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Rangers show a lot of grit and little else

By Steve Paulus

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 13: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates his second goal of the third period against the New York Rangers at Capital One Arena on October 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The goal was Ovechkin was his 732 NHL goal. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 13: Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals celebrates his second goal of the third period against the New York Rangers at Capital One Arena on October 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The goal was Ovechkin was his 732 NHL goal. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 13: Nick Jensen #3 of the Washington Capitals is checked by Adam Fox #23 of the New York Rangers during the first period at Capital One Arena on October 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 13: Nick Jensen #3 of the Washington Capitals is checked by Adam Fox #23 of the New York Rangers during the first period at Capital One Arena on October 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /

My 3 Rangers stars of the game

  • Adam Fox played 23:31, the most of any Ranger and had four shots on goal. He picked up offensively from where he left off from last season and he had the secondary assist on the Kreider goal.  He came close a few times to getting the Rangers on the scoreboard.
  • Sammy Blais played his usual game and drew a tripping penalty by Tom Wilson.  He took six minutes in penalties including coincidental double minors in a scrum with Trevor Van Reimsdyk. He did take a soft cross checking penalty in he third period.  He had three hits and two blocked shots.

    • Chris Kreider

    played an effective game at right wing, throwing two hits and scoring the Rangers only goal on a tip-in of a great pass from Ryan Strome. It wasn’t a great effort, but on a night with few of them, his was one of the better ones.

    The official 3 stars

    1. Alexander Ovechkin, Capitals
    2. Hendrix Lapierre, Capitals
    3. Vitek Vanecek, Capitals

    What’s next

    The Ranger have a quick turnaround and play the Dallas Stars at Madison Square Garden Thursday night.  Puck drop is 7pm and there will be a pregame ceremony  honoring Rod Gilbert.   We’ll have to see what lineup changes are coming.

    MSG Network will present an hour-long pregame show and will introduce Henrik Lundqvist as an in-studio analyst.

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