Gerard Gallant reached into his bag of tricks and, lo and behold, the head coach of the Rangers pulled out a checking line that he had created for this occasion and sicced the unit on the Capitals’…
Gerard Gallant reached into his bag of tricks and, lo and behold, the head coach of the Rangers pulled out a checking line that he had created for this occasion and sicced the unit on the Capitals’ top line, which featured Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
What mattered wasn’t even the goal that Goodrow scored off a two-on-one feed from Rooney midway through the third period on a play that originated with a defensive-zone draw against a loaded-up unit with Kuznetsov, Ovechkin and for that shift, Tom Wilson. “It’s a really tough opponent we’re playing against, they can score goals and we just want to make sure we keep working on our defense,” said Zibanejad, who got the 1-0 goal at 12:57 of the first period off a neat drop pass from the improving Alexis Lafreniere to complete a rush from the other end of the ice. “When you break those pucks up especially against an offensive team like this, when you do well in your own zone, you’re going to be able to create chances.
“Big boys against big boys,” Gallant said when asked why he opted to match Rooney against Kuznetsov. “Sometimes it works and sometimes it backfires, but they really accepted that role and did a real good job with it.
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