New York Rangers: Can they keep the streak going in Montreal?

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 06: Jesper Fast #17 of the New York Rangers blocks a shot by Jonathan Drouin #92 of the Montreal Canadiens during the second period at Madison Square Garden on November 06, 2018 in New York City. The Rangers defeated the Canadiens 5-3. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

About the Rangers

As mentioned, the Rangers will be looking to extend their season high overall and road winning streaks. It’s not just the team that is streaking. Artemi Panarin has a ten game point scoring streak. Mika Zibanejad has a five game goal scoring streak and an eight game point streak. Ryan Strome had an eight game point streak stopped against the Islanders.

Panarin has set a new career high with 32 goals this season. With 53 assists, he is six below his career high of 59, set last season in Columbus. He is two points away from tying his career high of 87 points.

At this pace, Panarin will finish with 43 goals, 70 assists and 113 points. That would be the most goals since Jaromir Jagr‘s 54 goals in 2005-06. It would be the most assists since Wayne Gretzy’s 72 assists in 1996-97 and the most points since Jagr’s 123 in 2005-06. It would be the second highest point total in franchise history. Pretty spectacular.

With Buchnevich out again, it means Filip Chytil will play right wing with Zibanejad and Chris Kreider. Julien Gauthier and Phil Di Giuseppe will both be in the lineup as well.

Alexandar Georgiev will be in goal. He possesses a lifetime 1-3 record against Montreal with a 3.54 goals against average. He was in goal in the comeback game and was thisclose to being pulled. In fact, David Quinn had Henrik Lundqvist warming up in the hallway, but elected to stay with Georgiev.

Ever wonder how much of an impact Artemi Panarin has had on this team?

The Rangers now rank sixth in the NHL in scoring, averaging 3.32 goals per game. The last Ranger team to exceed that average was the 1994 Stanley Cup champions, who averaged 3.56 goals per game.

The Blueshirts power play is seventh in the NHL with a 22.8% efficiency rate. The last time they had a number that high was in 1993-94 with a 23% success rate.

The Rangers are allowing 3.05 goals per game, their lowest figure since 2016-17 when they averaged giving up 2.63 goals per game. Their penalty kill is at 79.2% on the season, but has been hot lately, allowing only only two goals in their last 24 times shorthanded. The have allowed power play goals in each of the last two games.

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