The New York Rangers didn’t score nearly as often in their 2-1 shootout win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday as they did in beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-3 three nights earlier. But coach Mike Sullivan was a lot happier with the way his team played.
“I thought we played a complete game all night long,” Sullivan said. “We forced them to have to play 200 feet. We know that team can score, so making sure that we check as hard as we did was gonna be an important element of the game — and I thought the guys bought into it.