If there’s one thing this Rangers team can do, it’s win through adversity. This is their third straight game missing multiple critical roster pieces, and it’s their second win, not including the win over Carolina where most of these injuries occurred. Yet these injured Rangers dominated yet again. Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin, and Erik Gustafsson stepped up yet again, Blake Wheeler finally got one, and Louis Domingue was solid in net to give the Rangers another win.
This year’s version of the Rangers feels different, doesn’t it? What would last year’s Rangers have done in a game where they played their third string goalie while missing their best defenseman and a top center?