Tony DeAngelo of the Rangers celebrates his overtime goal against the Wild at Madison Square Garden on Monday. Credit: Jim McIsaac
There were plenty of raw emotions around the building Monday night, as one of the Garden’s all-time favorites, Mats Zuccarello, made his first trip to Broadway as a visiting player, wearing the colors of his new team, the Minnesota Wild.
And the Rangers, coming off that wild and crazy comeback win over the Canadiens in Montreal Saturday, and playing what they hope will be their final game without No. 1 center Mika Zibanejad, certainly would have hoped to overcome whatever emotions they may have been dealing with and just play the kind of hockey that wins them games.