Filip Chytil is up with the New York Rangers and he is playing like he wants to stay there forever.
Chytil had a goal Saturday afternoon in Nashville as the Rangers defeated the Predators, 2-1.
Chytil has two goals in two games since being called up from Wolf Pack Hartford in the AHL.
After a dreadful stretch of five games, the Rangers 3-1-1 in the last five and playing solid defense.
“I’m just trying to play my game, but the most important thing is we won the game and we’ve got two winning games in a row,” Chytil said. “We just have to keep going with how we’re playing.”
Alexandar Georgiev made 32 saves to get the win.
“It was a lot of cross plays side-to-side and a lot of screens, so I had to battle for that,” Georgiev said. “But I think the guys helped me a lot with a lot of blocked shots. They played really hard from the beginning, and it was easier to play when we were leading.”
Viktor Arvidsson scored the lone goal for the Preds.
“We were chasing the game,” Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. “I actually thought that we were probably at our best parts of the game defensively and fell down 2-0, and so [it was] kind of unfortunate the way that that happened. From there you’re pressing.
“You’ve got to give them some credit; they played good defense. Their goaltender played well. We missed some opportunities, missed some shots, hit the post a few times and just couldn’t seem to get it to fall tonight.”
Ryan Strome also scored for New York.
“I think it’s important to know where the guys are and maybe where they’re going to go. I tried to read the passes and read the option for the pass as well as the shot,” -Georgiev said after the win.
The Rangers improved to 5-5-1.
“I thought our pace was good,” New York coach David Quinn said. “We had gaps all over the ice. We had some great scoring chances today to make it 3-1 and couldn’t do it. I thought our penalty kill was huge down the stretch. Just a gusty effort.”
[WATCH: All Rangers vs. Predators highlights]
Juuse Saros made 28 saves in the loss.
“The guys that have been throwing up the numbers right now, [Nick Bonino, Calle Jarnkrok and Austin Watson], just trying to maybe look for more from different players. We just moved it around a little bit, and it seemed to catch some fire with regard to [Ryan Johansen, Arvidsson and Forsberg],” Laviolette said. “hey got going. They started moving things pretty well in the offensive zone and created a lot of chances and a lot of shots. I thought they were pretty good once they got together.”
You must be logged in to post a comment.