In New York, Derick Brassard, Claude Giroux, and Tim Stutzle scored in the third period for the Ottawa Senators to erase a one-goal deficit to the Rangers on Thursday, in a 5-3 win.
“I was just coming in and trying to play hard. I’m going to remember that for the rest of my life,” Brassard said of the two-goal milestone game. “It was awesome. I was up early this morning, and my head was spinning around.”
The decision spoiled the debut of Patrick Kane in a Rangers sweater.
“The crowd and coming out for warmups and the pregame introduction, first game as a Ranger was a pretty cool experience,” said Kane, who played his first 16 NHL seasons with Chicago. “Obviously I would have liked to play a little bit better and come out with a win. Hopefully it will come. I haven’t played in a little bit, maybe a little bit rusty, but excited to get feeling good with this team.”
Brassard had a pair of goals for the Senators in the win.
Cam Talbot made 29 saves in the win.
Ottawa improved to 31-26-4.
“Our top guys, our leadership group and tonight that top line (Tkachuk, Stutzle, Giroux),” Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said. “There’s been a lot of good efforts from our goaltending, our back end and some unsung scorers. We found a way to win.”
New York dropped to 2-4-1 in their last seven after a seven-game winning streak.
“There was some good and there was a lot of bad, but there was some real good stuff too,” Ranger coach Gerard Gallant said. “They were good 5-on-5 for the most part, but I thought the power play hurt us, just trying to be too pretty and too many passes. Bottom line is you have to put the puck in the net, and we didn’t do that.”
Chris Kreider scored in the first period to give the Rangers a 1-0 lead.
Shane Pinto and Brassard scored in the middle frame to over take the Rangers for a 2-1 advantage.
Jacob Trouba and Vladimir Tarasenko then scored to retake the lead for the Rangers.
Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves in the Rangers loss.
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