Maybe this was the moment everyone will point to when analyzing when it turned around for Alexis Lafreniere.
Because while Filip Chytil has been a skyrocket in the night and Kaapo Kakko has been a significant offensive-zone force over these past number of weeks, Lafreniere seemed to be the Kid who was still lagging behind.
Until overtime at the Garden on Monday against the Flames when No. 13 whipped one home off a blocked shot at 1:37 of extra playin a wildly entertaining match featuring physicality, fights, numerous stark blunders and dizzying momentum swings with both teams coming off extended bye week and All-Star layoffs.
Three kids … each with a capital K, no less, on a night when Chytil scored two more to escalate his spree to nine goals in the last dozen games. What happens if Chytil, Kakko and Lafreniere should all arrive at about the same time? Well, it is going to cost the front office some serious coin, that’s for sure. But it is also going to set up the Rangers for both the short term and the long term.
No matter how much hockey has changed over the decades, one rule applies. That is for players with the puck to keep their heads up. That rule again was enforced by Jacob Trouba, who laidAlexis Lafreniere celebrates after his game-winning goal in overtime.The blows were hard enough that Andreas Athanasiou felt them halfway across the continent.
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