Alain Vigneault wasn’t happy with the way the New York Rangers played the first five minutes of tonight’s contest against the Edmonton Oilers. The Blueshirts looked lazy in their own end of the ice and weren’t establishing their speed through the neutral zone.
Vigneault requested, and expected, a sizable response from his players during the first television timeout, and he certainly got it.
Shortly following Vigneault’s demand, the Blueshirts answered the call, with Kevin Hayes tallying his fourth goal of the year on a savvy feed from Michael Grabner to tie the game at one.