Panarin’s OT goal gives Rangers win in Stadium Series
After falling behind by three goals early in the second period, the New York Rangers kept their composure, kept up the pressure and got a big comeback win to remain perfect in outdoor games.
Artemi Panarin scored 10 seconds into overtime and the Rangers beat the crosstown-rival Islanders 6-5 in a Stadium Series game at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
“Just sticking with what we know,” Rangers captain Jacob Trouba said. “The whole group came together and everyone kind of stuck with it and got the result we wanted. It’s a pretty cool memory.”
Panarin knocked in the puck off Islanders defenseman Noah Dobson and goalie Ilya Sorokin and the puck trickled across the goal line after Dobson knocked the right side of the goal loose. The goal was confirmed after a review.
“I was flooded with emotions,” Panarin said. “I had to hold back tears. It was so much of a spectacle.”
Vincent Trocheck had two goals and an assist, and Erik Gustafsson, Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad also scored for the Rangers, who won their seasonhigh seventh straight and improved to 5-0 outdoors. Panarin, Alexis Lafreniere and Adam Fox each had two assists, and Igor Shesterkin finished with 36 saves.
“To win the way we did was incredible,” Zibanejad said. “There’s no better way to finish it off.”
Rangers coach Peter Laviolette was behind the bench for his fifth outdoor game, tying Joel Quenneville for the most in NHL history, and got his first win in the open air.
“These games that take place are special, I’ve been fortunate enough to be a part of them,” Laviolette said. “There have been some good ones but this one has to be up there, near the top of the list.”
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist, and Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee and Alexander Romanov also scored for the Islanders, who fell to 0-1-1 in outdoor games — with both losses coming against the Rangers.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
PACIFIC DIVISION
Vancouver Vegas Edmonton Kings Seattle Calgary Ducks
San Jose
Dallas Colorado Winnipeg St. Louis Nashville Minnesota Arizona Chicago
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
Florida Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Detroit Buffalo Montreal Ottawa
N.Y. Rangers Carolina Philadelphia New Jersey N.Y. Islanders Washington Pittsburgh Columbus
GP W
56 37 54 31 51 32 53 27 54 23 55 25 54 19 54 15
CENTRAL DIVISION
GP W
55 56 52 54 55 54 54 55
GP W
55 55 53 56 54 54 55 51 55 54 56 54 54 53 52 53
Sunday’s results
Today’s games
Tuesday’s games
34 34 33 29 28 25 23 15 36 32 29 30 28 24 22 22
GP W
36 32 29 28 22 24 24 17
Wednesday’s games
L OT Pts GF GA
13 17 18 16 21 25 33 34
L OT Pts GF GA
14 18 14 23 25 23 27 37
L OT Pts GF GA
15 12 16 21 20 26 25 27
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
16 17 20 22 18 21 21 26 6 6 1 10 10 5 2 5 7 4 5 2 2 6 4 3 4 11 8 5 6 4 8 2 3 5 7 4 14 8 7 10 80 205 146 68 173 149 65 181 147 64 165 145 56 149 155 55 166 174 40 139 190 35 116 207 75 208 167 72 209 181 71 156 119 60 160 168 58 167 179 56 164 176 50 157 172 33 115 193 76 185 135 75 185 147 66 193 168 65 193 189 62 190 176 52 158 166 52 157 198 46 172 184
L OT Pts GF GA
75 185 156 69 181 155 65 167 165 60 183 185 58 160 183 56 131 167 55 151 139 44 157 197
Kings 2, Pittsburgh 1
N.Y. Rangers 6, N.Y. Islanders 5, OT Colorado 4, Arizona 3
Ducks at Buffalo, 9:30 a.m. Dallas at Boston, 10 a.m.
Toronto at St. Louis, 10 a.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Detroit at Seattle, 12:30 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 1 p.m. Vegas at San Jose, 1 p.m. Winnipeg at Calgary, 1 p.m. Chicago at Carolina, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
Dallas at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 6 p.m. Nashville at Vegas, 7 p.m. Columbus at Kings, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Montreal, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Columbus at Ducks, 7 p.m. Toronto at Arizona, 7 p.m.
AVALANCHE 3, COYOTES 3 »
Defenseman Devon Toews scored the go-ahead goal with 6:35 remaining, Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist to give him at least a point in all 26 home games and Colorado beat Arizona, extending the Coyotes’ skid to nine in a row.
Ross Colton and Jack Johnson also scored and Alexandar Georgiev stopped 28 shots for Colorado.