New York Rangers Year in Review: Top Five Games of 2016

5. 11/3/16- Rangers 5, Oilers 3-

The Edmonton Oilers were all the rage when the Rangers welcomed them to Madison Square Garden on November 3rd. Despite a polarizing offseason, Edmonton kicked off their 2016-17 campaign with a 7-2-1 record before meeting the Rangers. New York owned a 7-3 record heaidng into the contest.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins opened the scoring with an early power-play goal, but his tally was quickly matched by a Kevin Hayes goal. The two teams swapped goals in the second period, sending the contest into the third at an even score.

In the third, the Oilers took their third lead of the game. Shortly after, Jesper Fast evened the score with his first tally of the season. New York was down three times in the game, and came back all three times.

Finally with 1:21 remaining in the third period, Rick Nash slid the puck past former Ranger Cam Talbot to hand the Rangers a 4-3 lead. Nash, normally reserved, celebrated the goal with plenty of emotion.

A beautiful J.T. Miller bank shot from his own zone into the Oilers empty net finished off the win, as New York came out on top in the back and forth game. Oilers phenom Connor McDavid was held to one point and a -3 rating.