RANGERS VS JETS POST GAME WRAP UP 12/2

BLOWN LEAD ENDS BAD FOR BLUESHIRTS

Rangers Fall Apart in 3rd, Lose in Shootout 4-3

On a night of Legends at Madison Square Garden the Rangers turned what should have been a 3-0 win into a 4-3 loss in a shootout.

Although the Rangers were chasing the standout Winnipeg Jets who were clearly running rough shot over the Rangers, most of the time leading in shots on goal by more than double the Rangers figured out how to take a 3-0 lead heading into the 3rd period.

A first period goal by Jesper Fast  put the home team into the lead with just over 3 minutes remaining until intermission.

The Rangers would continue in the second period backed by tremendous goaltending by Henrik Lundqvist and add to their lead on goals from Marc Staal and Chris Kreider to take a 3-0 lead heading into the third period.

Unfortunately once again early period letdowns hit the Rangers hard, both Jets' Mark Scheifele and Jack Roslovic scored within a span of two minutes to bring Winnipeg within 1 goal just before 5 minutes into the the 3rd. The Rangers managed to hold on to the sparse 1 goal lead until Bryan Little tied the game with 2:30 left in regulation.

Tied 3-3 after 60 minutes the teams headed to overtime which turned into the Henrik Lundqvist show as he stopped all 8 shots he faced to take it to the shootout rounds. Mika Zibanejad was the only tally from the Rangers side to put it up 1-0 in the 2nd round. Both  Patrik Laine and then Mark Scheifele scored for Winnipeg after Jimmy Vesey had missed his 5th round attempt.

Lundqvist stopped 39 of 42 shots on goal in the loss, snapping his streak of 6 games won in a row at MSG. While the Rangers power play went 0 for 2 on the night the Penalty kill shut down Winnipeg's power play on all 4 attempts.

The Rangers are off for the next 6 days until they play again on Saturday, December 8 in Florida to take on the Panthers.

FINAL GAME STATS

New York Rangers 3 Winnipeg Jets 4
FINAL - SHOOTOUT

SOG: NYR 19 WPG 42
PIM: NYR 8 WPG 4
PPO: NYR 0/2 WPG 0/4
HITS:  NYR 28 WPG 26
BLKS:  NYR 24 WPG 15
GVA:  NYR 24 WPG 11
FO%:  NYR 63% WPG 37%

GOALTENDERS:
Winnipeg - C. Hellebuyck 16 SV, 3 GA
New York - H. Lundqvist 39 SV, 3 GA

GOALS
Winnipeg - B. Little, J. Roslovic, M. Scheifele
New York - C. Kreider, J. Fast, M. Staal

SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
17:32 New York Jesper Fast (2) ASST: Mika Zibanejad (16), Marc Staal (5) 0-1
2ND PERIOD
12:11 New York Marc Staal (2) ASST: Ryan Strome (4), Lias Andersson (2) 0-2
18:54 New York Chris Kreider (14) ASST: Mika Zibanejad (17), Neal Pionk (12) 0-3
3RD PERIOD
02:10 Winnipeg PPG - Mark Scheifele (16) ASST: Blake Wheeler (30), Josh Morrissey (10) 1-3
04:36 Winnipeg Jack Roslovic (2) ASST: Mathieu Perreault (5), Jacob Trouba (11) 2-3
17:30 Winnipeg Bryan Little (5) ASST: Nikolaj Ehlers (8), Jacob Trouba (12) 3-3

OVERTIME
No Scoring

SHOOTOUT
New York Missed - Kevin Shattenkirk -
Winnipeg Missed - Kyle Connor -
New York Goal - Mika Zibanejad -
Winnipeg Goal - Patrik Laine -
New York Missed - Jimmy Vesey -
Winnipeg Goal - Mark Scheifele

PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
04:25 New York Brendan Smith - Delay of Game - 2 minutes
10:10 New York Ryan Strome - High-sticking - 2 minutes
15:22 New York Mika Zibanejad - High-sticking - 2 minutes
17:57 Winnipeg Mathieu Perreault - Slashing - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
16:50 Winnipeg Blake Wheeler - Interference - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
01:56 New York Brendan Smith - Cross-checking - 2 minutes

OVERTIME
No Penalties