First Period:
- Reilly Smith (5) Assists: K’Andre Miller (4), Mika Zibanejad (15)
Second Period:
- Oliver Bjorkstrand (8) (Power Play) Assists: Chandler Stephenson (16), Matty Beniers (11)
- Filip Chytil (5) Assists: Kaapo Kakko (10), Will Cuylle (12)
- Vincent Trocheck (8) (Power Play) Assists: Adam Fox (21)
- Brandon Tanev (7) Assists: Mitchell Stephens (1), Tye Kartye (3)
- Eeli Tolvanen (8) Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand (10), Shane Wright (4)
- Oliver Bjorkstrand (9) Assists: Brandon Montour (12), Eeli Tolvanen (4)
Third Period:
- Vince Dunn (3) Assists: Andre Burakovsky (9), Chandler Stephenson (17)
- Shane Wright (7) Assists: Eeli Tolvanen (5), Oliver Bjorkstrand (11)
- K’Andre Miller (2) Assists: Artemi Panarin (18), Adam Fox (22)
- Alexis Lafreniere (9) Assists: Vincent Trocheck (9), Artemi Panarin (19)
- Yanni Gourde (5) (Empty Net) Assists: Matty Beniers (12), Jamie Oleksiak (4)
Stats:
Adam Rotter:
- For the first half of this game the Rangers sort of looked like the Rangers, or at least who the Rangers are supposed to be. They had the puck a lot, they were limiting Seattle’s shots and opportunities and their guys were looking like their best guys.
- They were up 3-1 and then they started playing like who the Rangers seem like they actually are. They gave up three goals in the last 5-6 minutes of the third period and one in the first minute of the third period. They seemed to stop working and returned to playing defense optional hockey and Seattle took advantage. In the matter of just a few shifts this goes from a feeling of winning two in a row and starting to build something to nothing has changed and the Rangers seem back at square one.
- Then for about 2-3 minutes the Rangers looked like they were going to tie it after they got a great bounce on K’Andre Miller’s goal and then a great passing play by Artemi Panarin to Vincent Trocheck to Alexis Lafreniere. They pressed for the next couple of shifts, almost tied it and then seemed to lose the momentum after a TV timeout. It would have been a great story if they came back and at least forced overtime, but they didn’t really deserve a point and ultimately didn’t get one.
- Jonathan Quick was left out to dry a bunch but the Rangers needed him to make one of those saves. The game isn’t on him, not by a long shot, but with how the Rangers seem to want to play, without defending, they need their goaltending to make 1-2 extra saves.
- It’s just a bad loss and bad performance. As good as they were early and as close as they came to tying it, these defensive lapses, losses in coverage and soft plays are what this team is right now. They need to work harder and smarter to get out of this funk
- They get a chance to try and right the ship tomorrow against Chicago.