Rangers vs. Stars: Winning In Dallas (???)
The Rangers played -- and won! -- in Dallas Friday night. That's a good thing, right?
- The Rangers were 3-11 coming into the game, eventually you knew they were going to get one. The surprise wasn't so much that they won, but rather that he first two periods played against a playoff team were fine.
Me staring at the stats from the first period and not being depressed
— Joe Fortunato (@joefortunato.bsky.social) 2024-12-21T01:52:03.149Z
- There were some of the usual issues. Fair to say Igor Shesterkin certainly saved the day – making 41 saves. The Rangers, once again, got their asses handed to them in the third period – relying on their newly minted $11.5-million man to bail them out. Dallas took 15 shots to the Rangers five in the third, the only difference was this time the Rangers were leading. I still don't like the shell game in any way, but better to do it up 2-1 than down 4-0.
- And if you want to know why Igor is payed the way that he is, well
Igor Shesterkin saved a season-high 5.6 goals above expected tonight. Making 21 (!) saves while short-handed definitely gave him a big boost there (@EvolvingHockey) pic.twitter.com/UijHUuoA9b
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) December 21, 2024
- The hockey card from this one was ... interesting. Unsurprisingly there are some familiar names at the bottom of the list, but Matt Rempe (more on him in a minute) being middle of the road is right where you want him to be, and Lindgren being way up there is also shocking.
NHL GameScore Impact Card for New York Rangers on 2024-12-20: pic.twitter.com/AQgqkRnaZU
— HockeyStatCards (@hockeystatcards) December 21, 2024
