NEWARK, N.J. – It was cold outside, but inside, Mika Zibanejad was red hot.
The Rangers’ No. 1 center recorded his second career hat trick, the third goal of which was a nifty dipsy-doodle move around defenders for the winner, as the Rangers rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Devils on Thursday night.
Facing the Devils for the first time this season, 50 games in, the Rangers fell behind 2-0 before Zibanejad’s first two goals, both on the power play, tied the game. Then, they took the lead for the first time on Chris Kreider’s 23rd goal of the season, a wrist shot from below the right wing faceoff dot that put them up 3-2 at 4:43 of the third period.