Rangers’ Henrik Lundqvist makes impressive stick save vs. Blues

Overall, NY was winning in October while not playing its best hockey, but the Rangers have elevated their play in November.

But his time, the roar fizzled.

That was certainly true Sunday night as the club took on the Toronto Maple Leafs who were trying to extend a winning streak of their own.

Chicago goalie Scott Darling made 25 saves in his first start since allowing five goals in a 5-4 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Oct 30.

Mike Babcock probably didn’t want us to read his lips after that one… The team that finishes 30th has only about a 50-50 chance of getting a top-three pick. Everyone looked good, it wasn’t a sloppy game from my vantage point and watching the Sedins live was a treat. Hitting 3 wins in a row after nearly a year since the last streak that long is great for the players (even if tankers aren’t happy). He would be opposed by Henrik Lundqvist. Back in the Rangers’ net Thursday, Lundqvist was playing with the mind of Blues forward Alexander Steen. Lundqvist did drop a Colton Parayko chest-high slap shot into his crease for Dmitrij Jaskin’s goal at 16:40 of the first to cut New York’s lead to 3-1 at intermission.

“It doesn’t matter if the ice is bad or not, I’ve got to have that”, Bernier said. “But somehow, he got there”.

Dallas’ Jamie Benn scored the tiebreaking goal on a third-period power play and the Stars pulled away to defeat Winnipeg 6-3.

Suddenly, NY led 2-0 on just two shots.

“There’s no doubt we haven’t been ideal”, Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said, repeating a common theme of the first 18 games. In goal for the Blues would obviously be Jake Allen. This kept the Blues at a distance and forced them to play more aggressively than they seemed to be comfortable with.

Forty-four seconds into the second, down 1-0 on a giveaway by Viktor Stalberg and a first-period goal by Peter Holland, Dan Girardi stuffed a Toronto rush and sent Zuccarello up ice for a ideal 2-on-1 goal by the streaking McDonagh.

Toronto is 11-3-1 on the season and has gone 5-1 in the first six games of their seven-game road trip, which ends in Rochester on Wednesday night.

Derek Stepan’s 90-foot bouncer went through Bernier’s pads and trickled across the goal line for a 2-1 lead.

The Rangers’ J.T. Miller netted his third of the season for a 4-2 advantage with 9:39 remaining in the second period, teeing up from the point and scoring off the skate of the Blues’ Jori Lehtera.

The Blues then got a few help, as Brassard was called for tripping. He also found McDonagh streaking to the crease on an odd-man rush as the Rangers tied the game at 1 just 44 seconds into the second period. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of the Thursday evening hockey game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores.

“That second goal, I think that happens once in 100 games”, Raanta said.