On paper, Rangers had a much better team. Chris Drury acquired two NHL stars in Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane in hopes of repatriating the Stanley Cup to New York. At the Canadian, Kent Hughes had recalled Anthony Richard from the Laval Rocket just to obtain the minimum of 18 players.
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Despite the imbalance between the two teams, the Canadian practically played the role of villain against the “Blue Shirts”. Mika Zibanejad saved the day for the visitors by scoring the only goal of the penalty shootout in a 4-3 win.
“We have a chance to win every game, but at some point, you’re going to have to have the killer instinct to go for the wins. »
Alex Belzile summed up the defeat of his team this way. He probably still had his failed escape on his mind.
For the first time in his NHL career, Belzile was ordered to go on the shootout. Third skater chosen by Martin St-Louis, Belzile could not beat Igor Shesterkin.
“I had success in the American League in shooting, said number 60. I had confidence to arrive there, but he made the save. »
Shesterkin, the 2021-22 Vezina winner, also blocked Rem Pitlick and Nick Suzuki. Perfect on his first five occasions, Suzuki missed his mark for the first time this season.
Good Anderson
Author of a shorthanded goal, his first of the season, Josh Anderson had a good match for CH. Ditto for Kaiden Guhle who had missed the last two meetings due to a right shoulder injury.
Anderson buzzed the entire encounter. With a bit more luck, the big winger would have ended the game with a hat trick. But it’s just in iron and pétanque that it’s good to be close.
“I got several chances to score, if I score one more, the game may be out of reach for the Rangers, recalled the Ontarian. It’s disappointing. At five against five, we really played a good game. 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 reached the 30-minute mark for the first time in his career He finished the game at 31:57 He didn’t get a point, but he was all over the ice Martin St-Louis used almost just five defensemen with Chris Wideman who played 8 minutes
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Kaapo Kakko
Rangers have several big names, but they didn’t play a very good game despite winning Second overall pick at the 2019 auction, Kaapo Kakko donned his ghost player uniform for this game We saw him in the shootout, but he did not 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, bench (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
Extension
No goal
Penalties: Penalty: Fox (NYR) 3:33
Shooting
Rangers NY win by 1-0Rangers NY (1): Kakko (miss), Zibanejad (goal) Montreal (0): Pitlick (miss), Suzuki (miss), Belzile (miss)
Shoot to the net
NY Rangers 9 – 14 – 7 – 3 – 33 Montreal 12 – 6 – 5 – 3 – 26
Guardians:
NYR: Igor Shesterkin (G, 28-11-7) Mon: Samuel Montembeault (PP, 12-13-3)
Numerical advantages:
NYR: 2 in 4, Mon: 0 in 3
Referees:
Marc Joannette, Frédérick Lécuyer
Linesmen:
Michel Cormier, Jonny Murray
ASSISTANCE:
21 105
What we noticed…
A tribute for 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 hailed his long career by pointing out that he had reached the plateau of 1,500 games. For the occasion, the referee from Verdun had the pleasure of choosing his colleagues. Quebecers Frédéric L’Écuyer, Jonny Murray and Michel Cormier completed the quartet.
Guhle: take two
When he returned to action in San Jose after eight weeks out 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 from the 35e second in the first half.
Richard recalled
With the loss of Christian Dvorak, Kent Hughes issued an SOS to striker Anthony Richard. For his second spell this season with the big club, the speedy winger skated with Alex Belzile and Michael Pezzetta on the fourth line.
Kane: one goal, one assist
In his third game with Rangers, Patrick Kane scored his first goal and picked up his first assist with his new team. But the former Blackhawks also made a gaffe that led to Josh Anderson’s shorthanded goal.