In New York, the San Jose Sharks picked up their first win of the season in a 3-2 decision over the Rangers in extra time.
Erik Karlsson scored with 48 seconds gone in extra time for the winner.
“I get in a situation where I think they’re going to call a penalty, and when I realize they’re not, it’s either what happened or they’re going to have a 2-on-0 the other way,” Karlsson said. “I found my balance well and felt like I had control of the puck even though it might not have looked like it. Timo did a great job staying patient and he found me for an easy goal.”
The win was the first for coach David Quinn of the Sharks.
“I can’t go to CVS and buy confidence pills,” Quinn said. “You get it by playing the right way and doing the right thing and watching your teammates do the right thing. At some point in time you’ve got to say enough is enough, and I thought that’s what they did after the second period. They’re just tired of losing, and I thought they understood what it’s going to take for us to win.”
James Reimer made 21 saves for the win.
“Just a little too sloppy in transition, breaking pucks out, the passes weren’t as crisp as they should be, but those happen,” Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba said. “You’re not going to be on every night, but you’ve got to know how to play your game and adjust your game when you don’t have it. You’ve got to simplify a little bit. I don’t think we did that. I think we tried to force a little too much.”
Artemi Panarin and Filip Chytil were the Rangers’ strikers.
“I was pretty happy with the first two periods, to be honest with you,” New York coach Gerard Gallant said. “We didn’t execute as well as we usually do on the power play and got frustrated a little bit, but we still pretty well dominated the play. I think they had nine shots after two. So we were in good shape, we played well, but that third period, I have no idea where that came from. It was just a total collapse. It was embarrassing, actually.”
Logan Couture and Radim Simek scored for the Sharks in regulation.
“It felt like we played to win today and this is the way we’re going to have to try and play,” Karlsson said. “We’re not going to win every game, but we can’t be afraid of making mistakes or sitting on our heals and kind of pray that our goalies bail us out and we get an easy go somehow. I think this was a good step for us and it’s all about doing it consistently.”
Igor Shesterkin made 24 saves in the loss.
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