The Rangers played their first game in 11 days, and it may have been the hardest one yet.
As the first team to face a near fully healthy Panthers squad in quite some time, the Rangers hung in through 40 minutes — and even tested the home team — before Florida buried three goals in the third period to take a 4-3 victory Wednesday night at FLA Live Arena.
With a one-goal lead at the start of the third period, the Rangers watched as the Panthers poured six shots on goal in the first six minutes of the frame. It was on the seventh that MacKenzie Weegar found the back of the net for his first goal of the season to knot the game 2-2. The Rangers struggled to get the puck to the net for the first time all game, as the Panthers turned up the pressure. Florida forwards Carter Verhaeghe and Anthony Duclair then scored a goal each in the span of 4:09 to secure the victory.have Mollie Walker text you the latest word on the Rangers and reply with your thoughts and questionsPanthers right wing Patric Hornqvist watches as the puck gets past Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin on a goal scored by Panthers center Anton Lundell.
After unloading 15 shots in the first period and emerging with a 1-0 lead on Panarin’s tally, the Rangers fell back into their familiar habit of making too many passes early on in the middle frame. The Panthers took advantage and found some momentum, with center Anton Lundell tying it up off a rebound just over five minutes into the second.
Panarin, however, came up clutch once again. Pickpocketing Panthers defenseman Radko Gudas, the Rangers star winger came away with the puck and found a streaking Mika Zibanejad, who buried it for the 2-1 score at 12:43 of the second.The top line of Kreider, Zibanejad and Kaapo Kakko led the Rangers through a tight first period, combining for five shots on goal as the visiting team suffocated the Panthers in the neutral zone and along the boards.
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