Let’s just stick with what we know, Rangers captain Jacob Trouba said. “The whole group came together and everyone stuck together and got the result they wanted. It’s a pretty cool memory.”Panarin knocked the puck away from Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson and goaltender Ilya Sorokin, and the puck rolled over the goal line as Dobson bounced off the right side of the goal. The target was blocked after review.”I was full of emotion,” Panarin said. “I had to hold back tears. It was such a spectacle.”Vincent Trocheck had two goals and an assist and Erik Gustafsson, Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad also scored for the Rangers, who won their season-high seventh straight and improved to 5-0 on the road. Panarin, Alexis Lafreniere and Adam Fox each had two assists and Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves.”To win the way we did was unbelievable,” said Zibanejad. “There’s no better way to end it.”Rangers coach Peter Laviolette was behind the bench in his fifth road game and got Joel Quenneville’s best performance and first win in NHL history..
The games that happen are special, I’ve been lucky to be a part of them,” said Laviolette. “There have been some good ones, but this has to be up there, near the top of the list.”Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist and Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee and Alexander Romanov also scored for the Islanders, who fell to 0-1-1
on the road – both losses coming against the Rangers. Dobson had a season-high 50 assists with three assists and Sorokin made 32 saves.The Islanders trailed Detroit by four points and were in the second wild card in the Eastern Conference.The second game in two days at home against the NFL’s Jets and Giants drew 79,690, the third-largest crowd for an NHL road game and just over 9,000 more than the Devils’ 6-3 win over the Flyers. here last night.Islanders coach Patrick Roy fell to 3-3-3 on Jan. 20 after replacing the fired
Lane Lambert, dropping his road record to 0-1-1. 4,444 4,444 Rangers players arrived at the stadium wearing NYPD and FDNY hockey jerseys, while the Islanders rode in fire trucks and were dressed in suits and ties. The start of the game was then delayed approximately 45 minutes to allow the bright sun to move off the ice and the puck temperature to drop to 3:48 p.m. the wind was 39 degrees.Ad 4STORY CONTINUES BELOWThis ad has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article ContentsAfter the Rangers pulled within one in the second, Romanov pushed the Islanders’ lead back to 5-3 at the 1:53 mark of the third. It was his sixth of the season.Guard defenseman Ryan Lindgren was on the ice and slowly getting up when he was hit in the face by Romanov’s stick moments ago..
