Well done, huh?
As we mentioned here earlier, the Rangers needed to summon up the wherewithal for a third-period push to get to OT---and did.
Faceoff king Chris Drury's first real late-third-period clutch goal as a Ranger knotted the game with Montreal at 3 and then the former Sabre saucered a pass to send Brendan Shanahan in on a breakaway that Shanahan wired top-shelf for the 4-3 comeback win.
The Rangers rallied despite losing a video review of a Fedor Tyutin shot that initially was ruled a goal but overturned when the film showed the puck hit the crossbar and the far post. On MSG, Joe Micheletti waved it off almost immediately after one replay.
Sean Avery then missed the net with a rolling puck on the next faceoff, but was creating traffic in front of Cristobal Huet on the Drury rebound from one knee. The record this season with superpest: 12-5-1.
Shanny's pinpoint shot over Huet's left shoulder---his 13th goal of the season--- left him alone with 641 goals at 11th on the alltime list.
Kudos to defenseman Dan Girardi as well, with the opening goal and the pass to Drury before Shanny's goal, Avery, for his grit in the crease, Gomez for flying all night, and the entire forward unit for forechecking in the final 20, as the Canadiens may have gone into the shell too soon.
Three in a row is a well-earned sendoff before the trip to Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton, and a huge confidence-builder. The stars are stepping up.
More tomorrow...
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I'll have to recheck my numbers but I think...
and 8-13 with him out Zip.
6 points available in Western Canada, I think the Rangers would feel pretty good if they could take 4 of them.
Agree?
Im not going to lie ... last 5 games of this 1st half of the season i wanted 7 points. We have 6. Amazing what one comeback full of heart win can do (the one against Carolina) now were 3-0 in the last 3. Gomez is playing so good hes making Jagr good (slightly kidding) Drury is starting to show the big goal/ leadership/big player on the big stage kinda play we signed him for. Lundqvist was alright (im a huge Lundqvist fan by the way so it hurts to say this) And aside form the 4th line being out in the last minute (im also a fourth line fan but honestly ...) great coaching. Were finally playing the way we should be.
Its safe to say Malek is digging himself another hole and a seat in the press box, I can see Strudwick back on D on Wednesday.
Everybody knew coming into the game how lethal the Habs PP is, so what does he do, a lazy man penalty because he was playing with the puck while the guy was bearing down on him.
And he wants to know why the Garden faithful boo him....