LAS VEGAS — It had been 54 days for the reason that Rangers last followed up a win with one other win.
Fifty-four days of losses piling up in bunches, and feeling like every step forward led to 2 steps back.
The Blueshirts put a stop to that trend with a convincing 2-1 win over the Golden Knights Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena, where the visitors proved they’ll still hang with — and defeat — one in every of the highest teams within the NHL.
It has been weeks and weeks on a downward trajectory, but Saturday night was perhaps the Rangers’ first time looking up in quite awhile.
“I believed we were right on point right from the beginning,” head coach Peter Laviolette said after his team improved to 20-20-2 on the season. “For me, it’s a follow-up from the last game, as well. In order that’s even a greater point, too, is it was a extremely solid effort and game at home [against the Devils] after which to return on the road a day later, take the travel, get out of here and play tonight.
“I believed the fellows — every part, from the drop of the puck the primary period was excellent. After which just followed it through for 60 minutes.”
The Rangers went toe-to-toe with the Golden Knights through the primary two periods.
It resulted in a 1-1 tie firstly of the ultimate frame, however the Rangers broke it on the 5:57 mark before pushing through all of the method to the tip.
The sport had largely been played five-on-five, and the Rangers posted one in every of their higher performances at even-strength up to now this season. A stupendous tip by Adam Edstrom on a Jonny Brodzinski shot in transition allowed the Rangers to get the lead they needed.
“I do know [Matt Rempe] got it on the wall, great outlet pass to Jonny [Brodzinski] there and we type of talked about crashing the online so I used to be just attempting to get in there,” Edstrom said of his third goal of the season and the primary game-winner of his profession. “Got a tip on the puck and it went in.”
Not only did they fend off one other two Golden Knights power plays within the third, including 57 seconds of six-on-four play with Vegas’ net empty, however the Rangers survived the house team’s 11 shots on goal, made smart decisions within the defensive zone and maintained their offensive push to secure the victory.
It had fans clad in red, white and blue proudly shouting ‘Let’s Go Rangers!’ inside enemy territory in the ultimate minutes.
Picking up their fourth win of their last six games, the Rangers seem like on the up after a humbling begin to the season.
Mika Zibanejad prolonged his point streak to 6 games with an assist on the Rangers’ first goal from Vincent Trocheck, who has began twiddling with the insatiable fire that made his last season so successful.
Each teams capitalized on their very first power plays, which didn’t come until the center frame.
After the ref needed to repeatedly tell Trocheck to get within the box for a holding call on Tomas Hertl that he vehemently refuted, the Golden Knights made quick work of their man-advantage with a goal from Vegas captain Mark Stone together with the Rangers net.
Keegan Kolesar got called for tripping K’Andre Miller just over two minutes later, nevertheless, to offer the Rangers a likelihood to reply — they usually did.
Absorbing a tough slap shot from Zibanejad, Trocheck backhanded the loose puck past Vegas goalie Ilya Samsanov to even the rating at one-all.
“It’s obviously big, it’s an actual good team over there,” Ryan Lindgren said. “Two in a row. We’re going to play an actual good Colorado team [on Tuesday], so just got to maintain constructing off of it. Just attempt to play higher and higher every game.”
