In what was the finale of the Battle of New York, the New York Rangers again showed the will to battle through and pick up what was a huge W.
The Blueshirts also spoiled the debut of Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who did score in his first game as an Islander.
And, while it wasn’t a perfectly-executed game from the Blueshirts, they found a way to gut out the win and that is an impressive and important hallmark of any contending team.
It was a good start for the Rangers, though, as Artemi Panarin one-timed a delicious feed from Ryan Lindgren past Semyon Varlamov at the end of the first period.