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 [February 09, 2023]
Chris Kreider scored his 250th career goal, Filip Chytil tied
a career high by scoring in his fifth straight game and the host New
York Rangers held on for a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on
Wednesday night.
New York improved to 4-0-1 in its past five games and 18-4-3 since a
5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Dec. 3.
Kreider and Chytil scored in a span of 1:38 during the first period,
Alexis Lafreniere tallied in the second and Mika Zibanejad scored
his 25th goal late in the third.
Kreider became the eighth player in team history to reach 250 goals.
Chytil matched his longest goal-scoring streak set Nov. 12-21, 2018,
and scored his 11th goal in his past 13 contests.
New York's Igor Shesterkin made 22 saves in his first start in two
weeks.
Conor Garland, Vasily Podkolzin and Elias Pettersson scored as
Vancouver dropped to 2-2-1 under new coach Rick Tocchet and fell to
4-12-1 in its past 17.
Vancouver's Spencer Martin stopped 17 shots and lost for the ninth
straight time.
Kreider opened the scoring at 6:53 of the first period when he
finished off a two-on-one with Vincent Trocheck by converting an
easy tap-in at the left side of the net.
The Rangers doubled the lead with at 8:31 of the first when Chytil
flipped a backhander over Martin's left shoulder from in front of
the net moments after Vancouver defenseman Riley Stillman committed
a giveaway behind the net.
The Canucks made it a one-goal game with 2:24 remaining in the first
when Garland's off-balance shot from the left circle sailed over
Shesterkin's right shoulder.
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Feb 8, 2023; New York, New York, USA;
New York Rangers center Filip Chytil (72) celebrates a goal against
the Vancouver Canucks during the first period of a game at Madison
Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jessica Alcheh-USA TODAY Sports
New York took a 3-1 lead with 13:37 left in the
second when Lafreniere reached his stick out for the deflection of
Jacob Trouba's shot from the left point into the vacated right side
of the net.
Vancouver got within one goal again with 3:54 remaining in the
second. Podkolzin came off the bench and stepped into a wrister from
the left circle that caromed off the stick of the Rangers' Artemi
Panarin and past Shesterkin's right shoulder.
After Zibanejad deflected a Trouba shot with 3:55 remaining,
Pettersson pushed a loose puck into the net 11 seconds later when
icing went uncalled.
--Field Level Media
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