In Manhattan, Pavel Buchnevich scored a hat trick for the New York Rangers in their matinee with the New Jersey Devils.
Pavel Buchnevich had a hat trick for the New York Rangers
The Rangers needed every one of those goals as the Devils rallied from a four-goal deficit to get to within one goal in the third period.
“Really happy for him,” Rangers head coach David Quinn said. “He’s a great kid, he works hard, and he means an awful lot to our team.”
Igor Shesterkin allowed three goals after blanking the Devils for two straight games and the first period on Saturday; he made 30 saves to settle down for the win.
Artemi Panarin picked up a goal and four points on the afternoon.
“We’re feeling good,” Panarin said. “Obviously, we’re winning a lot, but other teams ahead of us are winning as well. We will keep on winning and we need a little help.”
The Rangers are 7-1-2 in their last 10 games.
The Devils’ strikers were Michael McLeod, who scored in the middle frame, P.K. Subban and Yegor Sharangovich, who closed the gap early in the third period.
“Killed ourselves,” Devils head coach Lindy Ruff said. “Shot ourselves in the foot. Terrible communication between our ‘D’, we ended up with too many men on the ice. We came out the way we wanted. We had the energy. We were playing the game the right way. But for me you give that team with that skill a 5-on-3 you’re giving them every opportunity to create some momentum.”
Ryan Strome also had a goal.
“They were just winning way too many one-on-one battles,” Quinn said. “It’s really a reflection of where we were mentally. And it was leading up. The 4-on-4 exposed where we were mentally. Once we got up 4-0, I really thought we disrespected the game and our opponent.”
Buchnevich and Chris Kreider added two empty-net goals to ice the win.
“We’re certainly moving in the right direction,” Quinn said. “We had our hands full today. We’re going to have our hands full again tomorrow. But it’s really good to see that we’ve put ourselves in this position to be playing meaningful hockey.”
Aaron Dell made 24 saves in the loss.
“After we got the first one you could see we were kind of rolling,” the Devils’ Nathan Bastian said.
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