in the third picked up his first career assist on Kreider's 10th of the season picking up the secondary assist.
Chris Kreider leads the Rangers in goals (ten) and power play goals (four) this season. In addition, Kreider has recorded nine of his ten goals in 2018-19 on the road. Kreider's 10 goals within the first 19 games of a season for the first time in his NHL career.
Brett Howden has recorded a point in 10 of 18 career NHL games (four goals, seven assists), including seven of 10 road games(two goals, six assists). He currently leads NHL rookies in assists and is tied for first among NHL rookies in points (eight) on the road in 2018-19.
FINAL GAME STATS
New York Rangers 5 New York Islanders 7
SOG: NYR 41 NYI 24
PIM: NYR 10 NYI 8
PPO: NYR 2/4 NYI 2/5
HITS: NYR 25 NYI 22
BLKS: NYR 14 NYI 14
GVA: NYR 11 NYI 11
FO%: NYR 48% NYI 52%
GOALTENDERS
NYR: H. LUNDQVIST 12 SV, 5 GA
NYR: A. GEORGIEV 5 SV, 1 GA
NYI: T. GREISS 36 SV, 5 GA
GOALS
Rangers - C. Kreider (2), F. Chytil, F. Claesson, K. Hayes
Islanders - A. Beauvillier (3), B. Nelson, C. Clutterbuck, L. Komarov, A. Lee
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
05:00 Rangers PPG - Chris Kreider (9) ASST: Neal Pionk (8), Mika Zibanejad (9) 1-0
05:35 Rangers Fredrik Claesson (1) ASST: Brett Howden (7) 2-0
09:35 Islanders Anthony Beauvillier (2) ASST: Thomas Hickey (3), Valtteri Filppula (5) 2-1
10:38 Islanders Brock Nelson (9) ASST: Nick Leddy (4), Jordan Eberle (5) 2-2
2ND PERIOD
02:24 Islanders Anthony Beauvillier (3) ASST: Valtteri Filppula (6), Leo Komarov (5) 2-3
03:21 Rangers SHG - Kevin Hayes (4) 3-3
05:13 Islanders PPG - Anthony Beauvillier (4) ASST: Johnny Boychuk (3), Mathew Barzal (15) 3-4
14:04 Islanders PPG - Anders Lee (6) ASST: Nick Leddy (5), Josh Bailey (13) 3-5
3RD PERIOD
13:13 Rangers PPG - Chris Kreider (10) ASST: Neal Pionk (9), Alexandar Georgiev (1) 4-6
17:31 Rangers Filip Chytil (2) ASST: Vladislav Namestnikov (6), Kevin Shattenkirk (5) 5-6
19:39 Islanders EN - Cal Clutterbuck (2) ASST: Brock Nelson (6) 5-7
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
03:49 Islanders Jordan Eberle - Hooking - 2 minutes
15:29 Rangers Mika Zibanejad - High-sticking - 4 minutes
2ND PERIOD
02:41 Rangers Vinni Lettieri - Interference - 2 minutes
04:41 Rangers Brady Skjei - Interference - 2 minutes
06:28 Islanders Brock Nelson - Holding - 2 minutes
12:47 Rangers Chris Kreider - Tripping - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
06:16 Islanders Thomas Hickey - Boarding - 2 minutes
12:52 Islanders Mathew Barzal - Cross-checking - 2 minutes
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