New York Rangers Weekly, 10/30/17: Blueshirt Blues Continue

Another rough week full of poor showings and missed opportunities is raising some serious questions around the New York Rangers.

Late October is too early to call any game a must-win, but the Rangers were close to facing a must-win scenario last week. With one exception, they fell flat on their faces.

Oh, Baby!

Here are some of the highlights from the past week.

Mats Zuccarello showed once again why he is one of the best playmakers in the league with a sick pass to Chris Kreider on Thursday night against the Coyotes.

Derek Stepan didn't just get abused once on the play, he was lazy on the back-check. Chris Kreider, 1-0 #NYR. pic.twitter.com/cVlxs3K7W4

— Elite Sports NY (@EliteSportsNY) October 26, 2017

Pavel Buchnevich broke out of a goal-scoring funk in a big way Thursday night, netting two goals against Adin Hill.

Pavel Buchnevich is gifted one. Hey, throw it on net. You never know. 2-0 #NYR. pic.twitter.com/DLhJnPxx9A

— Elite Sports NY (@EliteSportsNY) October 26, 2017

And the second one:

3 candied ??? for Boo last night!
Join us for #NYR Hockey Halloween Tuesday night @TheGarden!
Get tix: https://t.co/1CxfjYPwvR pic.twitter.com/nxdqr17IzD

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) October 27, 2017

Rick Nash played in his 1,000th career game when the Blueshirts took on the Coyotes.

#NYR fans @TheGarden give Rick Nash an ovation for his 1000th @NHL game. He will be honored on-ice before the 11/6 game vs Columbus. pic.twitter.com/2aUSgL33NH

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) October 26, 2017

Lundqvist Hurt?

Henrik Lundqvist sat out in consecutive games for the first time this season as head coach Alain Vigneault went with Ondrej Pavelec in net. Lundqvist had a small collision Monday against the Sharks.

Who’s Hot?

Pavel Buchnevich faired pretty well this week scoring four points over his last four games. He found the back of the net three times while playing on the team’s fourth line.

Who’s Not?

Despite scoring an empty-net goal in the Rangers win against the Nashville Predators on Oct. 21, Jimmy Vesey is still struggling to put up points for the Blueshirts’. Vesey only has two points in twelve games, and both of those points came against Nashville.

Transactions

• Oct. 24: Placed Adam Cracknell on waivers.
• Oct. 24: Assigned Tony DeAngelo to Hartford.
• Oct. 24: Recalled Boo Nieves from Hartford.
• Oct. 25: Assigned Cracknell to Hartford.

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