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Well, this should improve the turkey's taste of the rangers.
The Blueshirts took their revenge against the Islanders. They beat New York rivals for the second time in three years and over with a spectacular 5-0 win on Wednesday night at Thanksgiving. Eve showdown in the garden.
This victory allowed Alex Georgiev, goalkeeper of the Rangers, to make his first career shutout. The 22-year-old Bulgarian was at his best in the third period, with 29 saves.
This match was a little harder than the first game of the season, the Islanders' 7-5 win in Brooklyn last Thursday. But the Rangers (12-8-2) had begun to change that by following two consecutive wins, and that victory had led them to 9-1-1 in their last 11 games. The Islanders (10-8-2) also made a surprising start, having beaten 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.
But in the recent history of this rivalry, dating back to the 2015-2016 season, when the Islanders left Long Island for Barclays Center – where the Rangers still have not won (0-6-1) – the record was completely unbalanced. The Islanders had won 12 of 13 games, including two in overtime or shootout.
"I will not call it pressure," said Rangers first-year head coach David Quinn before the game. "I think they are tired of losing as we have heard, according to what I hear. That's what I heard.
In the hope of remedying it, Quinn turned to Georgiev for his fifth start of the season and his first since November 10th. (Georgiev played the last 20 minutes in Brooklyn last week, after starter Henrik Lundqvist was retired after allowing five goals out of 17 shots in what is an ongoing fight against the Islanders.)
At the beginning of the third period, Georgiev had helped the Islanders stay out of the table, his Blueshirts holding a 4-0 lead. He preserved his shutout with three great saves at the start of the period with Mathew Barzal, Jordan Eberle and Tom Kuhnhackl.
Then, Chris Kreider scored what became his scoring goal: he beat goaltender Robin Lehner and beat the close goalkeeper for his 12th position of the season, which allowed the Rangers to take the advantage 5- 0 and welcome this beginning of vacation. beat.
The match could not have started better for the Rangers. Rookie Filip Chytil scored his fifth goal in as many games just 29 seconds into the first period. He was given a stuck shot and defeated Lehner's glove, making him the first Rangers teenager and the 20th teenager in NHL history to score five goals.
Cody McLeod then scored his first game of the season at 3:30 and another Neal Pionk powerplay goal at 8:04 to give the Rangers a 3-0 lead from the second period. .
Things calmed down a bit, but Ross Johnston insisted on fighting McLeod, without imposing a penalty of instigator. It also hurt the hand of McLeod, who did not return.
The Rangers found a way to continue playing without him and extended the lead to 4-0 by beating the Islanders flat. Kevin Hayes scored his fifth of the season by easily beating Lehner with a backhand on the ice in the gaping hole. net at 17:17. It is this cushion of four goals – and a good dose of confidence in revenge – that they brought in the third period.
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