In Seattle, the New York Rangers sank a bit deeper into the mire that is mediocrity in the NHL. Justin Schultz scored his second goal of the game with 81 seconds left in extra time on Thursday to lift the Kraken to a 3-2 win.
“I feel like we’ve been getting off to good starts all year and just continued that tonight,” Schultz said. “That’s a good team over there, I’ve played them a lot the last few years, and [they have] like a lot of skill and our team did a good job all night battling through. It wasn’t going our way and just finding a way to get two points. ‘Jonesy’ was huge again in net and is giving us a chance to win every night.”
The Rangers were fortunate to get the loser’s point.
Vincent Trocheck scored with 1:54 left in regulation to get them even at 2-2. His goal was off the power play.
“First period was great, second period was awful, and the third period was pretty even,” New York coach Gerard Gallant said. “There was some good stuff, but there was some bad stuff in the second period that we got away from what we did in the first period.”
Martin Jones made 28 saves in the Settle win.
The Kraken improved to 9-5-3.
“We practiced 3-on-3 yesterday and the day before,” Kraken forward Jared McCann said. “So, you know, it was huge. We felt more confident going into it. We made some plays, but we were smart. … Don’t need to force it. Hold on to it, puck possession, you know, the time of the game. Got to just hold on to it. Make the right play and wait for your chances.”
It’s timely that Thanksgiving in the US is next week. There will be plenty of forks to stick in the Rangers’ campaign by the end of the month.
Mika Zibanejad had a power play goal to tie the game, 1-1.
The Rangers seem to be always chasing games this season, and not doing a very good job of it.
Jordan Eberle also scored for the Seattle.
Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves in the Rangers loss. On his way to the locker room after the loss, he was was videoed slamming his blocker into a door.
“[Shesterkin] made some good saves, some key saves, especially in that second period when it was 1-1,” Gallant said. “He kept us in the game, and we found a way at the end to get us one point. It’s not good enough, we’re better than that.”
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