Vincent Trocheck scored the one aim of the shootout, Igor Shesterkin stopped 27 photographs and New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 1-0 on Saturday evening.
Shesterkin acquired his second shutout of the season and seventeenth of his profession because the Rangers received their second straight. New York improved to 6-1-2 in January.
Daniil Tarasov had 26 saves and Columbus snapped a six-game profitable streak.
Within the shootout, Trocheck scored on the Rangers’ try within the second spherical, and Shesterkin denied tries by Adam Fantilli and Kirill Marchenko on the Blue Jackets’ last two photographs to protect the win.
Each groups clogged the impartial zone a lot of the recreation in an try and restrict the opposite to photographs from the skin. And the few probabilities both group acquired in shut had been stuffed by the goalies.
TAKEAWAYS
Blue Jackets: Columbus was anticipated close to the underside of the NHL standings this season, however got here in holding the highest wild card spot within the Jap Convention. The Blue Jackets stored the Rangers to the skin, making it a straightforward evening for Tarasov.
Rangers: New York was stymied by Columbus’ forecheck, unable to maintain time within the offensive zone.
KEY MOMENT
New York proper wing Reilly Smith’s backcheck with 53.2 seconds left within the second interval eradicated Columbus’ Mikael Pyythia’s semi-breakaway in a scoreless recreation.
KEY STAT
The Blue Jackets had 16 blocked photographs.
UP NEXT
Rangers go to Montreal on Sunday, and Blue Jackets play on the New York Islanders on Monday.
