The Rangers emerged from game #81 of the 23/24 regular season with a shootout victory over their hated cross East River rivals, the NY Islanders, 3-2. This was not the preferred outcome of the game but it was essential to get two points, which they did.
There was no scoring in the first period. However, penalties from the first period set up the first goal of the game early in the second. Huh, you say? At 16:47 of the first, Goodrow took a some what questionable holding penalty behind the NYR net. The penalty was killed successfully at 18:47 only to have Kakko take a high sticking penalty (with ketchup) resulting in a 4 minute double minor at 19:31.
Thus the Rangers started the second on the PK and had two of the first three shot attempts. Just before the Kakko penalty expired, Lindgren was called for a two minute boarding at 03:19, giving the Islanders a brief 5 on 3 advantage. Thinking this would lead to a sure goal, the Islanders even called a timeout. It did not. A little over a minute into the Lindgren penalty, and after getting Kakko back, the Rangers had the Islanders right where they wanted them: tired out from being on the power play!
Nelson commited an offensive zone turnover which Kreider picked up, skated over the blue and red lines before dropping the puck off to BFF Zibanejad who skated it into the Islander zone. Zibanejad then connected with the stealthily trailing Schneider, coming into the center of the zone. Schneider (5) immediately put a shot on goal, continued to skate to the net and put in his own rebound. Zibanejad (45) and Kreider (34) with the primary and secondary assists. 1-0 NYR.
Nelson giveth and Nelson taketh. Vesey turned the puck over in the defensive zone near the blue line to Nelson, who passed it to Fasching who then hit Palmieri in the slot. Palmieri’s shot was blocked and deflected into the corner where Nelson (31) picked up the puck and put a bad angle shot past Shesterkin, sprawled out on the ice still from the Palmieri attempt. 1-1 at 11:42.
With 0:28 left in the second, the Rangers once again displayed their inability to get out of the last minute of a period unscathed. Nelson (32) again, with Fasching and Palmieri swapping assists. Schneider was on Nelson behind the net, Miller on Fasching. Fasching attempted to get the puck to Nelson on the wall but Schneider got his stick on it first, attempted to get the puck to the corner but instead it deflected off of Fasching’s skate directly to Nelson. Nelson quickly took the puck around the net, beating Shesterkin on the wrap around. 2-1 NYI after two.
The Rangers looked frustrated for much of the third, unable to get shots past the Islander defense or Sorokin. That is, until a face off at 15:41, won by Trocheck (52). The puck came out to Panarin(48) who immediately snapped a shot between two Islanders, beating Sorokin to tie the game at 2. Though the Rangers had a few more chances, the game would go to overtime.
OT was an exercise in futuility for the Rangers. The usual pass, pass, pass and a glorious open net missed by Trocheck and a last second give away by Panarin for a shot by Barzal that Shesterkin saved. On to the shootout!
Panarin was up first and beat Sorokin with a wrister from 13 feet. Palmieri, Zibanejad and Nelson would all be stopped. Trocheck then won it in round three. Final 3-2 NYR.
Postgame, Panarin had this to say about breaking a stick while on the bench and his third period goal:
Panarin
“I was a little pissed because we couldn’t score. Real emotion, just can’t keep it in. And I have a bunch of sticks this year. [The goal] was unbelievable, especially when the crowd went like that, can’t buy that for any money.”
Perhaps he’ll send his next check back to Dolan? 🤣
By failing to win the game in regulation, Carolina now has the tiebreaker as they will have one more RW than the Rangers, should the division come down to that. For the Bruins to win the conference they will need to win out (three games) and have the Hurricanes and Rangers tie at 112 points. If Carolina wins their last two games against Chicago and Columbus, the Rangers MUST win their final game, in any fashion, to win the Metro division (and also the Eastern conference). This team just does not like to make things easy on themselves, do they?
Up next, Ottawa at MSG, Monday night at 7:30 PM EDT on MSG. The late start may be related to Fan Appreciation Night.
104 responses to “Rangers 3, Islanders 2 (SO)”
not winning in regulation wasn’t that important as carolina would still move ahead in tiebreak if they catch us in points
I thought Rempe did fine out there and added some chaos in front when needed. I wish the could have gotten him more time but when you take half a period of penalties that will cut his time a lot, especially when his linemates are on the PK.
Rempe was 1/2 on faceoffs, beating Nelson!
title game in college hockey almost half way through on espn2
denver vs bc
bc has our top prospect in perreault
no score thus far
Perreault looks good in NCAA Championship game
correction guys if Canes win out they’ll have 113, we need only 1 Point. We’ve won more games. Of course that would be an OT loss. Let’s win big the last game
Trouba had 14:22 ES TOI, 0:39 OT, 0:00 PP 06:27 PK Gustafsson 15:23 ES TOI, 01:26 OT.
Fox had 16:08 ES, 01:15 OT, 2:00 PP, 3:31 PK Lindgren 16:14 ES, 0:00 PP and 4:11 PK
Miller had 18:02 ES, 2:11 OT, 00:00 PP and 3:31 PK Schneider 17:06 ES, 0:00 PP and 01:53 PK
Lone – we have not won more games. Canes have one more RW which is the first tie break. ROW is the second.
Filth won, Red Wings up 4-1 after one, Craps tied midway through third. Hope Caps win. Pens/Bruins soon. NYI hopefully have to sweat their last two games.
Just FYI:
Tie-Breaking Procedure
If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order:
1. The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage).
2. The greater number of games won, excluding games won in Overtime or by Shootout (i.e., ‘Regulation Wins’). This figure is reflected in the RW column.
3. The greater number of games won, excluding games won by Shootout. This figure is reflected in the ROW column.
4. The greater number of games won by the Club in any manner (i.e., ‘Total Wins’). This figure is reflected in the W column.
5. The greater number of points earned in games against each other among two or more tied clubs.
Washington won.
BC lost and got shutout. The Denver goalie was the walrus in the GEICO commercial.
would love to see bost beat pitt in regulation. if we win vs ottawa increases chance of playing wash, det or philly
detroit now tied 4-4 near end of 2nd. would love to play them but they seem to be in free fall
So we must have drafted someone from the Denver team, right?
Great write up for an important win. Playoffs started 4 weeks ago; no rest got weary.
just win baby
Detroit will lose in regulation tonight; they won’t make the playoffs.
bost 2 quick goals vs pens
1/2 thru 2nd up 2
now pitt scores.
down 2-1 plenty of time left in 2nd
shattenkirk does something good
3-1 bost
pitt pulls goalie to put jarry in first time since mid march i think
sat night jamesgeau
now 4-2 was 4-1 for a bit
Detroit wins in OT!
pitt scores to make it 4-3
lot of time left
rangers v wings round 1. Rangers in 3
bruins make it 5-3
5 min left
pens lose. very important that we win monday and hopefully detroit gets in as 2nd wc
canes v fish sticks in first round will be great series. Let them beat the fugg out of each other. Let it go seven….
Igor was brilliant today.
Rangers have five players with 70 or more points.
Foghorns blog site refer to Panaran & Trocheck as shootout SMURFS. Further stated there are no shootouts in the playoffs that they have to worry about. Smug assh*les with brass onions. Isles fans s*ck
man we start with this censorship all over again. That’s why I left last year. Gees my language is light compared to what I’ve read by your regular bloggers
Good morning Boneheads welcome to Sunday. I missed the game yesterday. We had an out of town family gathering. Didn’t get home until really friggin late. Watch the game at jumping around speed so I will need to watch it again today.
Beezle no truer words have ever been written, they just can’t make things easy for themselves. It’s why the ledge exists.
So far there is one good thing about the current playoff picture. No one will be coming to watch Jack Hughes.
Lone – I edited your comment. The automatic spam filter picks up some of those words. There appears to be no way to adjust it. Plus Ilb always wanted this to be a family blog so 🤷♀️
NYI/CAR split their season series, though three games were back in Nov/Dec. Car last won in mid March. WAS/CAR was also a split. I think I’d rather have WAS and DET make it and be rid of the Icelanders completely.
Ranked by RW, NYR are 4th in league, NYI 23. By ROW, NYR tied for 1st, NYI 18. The do not deserve to be in the playoffs
Azzlanders have won 37 of 80 games…. But their fanbase points out they only have 4 more regulation losses that 1OA NY Rangers.
However you wanna spin it, they’re gonna be in the playoffs. Let them play Carolina to prove they belong.
Sunday Mornin’ Sidewalks…
Gotta get the Paper, get the Paper…
I’ll say one thing about SalmonJoe and Giannone/Valley - they don’t find every nitwit moment hilarious as do others of their competitive ilk.
Love to watch a desperate Bud Lite try to buy and pour big bucks into every uber manly sport they can find. Like it’s not vulgarly obvious.
St. Pete – I wish Jack Hughes was still playing at least one more game, just so he could lite it up against the Isles. Nothing I would rather see more than the islanders to lose to Devils and Pens and be eliminated. I hate that team and its fans!!!!! Rangers should have handed them two regulation losses but failed to get the job done.
Don’t know about all of you, but given the Rangers history of not making things easy, I have serious concerns about the Sens game. Send have beaten some good teams down the stretch here. Hope the Rangers don’t mail it in, like they have been doing the past week. GET IT DONE, NO EXCUSES!!!!! LGR!!!
mkh
Our boys in blue never make things easy. It’s their MO.
a couple other key moments in the game: getting Engval goal overturned in first at the end of the extended power play on an offsides; Shesty stopping a Pelech penalty shot in the third. And when we win Monday it’s conference, division and President’s trophy gang!
This team is a bottom dweller without Panarin. Even with all his dumb turnovers.
Big Apple Turnovers
happy they won.but still think they are to soft. 3rd and 4th lines cycleling down low and behind the net is how you win playoff games. From what I have seen of 1st and 2nd lines this year my confidence is low. You never know I could br wrong.
Also some of SHesty saves yesterday were amazing. LGR
ILB wouldn’t be happy with all the whining either
No whining there would be about 5 posts 😉
Talking hockey would be nice
Schneider with my type of goal. Shoot it and go directly to the net. Bravo.
Talkin’ baseball… Willie, Mickey and the Duke…
Hitting the post and crossbar and deflecting wide or above the net, is not much different than missing the net completely. If it doesn’t go in you don’t get to grin. Finished watching the game, the Rangers were the better team. When you see the perfect shot, Bread & Vermont in the SO, you realize it’s not always the goalies fault.
PK SLEWBan calling the Foghorns “the scariest team in the East”.
I can’t with this clown and the Foghorns
NYR wouldn’t have won the Cup in 94 without Messier. Should they return it?
Gravy they should at least look into hocking it for a real RW for Mika
Beezle Thanks for your explanation; it’s appreciated. Go Rangers
Names from the past.
The Washington Capitals have called up from their farm team Dylan McIlrath. Talk about a blast from the past. He is playing for the Caps and Kevin Shattenkirk is playing for the Bruins. How long before some team signs Tony Deangelo for a run at the cup?
LGR Just win tomorrow and we control our own destiny.
Izlander fans are completely irredeemable. If MSG ever puts one into a Blueshirts ad like it did with the mixed-team Devils family, I may lose it.
Jeff, sarcasm? TdA suited up Friday for Carolina, played 17 minutes and assisted on the game winner 🙂
Your prophesy has come to pass!
Let’s Go Hawks!
Hawks holding on 1-1 in the 2nd…
Beez runs a honest shop. May need to loosen the language during POs to alleviate the blog monitoring duties
Nobody jinx it!
Oh shizzit did I just jinx it? Undo! Undo!
No sale on Chicago win.
We will find out everything we need to know about this current version of the NYR tomorrow night. They control their own destiny…. Can they go scorched earth tomorrow night and grab the division/EC/Presidents Trophy, or will they play an uninspired perimeter game?
Ollllllllgaaa! You were responsible for making sure the Blackhawks won!
So NYR get the Metro iff:
Carolina loses
Carolina AND Rangers both get Bettman points
Rangers win in any fashion
A NYR win also secures the Eastern Conf. Winning the Metro with a CAR loss or both CAR and NYR getting Bettman points means waiting for results of last two Bruin games.
Here is a hockey question/dilemma for Lav and the rest of the bone heads:
Let’s say Panarin has 1 goal tomorrow night against the Sens. The Rangers are leading by 1 goal with 1:30 left in the game. The Sens pull their goalie for the extra attacker with either a face-off in the Rangers zone or the play heading into the Rangers zone. Do you put out Panarin so he has a chance to get his 50th goal into the empty net? What do you think Lav will do?
Panarin plays often when the other team pulls the goalie.
Can we just win the darn game, and forget about who scores what.
St Pete: TRUTH.
just win the fugging game and let all those other teams go to hell
Why do Islanders fans have such a hard-on for the Derbils???
oh wait – I just answered my own question…
phew. Finally caught up. Went to fla for kids spring break (nice and quiet in Indian Rocks beach south of the craziness of Clearwater.)
anyway. Avoided all scores till we got home and was able to watch the games
just took a while after that to rifle through the posts.
will be back on delay tomorrow again! Going to Springsteen in Albany. Bought tix almost 2 years ago but got rescheduled twice!
enjoy the show, Corporal!
Just watched Bruce on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Larry David is my hero!
Win and get the President’s trophy and home ice through playoffs. Pretty simple and awesome.
Don’t worry, Olga. I know how you feel. I was responsible for making sure the Blues beat Carolina too.
huge game tomorrow…
Corporal Clegg
You were about 20 minutes from me at Indian rocks.
So… what’s the line up tonight going to be? More Rempe? Brodude? Jones? Staying with Miller/Schneider?
It’s must win tonight…
Put Remp the Ent with Mika & THE. Throw in Mr. Jones while we’re at it.
:^)
“And you know something is happening, but you don’t know what it is,
do you, Mr. Jones?”
Trouba to wife: ’I’ll let you know by 10 PM if you can order that toaster oven. I might be coming into 17 grand before taxes.
Love the line-up, Upstate Ranger.
and the Dylan too
Hopefully, Lavvy says “I’m pledging my time to you hoping you come through, too.”
to Rempe, Edstrom and Jones tonight!
The team plays better with Rempe in lineup. Any watcher who thinks the players don’t want him in the lineup is sadly mistaken. He brings a needed element. I’m fact, Lav should not take him out so much. Every extended Ozone possession for his line was the result of him pounding the Azzdancers into the boards and forcing them into bad passes. He got some skills too.
lets goooo
Just a matter of time before a Rempe/McIlrath showdown. :)
If this silky putty group loses to the Sens tonight they will get what they deserve, a fishstick dinner.
We could use some spit and vinegar, but 54-23-4 ain’t too shabby.
coos
Indeed!
Per Good Golly Miss Mollie:
Kreider-Zibanejad-Roslovic
Panarin-Trocheck-Lafrenière
Cuylle-Wennberg-Kakko
Vesey-Goodrow-Rempe
Lindgren-Fox
Miller-Schneider
Gustafsson-Trouba
Jones-Ruhwedel
Igor will be in net (duh)
Per the NYR:
Congratulations to Jonathan Quick on receiving the Players’ Player Award.
MVP (media vote): Artemi Panarin
I hate to say this, but anything less than a win tonight is unacceptable. They’ve held 1st place since October and have been around 1OA much of the time. They’ve got to seal the deal tonight.
Can we fire Roslovic into to the sun and bring up someone from Hartford that would have more of an impact (unless He-Tull is declared ready to go)? It’s time to realize that his acquisition was throwing sh-t at a wall to see if it would stick, and it didn’t….
80 degrees in Manhattan and Buttman’s Playoffs haven’t even begun yet.
I was born in Manhattan, but it wasn’t 80°.
I have consumed countless VO Presbyterians along with barloads of chilly Manhattans.
Bread was born in Korkino, but he’s just a crumb over here.
Seems to me that the sobriquet “Bread’ originally came from this Blog.
Why do I feel like tonight is a playoff game?
Have decided from now on to call Laf-Troch-Panarin “French Bread Pizza.” Reminds me of school lunch growing up…..
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