What a win by the New York Rangers. After looking like the Rangers were going to fold when down 3-2 heading into the third, the Blueshirts put up 5 goals in the 3rd period. Taylor Raddysh had two goals against his former team, and Vincent Trocheck backed up what he said after the Nashville game by scoring two of his own. Throw in some milestone goals scored from Alexis Lafreniere and Artemi Panarin, and you have a strong win. The Rangers do this, but lay eggs against Chicago, Vancouver, and Nashvile. This team makes no sense.

Raddysh got the party going late in the first off of a great play by Braden Schneider and Jonny Brodzinski by the net mouth. Goals seem to come in bunches for Taylor Raddysh, as he hadn’t scored since October 30th against Edmonton. While Raddysh was not brought in to be a scoring option, he does have some good offensive instincts. He knows how to get in position to score by getting to the net. This led to his second goal, a bit of a flukey one that found a hole.

Gabe Perreault is quietly on a three game point streak since being recalled. Playing on a line with Will Cuylle, and Vincent Trocheck, Perreault just looks the part of a top six winger. Perhaps his time in the AHL was worth it, instead of forcing him into the NHL out of camp, which he and the Rangers may not have been ready for. Perreault isn’t Mike Gartner out there with his skating, but what sticks out with him is his battle level in one on one situations and his play making vision. His assist was the first pass of a nice play that led to a Trocheck goal from him and Brodzinski. He’s showing he should stick.

The Rangers turned it on in the third, but they were only in it after the first two periods because of Igor Shesterkin. He had a save of the year candidate taken away by a Toronto review, which wound up being the right call. We here don’t care though, that’s a save in our hearts. When all was said and done, he stopped 29 of 32 shots and gave the Rangers a chance to win. This was a nice win by the Rangers heading into the holiday break after a rough 6-in-9 stretch.

From myself, and all of us here at Blue Seat Blogs, we hope you, your family, and your loved ones have a fantastic holiday season! Let’s go Rangers!

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