WINNIPEG , Manitoba – Mika Zibanejad is starting to show that he isn’t just on a hot streak. He’s starting to look as if he’s becoming an elite NHL player.
He’s just not elite enough right now to carry the Rangers to an upset victory over one of the NHL’s elite teams: the Jets.
Zibanejad had two goals, the second of which came 57 seconds into the third period, and gave the Rangers their only lead of the game. But they couldn’t hold that lead, and ultimately fell, 4-3 , in the first game of their four-game road trip.