In Las Vegas, Alexandar Georgiev made 38 saves to help the New York Rangers to a solid a 5-0 win over the Golden Knights on Sunday.
“The way they play, they’re a really fast team. Lots of scoring chances off the rush,” Georgiev said. “Obviously, it’s a really fun building to play in. We wanted to play really good hockey today and get back from the loss last time (2-1 to the Montreal Canadiens on Friday).”
The win avenged a 4-1 set back in New York last week.
“We owed it to ourselves after that game,” Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad said. “Knowing how they play was so fresh last week. It was a good response, and we got away with two points.”
Jacob Trouba and Artemi Panarin had multi-point nights with a goal and assist each.
Zibanejad capped the scoring with a goal n the third period.
Panarin and Chris Kreider scored 14 seconds apart in the first period to give the rangers a 2-0 lead.
“We played really well for the first 10 minutes,” Golden Knights forward Mark Stone said. “Chances were there. We bury one or two of those and it’s a completely different game. Funny league. You win some that you deserve to lose, and you lose some that you deserve to win.”
Jesper Fast also scored for New York.
“I think he’s just a really good goalie and I thought we found out about that last year,” Rangers head coach David Quinn said. “I think he’s just reiterating everything we already knew and maybe bringing his game to another level. He’s getting more confident. He’s very dedicated to being the best goalie he can be and he really gave us a chance to calm ourselves down, and I thought we did a good job in front of him. He’s been playing very well.”
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Malcolm Subban made 20 saves in the loss.
“The unfortunate thing is we had great chances to make it 2-1, and all of a sudden, we get that double minor and go down 3-0,” Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant said. “I thought we played pretty good for 25-30 minutes and then I wasn’t happy with the last 30. The push stopped when it shouldn’t have stopped.”
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