The New York Rangers played smart, two-way hockey Monday night when they ended a four-game losing streak by defeating the St. Louis Blues 3-2 at Madison Square Garden. Now they must do it again … and again … and again.
The Blueshirts often looked slow during their slide, especially while losing all three games of their Western trip last week. But the jump was back in their step against the Blues; New York scored three straight goals after Dylan Holloway’s perfect shot beat Igor Shesterkin late in the first period.
“We played better, faster,” said defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, who had two assists and was an absolute horse, loging 26:09 TOI.