Rangers top Wild in OT to snap losing skid, set up pivotal Blue Jackets showdown
NY Post
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — After bleeding losses over the last week or so, the Rangers finally patched it up.
Braden Schneider’s overtime winner secured a 3-2 win over the Wild on Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center and snapped a four-game losing streak for the Blueshirts, who benefited from a Blue Jackets loss and moved into a tie with their division foe at 70 points in the Eastern Conference wild-card race.
“They drove the defense back, and I tried to take some middle ice,” Schneider said of the first OT winner of his four-year NHL career. “I immediately wanted to shoot it, brought it to my backhand and just put it there. Luckily, it went in, and thankfully, it wasn’t goaltender interference.”
The Blue Jackets still have a game in hand, but the Rangers have set themselves up for a perfect revenge game in Columbus on Saturday after giving up seven in a crushing loss to the Blue Jackets last weekend.
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