![]() ![]() New York has allowed just 83 goals at home, second-fewest in the league behind Carolina’s 82. The Rangers improved to 26-8-4 at Madison Square Garden and 9-3-1 in their last 13 home games. I thought we played a real solid game and deserved a better fate.” ”We had good zone time and did a good job defending. “The score isn’t really reflective of the game that we played,’' Jets interim coach Dave Lowry said. 3, 2019, a 6-4 win for the Rangers in that season’s home opener. The contest was the first Garden visit for the Jets since Oct. They also beat the Jets 4-1 in Winnipeg on March 6. The Rangers are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games against Winnipeg. ”We’ll take it one game at a time and see what happens.” “We want to finish first,’' Gallant added. Both teams have five games remaining, including another meeting at Madison Square Garden next Tuesday. With the victory, the Rangers moved into a first-place tie with idle Carolina with 106 points atop the Metropolitan Division. It’s been a real good year and a lot of fun,’' said Gallant, who replaced David Quinn as coach after last season and has expertly shepherded the Rangers’ dramatic turnaround. Gallant won 51 games with the expansion Vegas Golden Knights in 2017-18, while Keenan had 52 wins for the 1993-94 eventual Stanley Cup-champion Rangers and 53 for the 1984-85 Philadelphia Flyers. Gallant and Mike Keenan are also the only coaches to win 50 games with two franchises in their first season. Gallant became just the second Rangers coach to reach the 50-win mark in his first season behind the bench. They also reached the plateau in 1991-92, 1993-12. The Rangers reached the 50-win mark for the first time since 2014-15, when they won a franchise-record 53 games. The Rangers haven’t allowed a goal since an empty-net score with six seconds left in the third period of a 4-2 home loss to Carolina last Tuesday. ”Our goaltender has been been really good, really strong. “He’s been outstanding,’' Rangers coach Gerard Gallant said. He also improved to 21-3-2 this season when making 30 or more saves in a game. The 26-year-old Russian netminder is 36-11-4 this season and become the first Rangers goalie since Henrik Lundqvist in 2011-12 to with six or more shutouts in a season. He also denied Nikolaj Ehlers with just over five minutes left in the third to preserve the shutout. Shesterkin’s best save was a point-blank right-arm stop on Jets captain Blake Wheeler at 17:23 of the middle period. “I love playing and I love winning,’' Shesterkin said through an interpreter. It was the first time since the 1972-73 season that the Rangers recorded three straight shutouts. ![]()
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