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New York Rangers: DeAngelo shines in overtime loss to Coyotes

By Joseph Gucciardo |
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 22: New York Rangers center Artemi Panarin (10) skates with the puck as Arizona Coyotes right wing Conor Garland (83) gives chase during the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers NHL game on October 22, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. (Photo by John Crouch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 22: New York Rangers center Artemi Panarin (10) skates with the puck as Arizona Coyotes right wing Conor Garland (83) gives chase during the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers NHL game on October 22, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. (Photo by John Crouch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Tony DeAngelo got himself into a rhythm Tuesday night, but his impact was not enough, as the New York Rangers fell to the Arizona Coyotes, 3-2, in overtime.

Tony DeAngelo scored his second and third goals of the season, but that was not enough to give the New York Rangers the victory, as they end up falling to the Arizona Coyotes in overtime, 3-2, on Tuesday night.

The Rangers hardly got to touch the puck in overtime, as Christian Dvorak scored on Alexander Georgiev 1:04 into the five-minute overtime period. It all started with a Nick Schmaltz face-off win against Mika Zibanejad, who quickly handed off to Jakob Chychrun and then to Dvorak who buried it past the Rangers net-minder.

The overtime does not nearly tell the story of the entire game, however.

The first period was atrocious, to put it lightly. The first 20 minutes were highlighted with Lawson Crouse‘s second goal of the season 13:06 into the first, with assists by Christian Fischer and Carl Soderberg. The most dreadful statistic of the period clearly was the shots on goal. The Rangers were outshot 21-3.

At the end of the loss, Arizona had won the shots game 35-19.

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 22: Arizona Coyotes right wing Christian Fischer (36) congratulates Arizona Coyotes left wing Lawson Crouse (67) after he scores goal during the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers NHL game on October 22, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. (Photo by John Crouch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 22: Arizona Coyotes right wing Christian Fischer (36) congratulates Arizona Coyotes left wing Lawson Crouse (67) after he scores goal during the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers NHL game on October 22, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. (Photo by John Crouch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

DeAngelo’s first goal of the night came 5:04 into the second period. Pavel Buchnevich moved up the wing on Darcy Kuemper’s left side, and made a quick forward pass to Brendan Lemieux right in the slot, but Lemieux couldn’t bury it past the Arizona goaltender, until DeAngelo scooped up the quick rebound to get the Rangers on the board.

Almost nine minutes later, Pavel Buchnevich was called for tripping. And on the power play, Alex Goligoski gave the ‘Yotes the lead back.

Then, the Rangers got their power play chance with a delay-of-game call on Christian Fischer. And with exactly two minutes left in the middle frame, DeAngelo buried a quick pass from Ryan Strome for his second goal of the night.

A scoreless third period sent the game into overtime in a contest that looked very grim for the home side in its first period. The Rangers outshot Arizona 12-8 in the second period, but it was the inverse in the third as Arizona won the shots game 5-3.

For 45 seconds, it seemed that the Rangers had gained momentum before the overtime. A Conor Garland giveaway forced three shots wide of Kuemper in three different parts of the ice, two of them by Ryan Strome. The last-minute pressure clearly did not carry over.

And to top it all off, DeAngelo may have scored both Ranger goals, but he was on the ice for all three of Arizona’s.

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Breaking down the second period

The second period started with the Rangers having a bit of a boost on offense. Panarin and Zibanejad had chances early, which led to a quick chance for Zibanejad to tie the game at 1-1 but hit the post on a fast shot to an open corner of Kuemper’s office.

The Rangers clearly won the 20 minute span. They outscored and outshot Arizona and gave themselves plenty of life heading into the third. A statement definitely had to be made after the gruesome first period.

But an unfortunate call for a penalty against Buchnevich turned into the official low point of the period, as Goligoski sniped a one-timer past Georgiev that rang the post and went in for the power play score. Arizona spread themselves out on the power play, giving themselves plenty of space to work with and using all of the Rangers’ defensive zone to work with.

Kreider’s impact

Chris Kreider had a pretty uneventful night when it came to offense. But on defense, he shined. No defenseman on the Rangers posted more than three hits, but Kreider on the other hand, posted five. He did take two shots that hit the net, but did have a giveaway in the process. He had 17:12 of ice time on the night (1:49 on the power play).

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My Three Stars of the Game

  1. Tony DeAngelo – He made his presence felt with the two goals, positioning himself for the opportunities to come to him, and not for him to find them. He was a spotlight on the blueline, even with being on the ice for all three Coyotes goals.
  2. Alexander Georgiev – The Rangers netminder had plenty of highlight reel saves on the night, and saved 35 of 38 shots to boot. He kept his focus and his determination as the defense in front of him struggled mightily.
  3. Chris Kreider – The forward showed more physicality than most of the defense did all night along with a small offensive impact.

Official Three Stars of the Game

  1. Darcy Kuemper (ARI)
  2. Christian Dvorak (ARI)
  3. Tony DeAngelo (NYR)

Up next

The Rangers continue their Garden homestand against friend-turned-foe Jimmy Vesey and the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday at 7pm.

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