The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, getting two goals apiece from Tye Kartye and Will Cuylle to improve to 5-2-0. Vancouver dropped to 2-5-0 with the loss.
New York broke the game open with a three-goal third period after Vancouver had tied it 2-2 late in the second. Alexis Lafrenière, Gabe Perreault and Cuylle scored in the final frame to turn a one-goal game into a four-goal win, while Jake DeBrusk paced the Canucks offensively with a goal and an assist for the game’s only multi-point outing on Vancouver’s side.
Key Moments And How It Was Won
Kartye opened the scoring just 27 seconds into the game on a snap shot assisted by J.T. Miller and Lafrenière. Vancouver answered before the first intermission when DeBrusk beat Dylan Garand with 2:56 left in the period off a Jonathan Lekkerimaki assist, making it 1-1.
Cuylle put the Rangers back ahead 2-1 early in the second period, but Elias Pettersson tied it 2-2 at 16:56 on a wrist shot set up by Brendan Gallagher and Drew O’Connor. New York answered immediately. Kartye scored his second of the night just 89 seconds later, at 18:25, to send the Rangers into the third up 3-2.
The third period belonged to New York. Lafrenière struck 1:04 into the frame off assists from Perreault and Mika Zibanejad to make it 4-2. Perreault tipped in a Fox-Zibanejad feed at 5:57 for a 5-2 cushion, and Cuylle capped the scoring with his second goal of the night at 15:22, assisted by Eeli Tolvanen and Braden Schneider.
Top Performers
Kartye finished with two goals on three shots to lead both teams in scoring. Miller recorded two assists, and Zibanejad, Fox and Gavrikov each had multi-point nights on the blue line and up front. Lafrenière and Perreault each had a goal and an assist.
In goal, Dylan Garand stopped 19 of 21 shots for a .905 save percentage in the win. Kevin Lankinen took the loss for Vancouver, allowing six goals on 25 shots for a .760 save percentage. New York won the special teams battle, converting 1 of 2 power plays to Vancouver’s 0 of 1. The Rangers dominated at the faceoff dot, winning 62% to Vancouver’s 38%. Full box score and stats via NHL.com.
What It Means
The win improved New York to 10 points and first place in the Metropolitan Division. Vancouver fell to 4 points and last in the Pacific Division.
Additional reporting via NHL.com.
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