WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Rangers, who scored all three goals in regulation on the power play in Saturday night’s overtime win over the Canucks, had a man advantage of 10 for the first time since the 2009-10 season in the first eight games of the season. motion.
But two of the Rangers’ power-play goals on Saturday came within a 5-on-3 advantage.
The Blueshirts led the entire NHL in scoring entering Sunday’s game with three points in a two-man lead.
“But I think we’ve been arguing about this for a while. We’ve been playing together for a while,” said Mika Zibanejad, who scored his first goal of the season on the man advantage. “So we just keep moving forward because we know what we’re capable of.”
The Rangers’ power play percentage of 34.5 percent ranked second in the NHL behind the Devils (40 percent), they averaged 3.63 man-advantage opportunities per game and averaged 5:18 of power play time per game. .
“They’ve been together for a while, so there’s some familiarity,” Langreis head coach Peter Laviolette said. “I thought they did a really good job. They wanted to not only tie it but also get the lead back.”
Blake Wheeler will play against the Jets for the first time on Monday, where he has spent the past 13 years.
Defenseman Adam Fox had a goal and an assist Saturday in his third multi-point game of the season.
His three power plays this season set a single-season high for Fox, and his 10 points (three goals, seven assists) were tops among NHL defensemen entering Sunday’s game.
The Rangers’ defense scored 23 points, the fourth-most in the NHL.
They have accounted for 33.3 percent of all points scored by the Blueshirts so far this season, the best mark in the league.
The Rangers had Sunday off as they headed to Winnipeg, but are scheduled to be back on the ice for skates Monday morning and take on the Jets that night at the Canada Life Center.
