The Rangers took a 3-0 lead in the first period and held on to the lead in a 6-2 victory over the Blue Jackets at Madison Square Garden in New York Tuesday.
1st Period
Johnny Gaudreau capped off a chance-filled start for the Blue Jackets at 3:15 when he was left wide open in front of the net but was robbed by Igor Shesterkin.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE JACKETS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NY RANGERS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
The Rangers opened the scoring at 5:23 when Filip Chytil found the net to finish a net-mouth scramble.
#NYR Chytil goal pic.twitter.com/7oG5y8pchF
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 28, 2023
New York doubled its lead at 6:50 when Vladimir Tarasenko, who was wide open in the low slot, tipped home a beautiful pass from Braden Schneider.
#NYR Tarasenko goal pic.twitter.com/ssRx7vrza4
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 28, 2023
Patrick Kane scored at 8:00 to give the Rangers a 3-0 lead with a wrist shot from the left circle that beat Michael Hutchinson up high.
#NYR Kane goal pic.twitter.com/Lgjg24SQIO
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 28, 2023
Kirill Marchenko's power-play goal at 11:45 got the Blue Jackets on the board when he fired a wrist shot from the left circle after receiving a nice feed from Jack Roslovic. With the goal, Marchenko tied Pierre-Luc Dubois' single-season record for most goals by a Blue Jackets rookie.
#CBJ Marchenko (20) goal pic.twitter.com/uD62OFP8Lt
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 28, 2023
Gaudreau cut the Rangers' deficit in half at 19:31 with a shot from the right doorstep after Boone Jenner's backhand pass found him wide-open before beating Shesterkin top-shelf.
#CBJ Gaudreau (19) goal pic.twitter.com/eVn8pfS7sb
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 28, 2023
New York took a 3-2 lead into the first intermission along with a 17-12 advantage in shots on goal.
2nd Period
Hutchinson made a huge save at 12:31 on Chris Kreider from the left doorstep following a great cross-ice feed from Kane.
Artemi Panarin made it a 4-2 game on the power play when he fired a wrist shot from the right circle past Hutchinson at 17:36.
#NYR Panarin goal pic.twitter.com/2sGBe664jP
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 29, 2023
The Rangers led 4-2 heading into the final period of regulation with a 29-22 advantage in shots on goal.
3rd Period
Shesterkin made another incredible glove save on Roslovic at 8:48 following a fantastic saucer pass from Kent Johnson.
The Rangers took a 5-2 lead at 14:27 after Panarin found a wide-open Mika Zibanejad in the left circle, who fired a shot past Hutchinson.
#NYR Zibanejad goal pic.twitter.com/PlZ97BhUCw
— Coby Maeir (@CobyMaeir) March 29, 2023
Vincent Trocheck scored an empty-net goal at 16:21 to make it a 6-2 game.
The Rangers won 6-2 and the Blue Jackets fell to 23-43-7 with the loss.
Stats
- Shots on goal: CBJ 30-36 NYR
- Faceoff %: CBJ 58.6-41.4 NYR
- Power play: CBJ 1/4-1/2 NYR
- Giveaways: CBJ 7-21 NYR
- Blocked shots: CBJ 11-10 NYR
- Hits: CBJ 15-16 NYR
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5v5 stats (via naturalstattrick.com):
- Expected Goals (xG): CBJ 2.02-2.62 NYR
- Chances (CF): CBJ 38-50 NYR
- Shots (SF): CBJ 22-31 NYR
- Scoring Chances (SCF): CBJ 24-28 NYR
- High-Danger Chances (HDCF): CBJ 8-17 NYR
Injury Update
Mathieu Olivier is out two-to-four weeks with a lower-body injury and Erik Gudbranson is expected to miss six weeks with a separated shoulder. Both of those players left Friday night's game. Elvis Merzlikins is day-to-day with a lower-body injury suffered in Saturday's game and Nick Blankenburg is week-to-week with an ankle injury suffered in Friday's game.
Next Up
The Blue Jackets will travel north to Boston to face the Bruins on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
The club returns to Columbus on Saturday as they'll host the Florida Panthers at 7 p.m. ET on Bally Sports Ohio.
