Rangers ride power play to franchise record-tying win over Canadiens
NY Post
Chris Kreider has owned real estate in front of every opponents’ net for quite some time.
And there the longest tenured Ranger was once again, turning the edge of the blue crease in front of the Canadiens’ goal into his own personal office with another crucial power-play goal in the third period — his third in the last three games — to ignite the Blueshirts’ push to a 5-2 win over Montreal on Sunday night at Madison Square Garden.
“I’ve known about it before I got here,” Vincent Trocheck said of Kreider’s net-front presence. “Playing against him in the playoffs a couple years ago, it seemed like he was scoring from that spot every game against us [the Hurricanes]. Having a guy like that net front, it opens up a lot of space for everybody else on the power play.”
Kreider, who surpassed Rod Gilbert for the second-most power-play goals in franchise history at 109, has actually notched the last four of the Rangers’ third-period power-play goals dating back to the overtime win over the Avalanche on March 28.
It’s largely been a strength of the Rangers all season, considering that the power play was ranked No. 4 in the NHL at 25.9 percent entering the game, and it’s come through at all the right times lately.
Such was the case in this victory, the Rangers’ 53rd of the season and tied the franchise record for the most wins in a single season.
Every game the Rangers have played recently has come with seismic implications.
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