Whew…Rangers beat Philadelphia in a shootout

My three stars of the game

1. Artemi Panarin showed why he is the Rangers best player.  He scored shootout game winner and made the brilliant pass to Brendan Smith for the go ahead goal. He had eight shots on goal and 16 scoring chances.  He hit two posts and was a threat whenever he was on the ice.
2. Alexandar Georgiev played a really solid game in goal.  Although he faced only 22 shots, he made some tough saves and he stopped two of three in the shootout.  One goal was inadvertantly kick into the net by Adam Fox and the tying goal was while the Flyers had the man advantage.
3. Colin Blackwell gets the third star for scoring the all-important first goal for the Rangers.  it got the team back into the game and he was a dynamo all game.  Note that the third star could also have gone to Tony Bitetto or Brendan Smith.

The official three stars

1. Artemi Panarin
2. Joel Farabee
3. Nicolas Aube-Kubel

East Division

Scores

Devils 3, Bruins 2
Penguins 4, Islanders 1
Capitals 3, Sabres 1

Standings

1. Boston           15 GP     10-3-2     22 pts
2. Philadelphia  14 GP       8-3-3     19  pts
3. Washington   15 GP       8-4-3     19 pts
4. Islanders        16 GP       8-5-3     19 pts
5. Pittsburgh      15 GP      8-6-1      17 pts
6. New Jersey     11 GP     6-3-2       14 pts
7. Rangers           15 GP      5-7-3      13 pts
8. Buffalo             13 GP      4-7-2      10 pts

What’s next

The Rangers travel to Washington DC for a matinee against the Capitals on Saturday at 1230pm.