Revenge in Montreal – Rangers come back for stunning 6-5 win

The Rangers came into this one looking to find good process, but then promptly went down 4-0, with two goals the direct result of bad zone entry process. The Blueshirts made it interesting, scoring three straight in the second en route to tying the game at five.

• Hey Tyler actually let me know he couldn’t write this one, so I have the full game!
• I like that Brady Skjei is back with Jacob Trouba. Not because Skjei has been good, but because Libor Hajek has been atrocious.
• Hey the Rangers didn’t allow a goal in the first minute! Progress!
• And they scored….I’m a jinx.
• After watching that replay – what was Hajek doing? He ran away from his spot like he was chasing a pop up.
• And another goal, immediately after the defense backs up and allows the entry and the shot. Just step up and that shot doesn’t even happen.
• And another one where they allow the pass into the zone. Step up, please!
• Worth noting that the wife left for the other TV at this point.
• It’s not hard. Stop the entry, stop the shot. That eliminates the risk of Alex Georgiev and his rough outing in this one. It’s not mutually exclusive – the goals were relatively weak but the entries shouldn’t have happened.
• What a pass by Adam Fox on that Jesper Fast chance. If Fast were a lefty he one-times that.
• Woof, bad goal by Georgiev.
• On the bright side, I have sole control of the TV and a case of White Claw.
• I switched chairs. Break up this bad mojo.
• That’s the Skjei we need to see. What a rush up the ice.
• Pavel Buchnevich – too many men on the ice and Rangers killer, scores here with his drive to the net. Yes, I’m mocking David Quinn for that pregame comment.
• What a shift by this powerplay unit. They’ve had the puck for a while.
• And then Brendan Lemieux gets the goal on the deflection and it’s 4-3!
• Not moving from this seat.
• That was not a good 5-on-3. Too much perimeter play and not enough shooting.
• As the third period starts, I think of that game when the Blueshirts were up 5-0 and then lost 6-5. This is my revenge. Get. It. Done.
• Can’t allow those centering passes like that, especially after that bad turnover by Tony DeAngelo. Yikes.
• And as soon as I think the Rangers are going to be fine, it’s 5-3.
• Now it’s 5-4….this game is a little crazy.
• And a shorty to make it a tie game!
• And now a lead!
• Two huge saves by Georgiev!
• Way too nervous for a game in November.
• Revenge!