By Daniel Feuerstein | Seattle, WA | November 7th, 2026
The New York Rangers began their four-game road trip in the Pacific Northwest as they took on the Seattle Kraken. It was a huge start to the game as the Rangers took advantage of their hosts in the first two periods, with timely scoring and strong defense. Once the third period began, the Kraken made some adjustments and started to climb back into the game, while the Rangers bent, but never broke, and finally earned their second win on the road since the two-goal shutout at the Detroit Red Wings, with the final score of 4-3.
Three goals in the first period
The Rangers broke out from the opening minute and played their best first period on the road. Timely goals and quick passing allowed them to convert their shots and take a huge three-goal lead. The first goal came when the Rangers dumped the puck into the near corner. Mika Zibanejad skated in, retrieved, and turned around for a pass to Alexis Lafreniere. He quickly gave the puck back to Zibanejad in the near corner, then Gabe Perreault skated into the near faceoff circle, took the pass from Zibanejad, and swept it in hard past Joey Daccord at 1:35 of the first period.
The Rangers’ second goal was converted on the power play as Tye Kartye originally scored, but it was wiped out on review after he accidentally made a distinct kicking motion when they won the faceoff; the shot deflected off his skate and, in his motion, kicked the puck in. This time, the Rangers got the power-play goal and took a two-goal lead when Oliver Bjorkstrand was along the near boards and collected the puck. He went back to the top of the zone to Adam Fox. When he took the shot, Kartye was in the right place to redirect the puck, and it went in at 9:05 of the first period.
On the third goal, a bit of good luck happened for the Rangers as they took advantage of a poor pass and a quick skate toward the net. As the defender tried to skate with the puck and start a rush down the ice, he hit his own teammate from behind off his skate. That allowed Jaroslav Chmelar to get the puck and make a quick pass to Noah Laba. When Laba took the shot, Daccord made the stop with his glove, but the puck came out; Chmelar skated towards the net all alone and snapped in the rebound at 13:53 of the first period.
A goalie change and a fourth
Phillipp Grubauer came on in place of Daccord in goal after his horrible opening period. The Rangers knew they were in for a tough one, now with the Kraken’s starter coming in relief. It didn’t faze the visitors one bit as they continued to battle and fight against their hosts. The Rangers once again got a big chance to extend their lead to four. The Rangers were on the power play, and as it was ending, they made a rush down the ice to get the chance. Lafreniere entered the zone, then made a quick pass to Zibanejad on the near side, who made a quick pass to the slot for Pavel Dorofeyev, who made a nice move with his stick and scored on the backhand at 12: 46 of the second period.
The Kraken on the comeback, but couldn’t tie it
The Rangers knew this game wasn’t over with a full 20 minutes remaining in the closing period. And right away, the Kraken wanted to get back into this game and avoid the shutout. They quickly got back into it when Kaapo Kakko took advantage of an open net after Joonas Korpisalo overcompensated and scored at 1:50 of the third period. Then, on the power play, the Kraken cut the deficit in half when Jordan Eberle was camped out at the far post and redirected it in after a strong feed from Matty Beniers at 6:38 of the third period.
There was a lot of time for the Kraken to get another couple of goals to tie the game, but the Rangers continued to play strong defense and frustrate their hosts. But a third was converted as the Kraken whipped the puck around from the far boards to the far point, and Berkly Catton quickly, with a cross-ice feed to Vince Dunn, as he skated backwards and ripped a hard shot that hit the post and deflected in at 15:02 of the third period. With 4:58 remaining, the Rangers were able to stop the Kraken and got a power play at 2:25 remaining in the third.
Even before the power play, the Rangers delayed the Kraken from touching the puck when they had the extra man on to waste some clock. As the Power Play began, the Rangers tried to find the right moment to take the shot, just played a bit of keep-away from the Kraken to waste the clock, and with 25 seconds left the Kraken pulled Grubauer for the extra man, but too little too late, as the Rangers picked up the win as they bent but didn’t break.
“I thought for the first two periods we were solid. You know, I thought we were playing the game the way we wanted to play. We were dictating the terms. You know, I think it’s funny how momentum in this game is such a huge influence. How games go. When you look around the league, there’s a lot of multi-goal leads that disappear pretty quick, and momentum’s a big part of it. I think when you have a multi-goal lead like that going into the third, as I talked to the team about afterwards, the first five minutes are really important.
You know, it’s almost, you know, you’ve got to, you can’t provide any hope for your opponent there. You’ve got to make sure that, you know, you simplify the game, play straight ahead. We give up a goal early in the period. And I think it gave them life. You know, then they get a power-play goal; now it’s a hockey game. And as I said, momentum is a powerful dynamic in hockey. And you know, give them credit. They pushed hard. They elevated their intensity. They pushed hard, and they played well. But I thought we could have done a better job just pushing back,” said Mike Sullivan
FOUR OR MORE: New York has scored four goals in a game for the ninth time this season, tied for the seventh-most games in the NHL.
ADAM FOX: Became the fastest Rangers defenseman to 20 assists in a season (18 GP), surpassing Brian Leetch (19 GP in 2000-01). His 20 assists this season are tied for third in the NHL, and his 22 points rank third among all NHL skaters.
GABE PERREAULT: Has opened the scoring for the Rangers in back-to-back games. His six goals are tied for the second-most on the Rangers this season.
MIKA ZIBANEJAD: Notched his 79th career multi-assist game, surpassing Walt Tkaczuk (78) for the eighth-most multi-assist games in franchise history. His assist on tonight’s game-winning goal was his 77th as a Ranger, surpassing Artemi Panarin for the third-most in franchise history.
PAVEL DOROFEYEV: Has scored a goal in back-to-back games and has recorded a point in seven of his last eight games (4G-3A). His six goals are tied for second on the Rangers.
TYE KARTYE: Scored his first career power-play goal. He has recorded seven points (4G-3A) through his last eight games. His six goals this season are tied for second on the Rangers.
ALEXIS LAFRENIERE: Notched his fifth multi-point game of the season (2A), tied for the second-most on the Rangers. He ranks second on the Rangers with 18 points this season.
JAROSLAV CHMELAR: Scored his first goal of the season.
JOONAS KORPISALO: Made his season debut and earned his first win as a Ranger.
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