Jimmy Vesey’s shootout game-winner propelled the New York Rangers to a well-deserved 5-4 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
- New York Rangers 5 (8-7-2, 18 pts)
- Columbus Blue Jackets 4 (9-6-2, 20 pts)
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- Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
There he was, Jimmy Vesey, with an entire hard-fought 65 minutes of hockey on his back. There he was, as the fifth shooter of the shootout in Columbus on Saturday night with the hopes and dreams of a possible over-.500 hockey club on his shoulders.
He delivered.
His glove-side shot hit the back of the net, ensuring a 5-4 New York Rangers victory over John Tortorella’s Blue Jackets.
JIMMY VESEY! SHOOTOUT WINNER!#NYR pic.twitter.com/Ss9ZRLrYP0
— Hockey Daily 365 (@HockeyDaily365) November 11, 2018
#NYR fans in Columbus cheer on as @19Vesey wins it! pic.twitter.com/1htKfdRgJv
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 11, 2018
New York was in line to win the shootout in Round 3 after Kevin Shattenkirk and Mika Zibanejad both score, but it was not to be. Vesey hammered the game-winner home two rounds later.
Regulation was an old-school goal-scoring affair. Speaking of Zibs, the team’s top-line center tallied his seventh of the season just 5:54 into the first frame. Pavel Buchnevich’s sick toe-drag assist made it happen.
Worth another look.
Buch ➡️ Mika ?
Stay tuned on @MSGNetworks pic.twitter.com/qw5EoxoZs4— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 11, 2018
After Cam Atkinson tied it up on the power-play at the end of the first, Buchenvich and Chris Kreider both struck in the first half of the second. Just like the first goal, again, the Rangers found the back of the net at even strength.
See all the #NYR goals and highlights from tonight's shootout win in Columbus!
Be there as the Blueshirts look to extend their season-long six-game point streak @TheGarden on Monday.
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) November 11, 2018
As per usual, that dreaded two-goal lead didn’t last. In fact, Columbus tallied the next three to take a one-goal lead.
Vesey’s sixth goal of the season, coming with under a minute to go in the third period, off a beautiful feed by Kevin Hayes, tied the game at four apiece. That’s where we stood until the shootout.
WHAT A PASS BY KEVIN HAYES TO SET UP JIMMY VESEY! TIE GAME!#NYR pic.twitter.com/XcN3IxLlNx
— Hockey Daily 365 (@HockeyDaily365) November 11, 2018
Alexandar Georgiev picked the victory while stopping 38 Blue Jackets shots. New York is 5-0-1 and have recorded 11 points of a possible 12 over its last six hockey games.
Now sitting as a winning NHL hockey club at 8-7-2, the Rangers will take a blow before taking on the Vancouver Canucks at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.
he shoots! he scores!#CBJ pic.twitter.com/NrgZp59qjS
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 11, 2018
nifty move there, @NickFoligno #CBJ pic.twitter.com/MnLOoeg8Ph
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 11, 2018
jk back to @18Dubois ?#CBJ pic.twitter.com/HAMtscQhda
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 11, 2018
.@AlexWennberg's first of the season!
4-3, #CBJ pic.twitter.com/KeByGsOpUi
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 11, 2018
upon further review, @seth_jones3 nets it from the point!#CBJ pic.twitter.com/LmDsDKiAqL
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 11, 2018
so, about that #CBJ power play.. pic.twitter.com/aAdK6QdHbV
— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) November 11, 2018
