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Gallant on 7-3 loss: “We’ll bury it and go on to the next one”

By Steve Paulus

Dec 8, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard (49) falls on top of New York Rangers goaltender Adam Huska (32) during the third period at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 8, 2021; New York, New York, USA; Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard (49) falls on top of New York Rangers goaltender Adam Huska (32) during the third period at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 08: Nils Lundkvist #27 of the New York Rangers celebrates his first NHL goal at 18:15 of the first period against the Colorado Avalanche at Madison Square Garden on December 08, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 08: Nils Lundkvist #27 of the New York Rangers celebrates his first NHL goal at 18:15 of the first period against the Colorado Avalanche at Madison Square Garden on December 08, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

My 3 Rangers stars

  1. It’s odd to give stars to defensemen in a game with seven goals scored against, but Nils Lundkvist gets the first star for scoring his first NHL goal, leading the team with four shots and also not being on the ice for any of the seven Colorado goals.
  2. Same for Jacob Trouba who was a minus two, but also contributed two points and was the one Ranger who made life miserable for the Avalanche.  He led the Rangers with three hits.
  3. Kaapo Kakko keeps working hard and gets better with every shift.  It makes you wonder how much he would have scored if they had kept on the line with Artemi Panarin and Ryan Strome.  It still is not clicking with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider.

The official  3 stars

  1. Nazem Kadri – Avalanche
  2. Logan O’Connor – Avalanche
  3. Devon Toews – Avalanche

What’s next

The Rangers have a day off before heading to Buffalo for a game Friday night. You can be sure that they will be working on some of the issues they encountered this game in practice on Thursday.   Game time Friday is 7pm.  After that, they take on the Predators at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

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