Rangers outlast Red Wings in overtime 5-4

My 3 Rangers stars

1. Artemi Panarin led the way offensively with  a goal and two assists.  He scored the key tying goal late in the second period, then did his thing setting up Chris Kreider on the power play and then Andrew Copp in overtime. His passing is simply awesome and his shot is devastating, when he decides to shoot.
2. Andrew Copp was outstanding, scoring the winning goal, winning 60% of his faceoffs and second on the team with five shots. He’s done a fine job filling at center for Ryan Strome.
3. Chris Kreider is the Rangers’ Mr Clutch and he continues his amazing run to 50 goals. One more power play goal and he owns the franchise record and he is nine goals behind Jaromir Jagr’s club record of 54 goals with 14 games to play.  He may not set the record, but he has a good chance to be the team’s fourth 50 goal scorer.

The official 3 stars

1. Andrew Copp – Rangers
2. Moritz Seider – Red Wings
3. Artemi Panarin – Rangers

What’s next

The Islanders are next up on the schedule on Friday at Madison Square Garden.  Sunday night it’s the Flyers and then a rematch with the Devils on Tuesday. The Rangers play 14 games in the first 29 days of the month of April.   The playoff are not far away.