You almost had to laugh by the end of this one. The New York Rangers finally scored a goal after 170 minutes of frustration and still walked away with just a single point on Thursday night. A 2–1 overtime loss in Toronto, to the Maple Leafs, where everything looked right except the one thing that actually counts: finishing, proving this wasn't just a home show.
The first period summed up the whole week. Igor Shesterkin stopped Matthew Knies on a breakaway a minute in and was sharp throughout, but the Blueshirts couldn't buy a goal. Their first power play looked lively — crisp puck movement, good traffic, even a tweak to the setup with Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafrenière switching sides — but it ended with Stolarz stonewalling Mika Zibanejad and Will Cuylle twice from the slot.