Penalty from Zucca when Rangers lost – Dagbladet.no

New York Rangers came back twice, but the exhaust ultimately a point away against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night Norwegian time.

The hosts won 3-2 after penalty shots.

Mats Zuccarello is known as a very competent penalty taker and was the first man out for Rangers, but now he burned his chance.

Only Derek Stepan scored for the guests in the shootout, while the Flyers put two of his three attempts.

Rescued 46 of 48

Rangers came from two straight home victories, but had a tougher task in Philadelphia.

A strong Henrik Lundqvist in goal kept away for the most part and saved 46 of 48 shots, but could not fix the victory on their own.

Even with another good display was the Swedish goalkeeper dissatisfied with effort when the fight was to be determined.

– It’s always disappointing to lose in the ‘shootout’. I felt really good throughout the fight, but in the shootout, I was not good enough at all, said Lundqvist Rangers blog Blue Shirts United.

Shared points king

Zuccarello got a the game’s first chance when Rangers got two against one against Philadelphia goal but was stopped by goalkeeper Steve Mason. Instead it was the hosts’ Mark Streit who first received count after 11:15 minutes of play.

JT Miller equalized shortly after, as did Derick Brassard in hideout after Scott Laughton had arranged 2-1 early in the second period. Third period was speechless, and thus had teams of extension and then penalty shot.

Mats Zuccarello recorded five shots on goal, but was not involved in any of the goals. The Norwegian got a total of 20.08 minutes on the ice.

Before the match enthroned Zuccarello alone on top as Rangers’ best point picks this season. Saturday he was joined by Miller, Keith Yandle and Oscar Lindberg, who made their respective points against the Flyers.

Damage Drama

game was incidentally dramatically because of two injuries, only then Flyers player Michael Raffl early crash with Rangers’ Jarret Stoll as he was heading to the ice.

Raffl sat down first on the bench, but later he collapsed and had to be assisted into the tunnel. Thus, he could not play on.

At the end of last period lost Rangers the Swedish runner Viktor Stålberg, who was hit in the head by a tackle from Radko Gudas.

Rangers-coach Alain Vigneault said after the game that the Steel Berg can not play home match at Madison Square Garden Sunday night local time against the Calgary Flames, as he of principle will not use players who have got a blow to the head.

(NTB).