The Rangers keep rolling. The Islanders keep roiling. What else did you expect for this renewal of hostilities on Sunday afternoon at The Garden?
It is rare that a hockey game goes pretty much how you would expect on paper, but both teams played almost exactly to their profiles in this 5-2 Rangers win over the Islanders, the first Battle of New York to commence this season.that featured a separated Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider, played excellent special teams and were too loose at five-on-five, ceding possession time and relying too much on Igor Shesterkin against the shorthanded Islanders.
But they could not make the final play to get the puck by Shesterkin — and were typically disastrous on special teams, while theAt this point, you can hear the ever-optimistic Patrick Roy talking about how well the Islanders are playing well before he gets in front of cameras postgame, and in fairness to the head coach, this was a gutty and gritty performance by the severely outmanned club.
The Rangers, now 8-2-1, are in a better position to concern themselves with such matters, and can find plenty about this game to fret about if they so choose. What started with consecutive Ranger penalties that handed the Islanders a 36-second five-on-three ended not only without an Islander goal, but — somehow — in a Rangers five-on-three of their very own. While that came and went, Artemi Panarin converted on the ensuing five-on-four with a seeing-eye shot from the blue line.
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