Alex Georgiev had himself a night last night. The Rangers got utterly shellacked by the clearly superior Leafs, but Georgiev stopped 55 of 56 shots, stealing one for the Blueshirts. While Georgiev clearly stole this one, the Blueshirts had extended periods of pressure against the Leafs. They also forced a few turnovers and turned them into goals.
For the trade deadline watch, Mats Zuccarello had a pair of assists, Adam McQuaid had a goal, Chris Kreider had an assist, and Kevin Hayes had a goal, so it was a good day for padding trade value. But this day was all about the birthday boy Georgiev
Rangers 1, Leafs 0
Zibanejad scores and the Rangers first line keeps rolling pic.twitter.com/X8c0vbZu0M
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) February 11, 2019
Chris Kreider reads the play here and just picks off Morgan Reilly’s pass down low. At this point, the Leafs are scrambling, and Kreider gets the puck in front to Mats Zuccarello for two attempts that Garrett Sparks got. The third one went to Mika ZIbanejad, who buried it.
Leafs 1, Rangers 1
Tony DeAngelo with a horrific turnover and Kapanen ties the game at 1 pic.twitter.com/r9KAuPgzlV
— Fitz (@FitzGSN_) February 11, 2019
This was a horrible pass by Tony DeAngelo to spring Kasperi Kapanen on the break. That was a great shot.
Rangers 2, Leafs 1
Kreider's penalty expires and he sends Vesey a nice pass to help the Rangers regain the lead pic.twitter.com/Lq20csBWUB
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) February 11, 2019
Jimmy Vesey created the turnover in the defensive zone as the penalty to Kreider expired, and then transitioned the puck to Ryan Strome to start the rush. Kreider jumped out of the box to join in, and then fed Vesey perfectly with the cross-ice pass. Vesey just had to finish.
Rangers 3, Leafs 1
The Leafs have almost double the shots of the Rangers, but are down 3-1 ¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/AndCoZzl6y
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) February 11, 2019
Zuccarello picks off the Jake Muzzin outlet, and the puck gets to Adam McQuaid at the point. His wrister beat Sparks through a screen by Auston Matthews.
Rangers 4, Leafs 1
Kevin Hayes empty netter.
Shot Heatmap
Considering the shot differentials, this actually isn’t as bad as you would think. There were clearly a ton of shots from the right side of the ice, as that’s where Toronto focused their attack from.
This was a win that the Rangers got because of their goaltender, but it’s not like they played overly bad. They had a good offensive showing in this one as well. Positivity, right?
The Blueshirts had to Winnipeg for one night on Tuesday, then come back to the East coast for the last three games of their four game road trip.
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