New York Ranger’s Hot Streak is Over
The New York Rangers lost their hot streak tonight after losing 4-2 to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Barbara J. Perenic
Dmitri Voronkov and Kirill Marchenko each had a goal and an assist in the game, while Ivan Provorov also scored. Johnny Gaudreau added on two assists for the Columbus Blue Jackets, who had lost three straight at home. Artemi Panarin and Adam Edstrom also scored, and Jonathan Quick stopped 37 shots for the Rangers. The Rangers lost for the first time since Jan. 26. They still lead the Metropolitan Division with 81 points, and they are seven ahead of the second-place Carolina Hurricanes.
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The Rangers forward Chris Kreider said:
“Two points, divisional opponent,” he said. “You never want to lose a hockey game, especially since we’ve been playing well. Points matter, especially this point of the season.”
“The last couple of games our starts haven’t been very good,” Kreider said. “They get the power-play goal, we fall behind. Obviously, you want to dominate games from when the puck drops.
“We’re capable of that but we’re also aware we’re playing good hockey, getting every team’s best and we have to be ready for that.”
The Blue Jackets coach also had some comments on the game:
“We are growing,” Columbus coach Pascal Vincent said. “We just learn from the past. We've had more success recently. There is more confidence. It's a team that is learning and tonight was the result of those setbacks. Hopefully we're going to keep growing. We locked it down in the third and it was good to see.”
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Overall, the Rangers played a great game but could not outplay the Blue Jackets. The Rangers played some great hockey tonight but unfortunately lost their streak.