David Quinn joked that the key to being successful in the NHL’s three-on-three overtime is “talent, because that is legit pond hockey.”
But Tuesday night at the Garden, it was fortitude that first got the Rangers there. The trio of Chris Kreider, Artemi Panarin, and Tony DeAngelo were on the ice for the opening 2:06 of the extra period, hardly giving up a scoring chance while hardly having enough energy to reach the bench.
“I wanted to wheel out three oxygen tanks for all three of them, but I don’t think they were going to allow me to do that,” Quinn said.