Rangers Fall 3-2 In Overtime Despite Lundqvist's 40 Saves
Henrik Lundqvist returned to the
Rangers lineup Saturday afternoon in Detroit after a three-game injury
absence, and turned in a splendid 40-save performance, but the Red Wings
still rallied for a 3-2 overtime victory over New York.
The Rangers did pick up a point in the standings, and now sit three points up on the Islanders--who lost in Boston 3-1 on Saturday--for second place in the Metropolitan Division.
Moments after Lundqvist robbed Dylan Larkin on a clean breakaway during the extra period, Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk rifled a shot through a Darren Helm screen in front and past Lundqvist at 3:03 of overtime.
Lundqvist's stellar play Saturday somewhat overshadowed the return of Rick Nash to the Rangers lineup after a 20-game absence due to a bad bone bruise in his leg. Nash skated hard and engaged in some physical moments with Detroit's Justin Abdelkader, and seemed to get stronger and more in the flow as the game wore on. He had an excellent scoring chance from in front during a first period power play, set up by Eric Staal, and another off the rush on left wing late in the third period.
Nash and Staal played on the same line at even strength, with Viktor Stalberg on their right wing. No. 61 also played on the power play and penalty kill.
On Friday after practice Lundqvist spoke to some level of concern with how sharp he might be after the eight-day layoff and really only one full team practice under his belt. He allayed those fears in a virtuoso first period in which he stopped all 15 shots he faced and was tested with one prime Detroit scoring chance after another.
Just five minutes into his first game back Lundqvist sparkled in a rapid-fire three-save sequence in which he started at his left post, deft moved to the right, then scrambled back to his left to somehow keep the Red Wings off the scoreboard. Over the rest of the period Lundqvist managed to deny Pavel Datsyuk on a deft stuff attempt following a steal behind the Rangers net; turned away Abdelkader and Henrik Zetterberg in one-two fashion; and calmly deny Jonathan Ericsson's quick one-timer after a gorgeous cross-ice feed from teammate Dylan Larkin.
The one bit of luck Lundqvist had in the opening period came when Larkin rang a shot off the post at roughly the six-minute mark.
With Lundqvist keeping the Rangers in the game, his teammates rewarded him with less than a minute to play in the opening period. Stepan made a smart, aggressive play to steal the puck in the Red Wings end of the ice as Detroit was looking to break out. Stepan dished to Chris Kreider in the low slot, and after Detroit goaltender Petr Mrazak snuffed two shots, the puck found Stepan alone on right wing and the Rangers alternate captain buried his 16th goal with 48.5 seconds left on the clock.
The goal extended Stepan's point streak to four straight games. He has registered five points (2-3-5) in his last four games. Mats Zuccarello was credited with a secondary assist on the goal and now has reached 30 assists for the third consecutive season, the first Ranger to do so since Jaromir Jagr from 2005-06-2007-08.
After being largely outplayed in the first period, and outshot 15-7 with three of those seven shots coming on the Stepan scoring sequence, the Rangers played the Red Wings on much more even terms in period number two. New York held a 10-9 shots advantage and played a much stronger period defensively.
Lundqvist was still tested, just not nearly as often as in the opening twenty, however. His glove save on Danny DeKeyser's bomb at 11:46 was a real second period highlight.
In the opening minutes of the third period Mrazek made his most important save, robbing Tanner Glass' one-timer from ten feet out after a slick feed from Kevin Hayes. A couple of minutes later Detroit's Darren Helm finally broke through against Lundqvist, beating him over the shoulder at 4:28, tying the score, 1-1.
The Rangers regained the lead on Kreider's power play goal with 4:27 left on the clock. After Abdelkader interfered with Lundqvist during a scramble at 14:18, Kreider deflected a Keith Yandle slap shot past Mrazek for his 15th goal of the season.
However the Red Wings netted the equalizer--also on a power play--with 31.8 seconds remaining in regulation as Eric Staal watched from the penalty box. Former Blueshirt Brad Richards punched in a rebound as Detroit skated 6-on-4 with Mrazek pulled for an extra attacker.
The Rangers did pick up a point in the standings, and now sit three points up on the Islanders--who lost in Boston 3-1 on Saturday--for second place in the Metropolitan Division.
Moments after Lundqvist robbed Dylan Larkin on a clean breakaway during the extra period, Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk rifled a shot through a Darren Helm screen in front and past Lundqvist at 3:03 of overtime.
Lundqvist's stellar play Saturday somewhat overshadowed the return of Rick Nash to the Rangers lineup after a 20-game absence due to a bad bone bruise in his leg. Nash skated hard and engaged in some physical moments with Detroit's Justin Abdelkader, and seemed to get stronger and more in the flow as the game wore on. He had an excellent scoring chance from in front during a first period power play, set up by Eric Staal, and another off the rush on left wing late in the third period.
Nash and Staal played on the same line at even strength, with Viktor Stalberg on their right wing. No. 61 also played on the power play and penalty kill.
On Friday after practice Lundqvist spoke to some level of concern with how sharp he might be after the eight-day layoff and really only one full team practice under his belt. He allayed those fears in a virtuoso first period in which he stopped all 15 shots he faced and was tested with one prime Detroit scoring chance after another.
Just five minutes into his first game back Lundqvist sparkled in a rapid-fire three-save sequence in which he started at his left post, deft moved to the right, then scrambled back to his left to somehow keep the Red Wings off the scoreboard. Over the rest of the period Lundqvist managed to deny Pavel Datsyuk on a deft stuff attempt following a steal behind the Rangers net; turned away Abdelkader and Henrik Zetterberg in one-two fashion; and calmly deny Jonathan Ericsson's quick one-timer after a gorgeous cross-ice feed from teammate Dylan Larkin.
The one bit of luck Lundqvist had in the opening period came when Larkin rang a shot off the post at roughly the six-minute mark.
With Lundqvist keeping the Rangers in the game, his teammates rewarded him with less than a minute to play in the opening period. Stepan made a smart, aggressive play to steal the puck in the Red Wings end of the ice as Detroit was looking to break out. Stepan dished to Chris Kreider in the low slot, and after Detroit goaltender Petr Mrazak snuffed two shots, the puck found Stepan alone on right wing and the Rangers alternate captain buried his 16th goal with 48.5 seconds left on the clock.
The goal extended Stepan's point streak to four straight games. He has registered five points (2-3-5) in his last four games. Mats Zuccarello was credited with a secondary assist on the goal and now has reached 30 assists for the third consecutive season, the first Ranger to do so since Jaromir Jagr from 2005-06-2007-08.
After being largely outplayed in the first period, and outshot 15-7 with three of those seven shots coming on the Stepan scoring sequence, the Rangers played the Red Wings on much more even terms in period number two. New York held a 10-9 shots advantage and played a much stronger period defensively.
Lundqvist was still tested, just not nearly as often as in the opening twenty, however. His glove save on Danny DeKeyser's bomb at 11:46 was a real second period highlight.
In the opening minutes of the third period Mrazek made his most important save, robbing Tanner Glass' one-timer from ten feet out after a slick feed from Kevin Hayes. A couple of minutes later Detroit's Darren Helm finally broke through against Lundqvist, beating him over the shoulder at 4:28, tying the score, 1-1.
The Rangers regained the lead on Kreider's power play goal with 4:27 left on the clock. After Abdelkader interfered with Lundqvist during a scramble at 14:18, Kreider deflected a Keith Yandle slap shot past Mrazek for his 15th goal of the season.
However the Red Wings netted the equalizer--also on a power play--with 31.8 seconds remaining in regulation as Eric Staal watched from the penalty box. Former Blueshirt Brad Richards punched in a rebound as Detroit skated 6-on-4 with Mrazek pulled for an extra attacker.
Mar 12 - 4:50pm by JimCerny
FINAL STATS
NY RANGERS 2 DET RED WINGS 3 FINAL OVERTIME
SOG: NYR 25 DET 43
SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
12:27 DET Dylan Larkin Interference - 2 min against Dan Girardi
2nd Period
NONE
3rd Period
04:28 DET Darren Helm (9) Snap shot - ASST: Luke Glendening (12), Danny DeKeyser (11) 1 - 1 Tie
15:33 NYR PPG - Chris Kreider (15) Tip-in - ASST: Keith Yandle (34), Mats Zuccarello (31) 2 - 1 NYR
19:28 DET PPG - Brad Richards (9) Wrist shot - ASST: Justin Abdelkader (20), Henrik Zetterberg (31) 2 - 2 Tie
OT Period
03:03 DET Darren Helm (10) Snap shot - ASST: Pavel Datsyuk (25), Danny DeKeyser (12) 3 - 2 DET
PENALTY SUMMARY
1st Period
12:27 DET Dylan Larkin Interference - 2 min against Dan Girardi
2nd Period
00:37 NYR Viktor Stalberg Hooking - 2 min against Dylan Larkin
02:36 DET Gustav Nyquist Interference - 2 min against Dan Girardi
03:49 NYR Kevin Hayes Hooking - 2 min against Danny DeKeyser
12:21 NYR Mats Zuccarello Roughing - 2 min against Brendan Smith
12:21 DET Brendan Smith Elbowing - 2 min against Mats Zuccarello
3rd Period
07:52 NYR Jesper Fast Hooking - 2 min against Tomas Tatar
14:18 DET Justin Abdelkader Interference on goalkeeper - 2 min against Henrik Lundqvist
17:55 NYR Eric Staal Holding - 2 min against Dylan Larkin
OT Period
NONE
TEAM STATS AFTER 2 PERIODS
Team Stats
Category NYR DET
Power Plays 1/3 1/4
Hits 20 20
Faceoff Wins 21 41
Giveaways 3 11
Takeaways 4 3
Blocked Shots 16 7
Penalty Minutes 10 8
Three Stars of the Game
1st
Darren Helm
C
G: 2 Shots: 8
A: 0 Hits: 0
PTS: 2 PIM: 0
+/-: 2 TOI: 15:56
Detroit Red Wings
2nd
Henrik Lundqvist
G
SA: 43 TOI: 63:03
GA: 3
PIM: 0
SV%: .930
New York Rangers
3rd
Dylan Larkin
C
G: 0 Shots: 6
A: 0 Hits: 1
PTS: 0 PIM: 2
+/-: -1 TOI: 17:34
Detroit Red Wings
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