Boyle then hit the post on a Rangers power play later in the period after the Hamhuis injury, but that was as close as the visitors would get. Boyle took the penalty shot, deked Miller and slid it past his toe for his first goal of the season. Boyle is certainly not the point producing pivot he used to be and is used more as specialist in offensive zone situations which gives him some small value in fantasy.
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Scoreless through 40 minutes, Edler opened the scoring on a 5-on-3 power play 3:19 into the third period after NY forward Jarret Stoll was penalized for delay of game with the Canucks already up a man. Hamhuis went to the hospital, accompanied by his wife, according to Canucks coach Willie Desjardins.
Thirty seconds after a questionable call allowed Ranger Dan Boyle to score the tying goal on a penalty shot, Edler’s excellent pass was redirected from the side of the net by Canuck Daniel Sedin for the victor at 9:24 of the third period.
NY got back on level terms with a goal on a penalty shot, as Chris Tanev was whistled for closing his hand on the puck in the crease.
“We got our feet moving after the first period and we got some chances against a good team”. In the second period, the Rangers attack slowed.
“That’s what good teams do”, said Daniel Sedin, who scored his 13th goal of the season and collected his 20th assist.
NOTES: Vancouver rookie LW Jake Virtanen was sent to the Utica Comets of the AHL for conditioning after missing a week with a hip injury…. The Canucks open a six-game trip on Sunday that will take them to Chicago, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Detroit, Florida and Tampa Bay…. His absence likely means a bigger role for either Ben Hutton or Matt Bartkowski, not to mention Yannick Weber, who was scratched from the lineup Wednesday.
“I will talk to [general manager] Jeff [Gorton] after the game”, coach Alain Vigneault said before the Rangers’ 2-1 loss to the Canucks on Wednesday night. C Derek Stepan (broken ribs) and D Kevin Klein (strained oblique) remain sidelined….
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A year ago, a trip through Western Canada solved the New York Rangers’ woes.
