RANGERS VS OILERS POST GAME WRAP UP 11/11

NASH LEADS RANGERS PAST EDMONTON 4-2

A 2 goal night, the opening goal and the game winner for Rick Nash propelled the Rangers to their 6th straight win and over the Edmonton Oilers 4-2. Nash opened the scoring in the first period beating Cam Talbot at 12:19 period on a beautiful feed from Kevin Hayes. Nash would also add his 2nd goal on the power play in the second period and the Rangers never looked back.

Pavel Buchnevich picked up his 8th goal of the season in the second period on the power play while Michael Grabner also added his 8th of the season hitting the empty Edmonton net with 1.4 seconds remaining on the clock. Buchnevich, Grabner and Mika Zibanejad are all tied for the team lead in goals with 8.

Kevin Shattenkirk extended his consecutive game points streak to 7 and picked up his 12th assist of the season tying him with JT Miller for the team lead.

Henrik Lundqvist stopped 32 of 34 shots on goal for the win while on the losing side, former protege Cam Talbot stopped 26 of the Rangers 29 shots on goal.

The Rangers now have won 6 games in a row. Henrik Lundqvist has started and tallied those same 6 wins in his last 6 starts.

FINAL GAME STATS

New York Rangers 4 Edmonton Oilers 2

GOALIES:

NYR Henrik Lundqvist 32 SV

EDM Cam Talbot 26 SV

SOG:

EDM 29 NYR 34

PPO:

EDM 1/2 NYR 2/3

PIM:

EDM 6 NYR 4

FO WINS:

EDM  NYR

TAKEAWAYS:

EDM 7 NYR 17

GIVEAWAYS:

EDM 14 NYR 16

HITS:

EDM 23 NYR 18

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period

12:19    NYR R. Nash (5)
Assists: K. Hayes, M Zuccarello    0-1

16:26    EDM J. Puljujarvi (1)
Assists: R. Nugent-Hopkins, D Nurse    1-1

2nd Period
10:06    EDM C. McDavid (7) (Power Play)
Assists: O. Klefbom, M Lucic    2-1

15:10    NYR P. Buchnevich (8) (Power Play)
Assists: M. Zuccarello, K Shattenkirk    2-2

18:53    NYR R. Nash (6) (Power Play)
Assists: R. McDonagh, B Skjei    2-3

3rd Period

19:58    NYR M. Grabner (8) (Empty net)
Assist: J. Fast    2    4

PENALTY SUMMARY

1st Period

3:43    NYR M. Zibanejad: 2 Minutes for Interference of R. Nugent-Hopkins

16:52    EDM R. Strome: 2 Minutes for Hooking J. Miller

2nd Period

9:13    NYR S. Kampfer: 2 Minutes for Hooking Z. Kassian

13:48    EDM B. Malone: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game

17:19    EDM P. Maroon: 2 Minutes for Elbowing R. McDonagh

3rd Period

No Penalties

3 STARS OF THE GAME
1. RICK NASH NYR
2. HENRIK LUNDQVIST NYR
3. Connor McDavid EDM

BROADWAY HAT

RICK NASH