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The Rangers went into Winnipeg looking to take the season series from the Jets and perhaps play spoiler, and did just that. Chris Kreider scored twice before the Blueshirts scored twice in the first minute of third to blow the game open. Ryan Strome also got off the schneid with his first goal in 13 games.

There was a scary moment when Igor Shesterkin had a Jet shoved into him by Tony DeAngelo. He was favoring his leg before getting pulled by the concussion spotter. Henrik Lundqvist made one save in his absence before Shesty was back in net. Shesty stopped 42 of 43 shots in the win.

Rangers 1, Jets 0

There was no real breakdown by Jets here, just a good play by Pavel Buchnevich to chip the puck to Chris Kreider, then a power move by Kreider.

Rangers 2, Jets 0

There’s a good argument for the Jets not picking up Ryan Strome creeping in at the back door. Connor Hellebuyck made a great save on Strome, but the rebound went right to Kreider. The entire defense was caught off guard by the Strome chance.

Rangers 3, Jets 0

Adam Fox started this with a great breakout pass, then a little bit of luck led to Strome getting his first goal in 13 games. The initial chance got blocked, and Strome was able to spin off the defender and tuck it under Hellebuyck.

Rangers 4, Jets 0

Kreider in deep forced Hellebuyck into a turnover right to Pavel Buchnevich. His shot was stopped, but he got his own rebound behind the net and fed it to Mika Zibanejad in front for the goal. Forechecking creates issues against bad defensive teams.

Rangers 4, Jets 1

Bad bounces happen, this one off of Ryan Lindgren’s skate. Shesterkin would not have been credited with a shutout, as he was not the goalie of record. So this isn’t a big deal.

Shot Heatmap

The Jets may have had more shot attempts, but it was the Rangers who controlled the quality game. The Blueshirts are getting better and better at not only creating quality, but limiting quality against. The turnaround this team has shown from October/November to December-February is crazy.

Skater Results

The fourth line got caved in hard, which seems to be a trend for the Rangers lately. Eventually the fourth line is going to have to be figured out. Everyone else though, solid game. Nothing else to really see here.

This was a good win to start the road trip. The Blueshirts get a day off to travel to Minnesota before back to backs against the Wild and the Blackhawks.

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