McDonagh Hurt, But Rangers Rally For 3-2 Win
Courtesy: BLUESHIRTS UNITED
McDonagh was credited with just 4 minutes 21 seconds worth of ice time before being helped off the ice at 10:36 of the first period following an altercation with Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds. McDonagh was dropped to the ice by a Simmonds left hook to the jaw after the pair had jousted near the Rangers bench.
The officials assessed a match penalty game misconduct to the irate Simmonds and a pair of minor penalties for slashing and high sticking to McDonagh, who remained down on the ice while teammate Kevin Klein wrestled Simmonds away.
McDonagh did not return after being helped from the ice, forcing the Rangers to play shorthanded on defense over the game's final 50 minutes. In McDonagh's absence Dan Girardi, Marc Staal, Dan Boyle and Keith Yandle all played more than 24 minutes on Saturday.
The Rangers did not helo themselves taking four straight penalties bridging the first and second periods, and Philadelphia's potent power play finally made the visitors pay at 7:16 of the middle stanza. Shayne Gostisbehere powered a screened slap shot past Henrik Lundqvist to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead. Philly has now scored at least one power play goal in seven consecutive games, and Gostisbehere extended his point-scoring streak to seven straight games with the ninth goal of his rookie season.
Philadelphia forward Jakub Voracek stepped up with Simmonds ejected from the game, recording seven shots on goal and 13 shots attempts through the first two periods. He also picked up an assist on Gostisbehere's goal, giving him a six-game point-scoring streak.
Voracek's best scoring chance should never have been allowed, however. Following the McDonagh-Simmonds altercation the Flyers did not put a player in the penalty box, yet when they killed off the one-minute Rangers power play Voracek hopped off the bench and took off on a breakaway. Lundqvist made a sensational save, yet the scoring chance should not have counted because the only player allowed on to the ice at the end of Simmonds penalty was one coming out of the penalty box, or else Philly had to wait until the next stoppage of play.
Nonetheless, Lundqvist made the great save on Voracek, one of several huge stops he made as the Flyers took it to New York. Lundqvist, who stopped 19 of 20 shots in the second period alone, denied Nick Cousins on a partial break just 46 seconds into that middle period and also stopped Claude Giroux's breakaway later in the same period.
Flyers goalie Steve Mason faced only seven shots in the first period and eight in the second, but he was positionally sound and did make a key save on a Kevin Hayes spin-o-rama shot off the face mask late in period number two.
New York managed to tie the game early in the third period when Chris Kreider deflected his 11th goal of the season into the cage at 3:16 with Girardi and Mats Zuccarello earning the assists. However shortly after the Rangers just missed scoring again during a scramble in Mason's crease, the Flyers came the other way and Ryan White beat Lundqvist short side with a left wing drive at 5:46, restoring Philadelphia's one-goal advantage.
Seemingly on their way to a regulation defeat, the Rangers pulled Lundqvist and sent the game to overtime when Yandle blasted a one-timer past Mason with just 12.9 ticks remaining on the clock, tying the score 2-2. Jesper Fast slid the cross-ice pass to Yandle after Boyle had patiently set things up behind the Flyers net.
After an exciting, yet scoreless three-on-three overtime, the Rangers finally earned the victory in the shootout as Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored in the first two rounds and Lundqvist denied both Sam Gagner and Giroux.
FINAL STATS
New York Rangers 3 Philadelphia Flyers 2 F/SO
Scoring Summary
1st Period
NONE
2nd Period
07:16 PHI PPG - Ryan White (6) Tip-in - ASST: Shayne Gostisbehere (17), Jakub Voracek (34) 1 - 0 PHI
3rd Period
03:16 NYR Chris Kreider (11) Deflected shot - ASST: Dan Girardi (11), Mats Zuccarello (20) 1 - 1 Tie
05:46 PHI Ryan White (6) Snap shot - ASST: Shayne Gostisbehere (17), Chris VandeVelde (7) 2 - 1 PHI
19:47 NYR Keith Yandle (4) Slapshot - ASST: Jesper Fast (12), Dan Boyle (11) 2 - 2 Tie
Overtime:
NONE
Shootout:
Round 1: Gagner PHI misses --- Zuccarello NYR SCORES
Round 2: Giroux PHI misses --- Stepan NYR SCORES
Penalty Summary
1st Period
10:36 PHI Wayne Simmonds Match penalty - 10 min against Ryan McDonagh
10:36 NYR Ryan McDonagh served by Oscar Lindberg Slashing - 2 min against Wayne Simmonds
10:36 NYR Ryan McDonagh served by Oscar Lindberg Hi-sticking - 2 min against Wayne Simmonds
10:36 PHI Wayne Simmonds Game misconduct - 10 min against Ryan McDonagh
17:52 NYR Viktor Stalberg Tripping - 2 min against Nick Cousins
2nd Period
00:46 NYR Jesper Fast Hooking - 2 min against Nick Cousins
06:17 NYR Dominic Moore Hooking - 2 min against Mark Streit
12:49 NYR Oscar Lindberg Fighting (maj) - 5 min against Matt Read
12:49 PHI Matt Read Fighting (maj) - 5 min against Oscar Lindberg
12:49 NYR Oscar Lindberg served by Kevin Hayes Cross checking - 2 min against Matt Read
14:05 PHI Scott Laughton Hooking - 2 min against Jesper Fast
Overtime
04:14 NYR Keith Yandle Holding - 2 min against Michael Del Zotto
04:14 PHI Michael Del Zotto Roughing - 2 min against Keit
Shots on Goal by Period
Period NYR PHI
1st 7 7
2nd 8 20
3rd 11 1
OT 2 0
Total 28 28
Team Stats
Category NYR PHI
Power Plays 0/2 1/4
Hits 28 32
Faceoff Wins 22 24
Giveaways 8 15
Takeaways 5 4
Blocked Shots 18 16
Penalty Minutes 19 29
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