Rangers finally score home-ice goal
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Danila Yurov scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and the Wild went on to a 3-1 win at Madison Square Garden on Monday.
Wild rookie Danila Yurov scored his first NHL goal midway through the third period, sealing a 3–1 win for Minnesota and extending New York’s home winless streak to four games, albeit the Rangers have been much better far from home, going 3-0-1.
Artemi Panarin scored a goal for a second straight game during the Rangers’ loss to the Wild and has five of his seven points over the past two games.
The Rangers top pick in the 2023 draft hadn’t scored in 938 days. But Emery then followed with the game-winning goal at 2:25 of the third period, when he skated into the open slot and finished a quality scoring chance, set up by Cole Reschny.
The Toronto Maple Leafs host the New York Rangers after Auston Matthews' two-goal game against the Nashville Predators in the Maple Leafs' 7-4 win
Artemi Panarin scored New York's first home goal in four games and Igor Shesterkin made 29 saves, but the Rangers (3-4-1) lost their fourth consecutive home game to start the season. They set an NHL record by getting shut out in their first three home games.
New York Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad let all of his feeling out regarding his team's struggle to score at home.
The look on Mika Zibanejad’s face in the moment said it all, with his head tilted to the left and a look of disbelief stretched across his face.
Before that happened, the Rangers had a golden chance to tie the game when Panarin set up Mika Zibanejad in the slot from behind the net for a point blank try. But Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson (22 saves) snatched it with his glove with 9:26 remaining to preserve the lead.