On paper, Rangers had a much better team. Chris Drury acquired two NHL stars in Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane in hopes of bringing the Stanley Cup back to New York. For the Canadians, Kent Hughes had recalled Laval Rocket’s Anthony Richard only to reach the 18-man minimum.
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Despite the imbalance between the two teams, the Canadian practically played the villain role against the “blue shirts”. Mika Zibanejad saved the day for the visitors by scoring the only goal on penalties in the 4-3 win.
“We have the chance to win every game, but at some point you have to have the killer instinct to go for a win. »
This is how Alex Belzile summarized his team’s defeat. He probably still had his failed escape in mind.
For the first time in his NHL career, Belzile was ordered to the shootout. Belzile, the third skater selected by Martin St-Louis, failed to beat Igor Shesterkin.
“I had success shooting in the American League,” said the number 60. I had the confidence to get there, but he held on. »
Shesterkin, the 2021-22 Vezina winner, also blocked Rem Pitlick and Nick Suzuki. Suzuki was perfect on his first five occasions, missing his mark for the first time this season.
Good Anderson
Josh Anderson, author of a shorthanded goal, his first of the season, had a good game for CH. The same goes for Kaiden Guhle, who missed the last two matches due to a right shoulder injury.
Anderson buzzed the entire encounter. With a bit more luck, the tall winger could have ended the game with a hat-trick. But it’s good to be close, especially when it comes to iron and pétanque.
“I had several chances to score, if I score another one the game might be unattainable for the Rangers,” recalled the Ontarian. It’s disappointing. We played really well five against five. The Rangers played better on the power play. »
Alexis Lafrenière and Kane each hit the target on the power play.
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Mike Matheson
Mike Matheson hit the 30-minute mark for the first time in his career. He finished the game with 31:57. He didn’t get a point, but he was all over the ice. Martin St-Louis used almost only five defenders with Chris Wideman who played 8 minutes
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Kapo Kakko
Rangers have several big names but they haven’t played a very good game despite winning second place overall at the 2019 auction. Kaapo Kakko has changed into his ghost player uniform for this game. We saw him in the shootout but he didn’t score
First period
1-Mon: Kaiden Guhle (4) (Gurianov, Pitlick)0:35
2-NYR: Alexis Lafreniere (14) (Fox, Panarin)AN-3:16
3-Mon: Alex Belzile (4) (Guhle, Wideman)17:02
Penalties: Guhle (Mon) 2:53, Bank (Mon) (served by Pitlick) 11:12
second period
4-NYR: Jacob Trouba (6) (Panarin, Kane)0:48
5-Mon: Josh Anderson (19) (Tierney)DN-13:20
6-NYR: Patrick Kane (17) (Trouba, Panarin)AN-14:31
Penalties: Richard (Mon) 12:59, Pitlick (Mon) 16:33, Lafreniere (NYR) 17:53
third period
No goal
Penalties: Penalty: Kane (NYR) 15:25
renewal
No goal
Penalties: Penalty: Fox (NYR) 3:33
Shoot
Rangers NY win 1-0Rangers NY (1): Kakko (missing), Zibanejad (goal) Montreal (0): Pitlick (missing), Suzuki (missing), Belzile (missing)
Shoot the net
NY Rangers 9-14-7-3-33 Montreal 12-6-5-3-26
Guardian:
NYR: Igor Shesterkin (G, 11/28/7) Mo: Samuel Montembeault (PP, 13/12/3)
Numerical advantages:
NYR: 2 in 4, Mon: 0 in 3
Referee:
Marc Joannette, Frédérick Lécuyer
linesman:
Michel Cormier, Jonny Murray
HELP:
21 105
What we noticed…
A tribute to Joannette
Marc Joannette has experience, a lot of experience, as a referee in the NHL. For this visit to Montreal, Joannette lived her 1505th game with a striped jersey. The Canadian praised his long career, noting that he has reached the 1,500-game plateau. On this occasion, the Verdun referee had the pleasure of selecting his colleagues. Quebecers Frédéric L’Écuyer, Jonny Murray and Michel Cormier completed the quartet.
Guhle: Take two
Returning to San Jose after an eight-week break with a left knee injury, Kaiden Guhle scored against the Sharks. The young defender repeated the same scene for his return against Rangers after a brief two-game absence. He beat Igor Shesterkin in the 35th second of the first period.
Richard remembered
With the loss of Christian Dvorak, Kent Hughes gave an SOS to forward Anthony Richard. In his second season for the big club, the speedy winger ran in the fourth row with Alex Belzile and Michael Pezzetta.
Kane: one goal, one assist
In his third game with the Rangers, Patrick Kane scored his first goal and collected his first assist with his new team. But the former Blackhawks also made a slip that resulted in Josh Anderson’s shorthanded goal.