In New York, the St Louis Blues extended their current streak to eight games with tough 3-1 win over the Rangers on Tuesday night.
Brayden Schenn snapped a 1-1 tie in the third period to give the Blues the edge.
“We knew we were going to have to grind it out one way or another, and we were able to hold on until the third and get that extra goal,” Schenn said. “I was trying to hit [Ryan O’Reilly] back door. I see him going to the net and I didn’t even know what it hit, a D-man’s skate or whatever it was and got a lucky bounce, so happy to take those ones.”
Jordan Binnington made 25 saves to get the win.
Mika Zibanejad scored off the power play in the first period for the Rangers.
“I thought we carried the play for a lot of it, 1-1 game going into the third,” New York’s Marc Staal said. “[They] kind of get a lucky bounce and we were just unable to find one, but I like our effort. … It also hurt more the position that we’re in this time of year to lose a game like that when we played well, but it’s going to happen.”
Colton Parayko tied the game in the middle frame.
“They’re fighting for a playoff spot,” Blues coach Craig Berube said of the Rangers. “You’re going to get hard games. They’re not going to give you an inch out there. There’s no room. It’s tight hockey. It’s playoff hockey already, and that’s what it was like tonight.”
Jaden Schwartz added an empty net goal with six seconds left on the clock.
“We don’t rely on one or two guys up front or one or two guys on the back end,” Schenn said. “We rely on a team to get the job done every night, and on some nights, it’s not going to happen. That’s just the reality of it, and that’s when other guys step up and do a good job filling in for one another, and that’s how we’re winning hockey games.”
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Alexandar Georgievmade 19 saves in the loss.
“I think we played pretty good, it was a tight game,” the Rangers’ Jesper Fast said. “Unfortunate bounce there on the goal, but we battled hard, and if we keep playing that way I think we’re going to win a lot of games going forward.”
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