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New York Rangers vs Islanders: A huge last minute 3-2 win

By Steve Paulus

UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - JANUARY 16: Chris Kreider #20 of the New York Rangers scores the game winning goal on the power-play at 19:35 of the third period against the New York Islanders at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum on January 16, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. The Rangers defeated the Islanders 3-2. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - JANUARY 16: Chris Kreider #20 of the New York Rangers scores the game winning goal on the power-play at 19:35 of the third period against the New York Islanders at NYCB Live's Nassau Coliseum on January 16, 2020 in Uniondale, New York. The Rangers defeated the Islanders 3-2. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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The New York Rangers celebrate their 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders
The New York Rangers celebrate their 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders /

Notes on the game

This win was the Rangers first at Nassau Coliseum since March 10, 2015. That game was a 2-1 win for the Blueshirts.

The Rangers have now won four out of their last five games. The win ended a four game road losing streak.

The Rangers have now won 10 of 13 games against Metropolitan Division rivals including 10 of their last 11.  With 20 of a possible 26 points, this record is making their playoffs hopes possible.

  • Panarin now has a five game point scoring streak.  He has had four goals and nine assists in those five games.  He moved into a three-way tied for third place in the scoring race with 68 points, tied with David Pastrnak and Nathan MacKinnon.
  • The goal was Tony DeAngelo’s 12th of the season and put him in a tie for fifth in goals with Alex Pietrangelo and Shea Weber.

    • Alexandar Georgiev now has a career 4-1 record against the Islanders.  He has allowed six goals on 134 shots, a .956 save percentage. He has won every start he has made against the Islanders. His one loss came when he relieved

    Henrik Lundqvist

    in a 7-5 loss and allowed the six goal that ended up being the game winner and saddled him with the loss.  The seventh goal that game was an empty net goal, so in his only loss, he allowed one goal.

    The power play assist for Zibanejad on the game winning goal was only his second PP assist since October 18.  He leads the team with seven power play goals.

    The Isles led in practically every single category.  They outshot (40-28) and outhit (38-30) the Rangers. They won 60% of the faceoffs and had more blocked shots (15-14) and takeaways (10-8) than the Rangers.

  • Kakko Kappo saw only 47 seconds of action in the last ten minutes of the game with Greg McKegg replacing him on the third line for defensive purposes. His total ice time was 12:19 including 2:34 on the power play.
  • Micheal Haley played on 3:03 and tried to mix it up with Ross Johnston in the third period, but the dispute was broken up by the officials before it could start.
  • On Wednesday, Libor Hajek was sent to Hartford to get some game action in after his return from injury.  Phil Di Giuseppe was the only healthy scratch other than Igor Shesterkin.

    • The key questions are which goalie will get the start on Sunday versus Columbus and will Georgiev get the third start against the Islanders on Tuesday?  Based on the last two games, he certainly deserves it.

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