Rangers Revved up in the Motor City and Brings Down the Red Wings

Another solid road performance to remain strong away from Madison Square Garden

Detroit, MI- The New York Rangers headed for an Original Six matchup as they traveled to Detroit, Michigan, to face the Red Wings. Another club celebrating a Centennial Season, the Rangers played a full 60 minute game and once again trounced the Wings in their own building by a final score of four to one.

Finally, a Power Play Goal

The Rangers went on the power play and finally got one with the extra man. Artemi Panarin brought the puck up the ice and entered the Red Wings’ Zone. made a quick pass to Mika Zibanejad going down the near boards, then made a cross ice pass ot Will Cuylle and inside the far faceoff circle, Cuylle snaps a wrist shot to beat Cam Talbot at 6:46 of the first period.

Detroit ties it up

The Red Wings were cycling inside the Rangers’ zone and found a way to tie the game up. Andrew Copp rimmed the puck around the boards to the back of the net. Skating toward the puck was Mason Appleton, who made a quick pass to J.T. Compher just near the post at the near side and flipped it in at 11:06 of the first period.

Laba does it on home soil

The Rangers retook the lead when Panarin had the puck along the near boards. He saw Alexis Lafreniere at the far post, received the puck, and then found Noah Laba in front to stuff it in. The Northville, Michigan native got his third of the season at 4:52 of the second period.

Panarin finally gets one

After a long drought of not scoring, Artemi Panarin finally got one for his fifth of the season. Taylor Raddysh at the far boards stopped the puck and chipped it to Zibanejad. Skates toward the net, makes a pass to Panarin at the near post, and with a hard shot beats Cam Talbot at 7:29 of the third period.

Lafreniere also breaks his jinx

58 seconds later, the Rangers score another one. After the shot attempt at Jonathan Quick was missed, the Rangers picked up the puck for a quick transition. Conor Sheary sends the puck out as he uses the near boards to lead Lafreniere into a scoring chance. A solid bounce right on Lafreniere’s stick, skated to the net, then used his hands for a quick shot and scored at 8:27 of the third period.

Another big road win

So far, the Rangers have been successful on the road. With only one loss and one overtime loss, they have picked up seven wins for 15 points away from Madison Square Garden. Jonathan Quick made 32 saves out of 33 shots on goal as he continues to be strong in Detroit.

“Yeah, I thought we competed really hard. Detroit’s a good team. They have a real quick transition game; they play with a lot of pace. I thought we defended hard. Our power play scores, obviously, I thought that was a big aspect of helping our top guys, even in their five-on-five play. We’ve talked about that for several weeks now, and just the correlation when they can feel it on the power play; I think it carries over to the five-on-five play.

I thought those guys had a strong game for us. Obviously, Panarin scoring is a huge jump for him, huge jump for the group as well. For sure it is. Our best players are our best players, and I think that’s an important element of the game tonight. These guys, they care a lot. I’ve been saying that for a while now. They care a lot, and it hasn’t been from a lack of effort that we haven’t generated the offense from a goal-scoring standpoint. I think they’re very capable, and they showed that tonight,” said Mike Sullivan

The Rangers quickly head back to Madison Square Garden for a Saturday night game against the rival New York Islanders.

ROAD RANGERS: The Rangers earned their fourth-straight road win, improving to 7-1-1 on the road this season. Overall, the Blueshirts have wins in four of their last five games and points in five of their last seven contests (4-2-1).

MULTI-POINT MAYHEM: Three different Rangers had a multi-point game tonight (Artemi Panarin – 3, Alexis Lafreniere – 2, Mika Zibanejad – 2).

RANGERS WIN STREAK AGAINST DETROIT: The Rangers improved their win streak to seven straight games against Detroit. They have points in 27 of their last 31 games (19-4-8) against them.

PENALTY KILL: The Blueshirts went 4-for-4 on the penalty kill. New York has not allowed a power play goal in nine of their 15 games this season.

WILL CUYLLE: Opened scoring for the Blueshirts with his second power play goal of the season. Cuylle has six points (2G-4A) through his last six games and extended his road point streak to five games.

ARTEMI PANARIN: Notched one goal and two assists for his first three-point game of the season and second multi-point game. Panarin surpassed Brian Leetch for the fourth-most three-point games (63) as a Ranger. He continued his streak to seven-straight games with at least one point against the Red Wings.

ALEXIS LAFRENIERE: Recorded one goal and collected his 200th career NHL point on an assist on Noah Laba’s goal. He became the seventh-youngest Rangers player to record 200 NHL points. He has collected a point in four of his last five games (1G-4A).

JONATHAN QUICK: Earned his 407th win and tied Glenn Hall for the 12th most wins in NHL history. He also earned his 176th road win tonight, tying Ryan Miller for the most wins by a U.S.-born goaltender in NHL history.

MIKA ZIBANEJAD:  Tallied his second multi-point game of the season. He has recorded points in 13 of his last 16 contests (8G-12A) against Detroit.

JAROSLAV CHMELAR: Made his NHL debut

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