Jimmy Vesey and the New York Rangers continue their offensive dominance by smacking up the St. Louis Blues 5-0 at The Garden.
- New York Rangers 5 (7-3 14 pts)
- St.Louis Blues 0 (5-3-2 12 pts)
- NHL, Final, Box Score
- Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
The New York Rangers offense was electric, blasting five goals through Blues goaltenders.
At The Garden on Monday night, the Rangers continued their offensive dominance and scored goal-after-goal in the 5-0 victory against the St.Louis Blues. After yet another big scoring night, the Blueshirts are now officially the best offensive team in the entire National Hockey League.
Dan Girardi got the Rangers on the board first as he blasted a shot that deflected off of Vladimir Tarasenko and past Jake Allen to give the Rangers the early lead.
Chris Kreider already making his presence felt as Girardi makes it 1-0. #NYR pic.twitter.com/rr8UPMRkmp
— Elite Sports NY (@EliteSportsNY) November 1, 2016
Over a minute later, Rangers’ wonder boy Jimmy Vesey scored his sixth goal of the season on the power play, to extend the lead to 2-0. Vesey’s goal tied him for the league lead in goals with six.
Hide the women and children, for Jimmy Vesey leads the NHL in goal scoring with six.#NYR #Vesey pic.twitter.com/ZwiJtynFzb
— Elite Sports NY (@EliteSportsNY) November 1, 2016
The Rangers continued to score as Rick Nash‘s fifth goal of the season gave the Rangers a commanding 3-0 lead.
Nashty!! ? pic.twitter.com/Noua1CnDGG
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
Six minutes later the Rangers were able to put their fourth goal on the board, as Mats Zuccarello scored his fifth goal of the season on the power play. The goal by Zuccarello gave the Rangers a 4-0 lead.
ZUUUUUUUUUUCC!!!!! pic.twitter.com/HUWhdDqG96
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
Kevin Hayes scored the Rangers final goal of the night, on a beautiful sequence which included Jimmy Vesey and J.T Miller. The goal ended the scoring for both teams and resulted in a 5-0 Rangers win.
3 in the 2nd for #NYR including this @KevinPHayes12 goal! ????? pic.twitter.com/snCBw9n7Us
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
Henrik Lundqvist ended his night with a shutout, his first of the season. He stopped 35 shots and lead the Rangers to their seventh win of the season.
Vesey had a big night. He scored his league-leading sixth goal and tallied two assists.
The Rangers face Connor McDavid and the 7-2 Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night at the Garden.
.@19Vesey and @HLundqvist30 lead the way in a 5-0 #NYR win over St. Louis!!! pic.twitter.com/MGbJxSiRxN
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
#NYR have registered at least 40 goals in their first 10 games of a season for the first time since 1992-93! ? pic.twitter.com/EvthZ813RF
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
.@19Vesey has his first career three-point game in the NHL. In addition, he has registered a multi-point game in three of the last six games
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
ZUUUUUUUUUUCC!!!!! pic.twitter.com/HUWhdDqG96
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
Nashty!! ? pic.twitter.com/Noua1CnDGG
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
.@RMcDonagh27 is the first #NYR defenseman to post an 8-game assist streak since Brian Leetch from Jan. 3, 1996 – Jan. 31, 1996 (nine games)
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 2, 2016
.@19Vesey ?! pic.twitter.com/VEd4E1zze8
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 1, 2016
Congrats, @DerekStepan21!! #NYR pic.twitter.com/ugtvgJohCW
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 1, 2016