First Period:
- Connor McDavid (11) Unassisted
Second Period:
- Leon Draisaitl (17) Assists: Vasily Podkolzin (6), Mattias Ekholm (6)
- Jaroslav Chmelar (2) (Shorthanded) Assists: Mika Zibanejad (13)
Third Period:
- Leon Draisaitl (18) (Shorthanded Empty Net) Unassisted
Stats:
Adam Rotter:
- The Rangers were probably the better team in this game. They won battles, were stout defensively, limited the Oilers better than they did in New York, had chances to score….but couldn’t get a second goal.
- The Rangers had a bunch of shots that missed the net and the PP can’t go 0-5, especially when you have a 6-on-4 to end the game. It has to score. It was interesting that Mike Sullivan was starting the second unit for a few of the PPs but that was the unit that was creating more and not overpassing.
- Jaro Chmelar scored out of the penalty box for the Rangers only goal and he had a lot of jump in the limited minutes that he got. It’s hard to find him more ice time and in a game like this with a lot of special teams and where the Rangers are chasing he isn’t going to get out there a ton.
- Dylan Garand gifted the Oilers their first goal by giving the puck to Connor McDavid and the Rangers challenged the second Oilers goal for goaltender interference and lost that challenge but that did lead to the Rangers only goal. But Garand was fine other than the botch on the first goal. Jonas Korpisalo should start against the Flames on Wednesday and maybe the Canucks as well on Friday.
- There were definitely parts of how the Rangers played tonight that they need to bring forward. The effort, the battle level, the structure but they need to find a way to put the puck in the net.
- They visit the Flames on Wednesday.