Rangers biggest goal scoring games through the years
By Steve Paulus
Some other games
There are some other notable game worth recalling. The Rangers have scored seven goals twice only to come away with ties. On March 22, 1981 they tied the Quebec Nordiques 7-7, equaling the franchise record that they had set on March 19, 1978 when they tied he Minnesota North Stars 7-7 in Bloomington.
Believe it or not, the Rangers once scored nine goals in a game and lost. That was on March 4, 1944 and the game was on the road in Boston. The Bruins held one for a 10-9 win, the 19 goals remains the most goals scored by both teams in one game in franchise history.
The Rangers have lost when they scored seven goals only three times in their history. The last time the Rangers scored seven goals and lost was on November 10, 1960 when they dropped a 7-9 decision in Montreal. Before that it was a 8-7 loss to Detroit in 1950 and the first time was on December 19, 1945 when they lost in Boston, 8-7.
It took the Rangers three years after they joined the NHL for them to score seven goals in a game. On January 19, 1928 they won 7-0 over the Americans again in a road game at Madison Square Garden. That seven goal differential held for 12 years until the Rangers scored nine goals in a 9-0 shutout win over Montreal.
For their first two seasons the most they scored was five goals. They scored seven goals in 1928, and nine goals in January 1929 in a 9-3 win over the old Ottawa Senators. That nine goal record held until that 11 goal win over the Americans we described earlier.
The first overtime game when the Rangers scored seven goals was a 7-5 overtime win against the New York Americans on March 9, 1937. In those days the teams played a full ten minute overtime period, explaining the two goal Ranger margin. The win clinched a playoff berth for the Blueshirts.
The Rangers matched that with a 7-6 sudden death overtime win on November 2, 1992 against the Buffalo Sabres. Tony Amonte scored a power play goal with 32 seconds left in the game to tie and Darren Turcotte won the game for the Rangers just 58 seconds into the overtime. Dave Andreychuk took a high sticking penalty six seconds after the Amonte goal, giving the Rangers a power play to start the overtime and they cashed in. The assists for Turcotte? Mark Messier and Brian Leetch.