Rangers stick it to Islanders again on Chris Kreider's last-minute goal - New York Post

This was never going to be a replay of Monday. The Rangers knew that, and they were prepared for it.

And so it was with a fair bit of patience — and a fortunate penalty call late in the game — that the Blueshirts took their second straight victory over the Islanders, this one 3-2 Thursday night at the Coliseum.

After old buddy Derick Brassard was called for a cross-check late in the third period, Chris Kreider scored a power-play goal with 24.6 seconds remaining in regulation, giving his team a 3-2 lead that held up.

These two teams met for the first time this season Monday at the Garden, where the Rangers (23-19-4) were powered by a five-point night from Artemi Panarin in a 6-2 win over the Islanders (28-14-4). The Isles had a chance to immediately bounce back, and did just that with a 8-2 win over the awful Red Wings on Tuesday night.

Thursday, the two teams went to the third period tied, 1-1. The Islanders got a great chance to take the lead early in the period when Tony DeAngelo took a bad interference penalty. But the Rangers got a couple of big blocked shots, goalie Alexandar Georgiev made a couple of big saves, and when DeAngelo was sprung from the box, he finished a 2-on-1 with a wrist shot over the near shoulder of Semyon Varlamov at 4:16 to give the Blueshirts a 2-1 lead.

Panarin then drew a hook on Casey Cizikas, but the call also included an embellishment on Panarin, making it 4-on-4. That’s when the Islanders’ Anthony Beauvillier tossed one off the backboards. When he got the carom, he whiffed on a shot and the puck hit his skate and went through Geogeiv’s legs to tie it, 2-2.

It was all Islanders early on, as they played to the soundtrack of alternating chants from the rival fan bases. The Islanders held a 22-6 advantage in shots during the opening 20 minutes, and they also managed a 1-0 lead on a goal from Josh Bailey with 51 seconds left in the first.

But the Rangers had a response in the second period, getting the better of the shot clock, 13-5, and a goal of their own from Mika Zibanejad at 12:46. The play had to be reviewed, as it was originally seemed that defenseman Ryan Pulock had kept the puck from totally crossing the goal line with a miraculous diving stop. But the NHL had an overhead view that showed Zibanejad’s whack of Pulock’s first clearing attempt did cross, and so the game went to the third knotted at one.

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