A surprising turn of events when Coach Alain Vigneault announced today he was going with the "hot hand" and starting Annti Raanta over Henrik Lundqvist. Well the choice panned out as Raanta recorded his second shutout of the season in back to back games. Raanta is first Rangers goalie with a shutout in 2 straight team games since Mike Dunham in 2003.
Backing Raanta's stellar performance were goals by Chris Kreider and Brady Skjei woith his first NHL career goal along power play goals by Brandon Pirri and Jimmy Vesey. J.T. Miller scored a short handed goal before catching a puck in the left wrist which limited his playing timein the thrid period.
Overall a great team effort by the Blueshirts after coming home from a 3 games in 5 days road trip where they were just on a one day layoff after back to back games in Winnipeg and Chicago.
Captain Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan both picked up their 16th Assists and are now tied for the team lead.
Rangers get back to Action on Tuesday when they host the Chicago Blackhawks at MSG. Puck Drop 7:00 PM.
FINAL GAME STATS
NEW YORK RANGERS NEW JERSEY DEVILS
SOG: NYR 31 NJD 19
POWER PLAY: NYR 2/6 NJD 0/4
GOALTENDERS:
New Jersey - C. Schneider (26 SV)
New York - A. Raanta (19 SV)
SCORING SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
16:43 New York Chris Kreider (8) ASST: Mats Zuccarello (12), Kevin Klein (8) 0-1
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
16:07 New York SHG - J.T. Miller (9) ASST: Kevin Hayes (10) 0-2
19:57 New York Brady Skjei (1) ASST: Derek Stepan (16), Oscar Lindberg (2) 0-3
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS SCORE
06:04 New York PPG - Brandon Pirri (6) ASST: Chris Kreider (12), Ryan McDonagh (16) 0-4
18:42 New York PPG - Jimmy Vesey (10) ASST: Brandon Pirri (6), Nick Holden (10) 0-5
PENALTY SUMMARY
1ST PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
03:43 New Jersey Taylor Hall - High-sticking - 2 minutes
04:39 New York Chris Kreider - Goaltender Interference - 2 minutes
2ND PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
01:21 New Jersey Ben Lovejoy - Delay of Game - 2 minutes
08:19 New York Jimmy Vesey - Tripping - 2 minutes
12:58 New York Marc Staal - Tripping - 2 minutes
15:56 New York Brady Skjei - Tripping - 2 minutes
3RD PERIOD
TIME TEAM DETAILS
00:49 New York Michael Grabner - High-sticking - 2 minutes
05:09 New Jersey Damon Severson - Hooking - 2 minutes
07:09 New Jersey Vernon Fiddler - Slashing - 2 minutes
13:52 New Jersey Ben Lovejoy - Hooking - 2 minutes
17:33 New Jersey Nick Lappin - Fighting - 5 minutes
17:33 New Jersey Nick Lappin - Roughing - 2 minutes
17:33 New York Kevin Klein - Fighting - 5 minutes
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