Rangers Vs. Avalanche: Overtime Heroes

The overtime kids got their second win of the year, this go around in the shootout. That said, it was easily one of the best games the Rangers have played so far under David Quinn, fully equipped with leads in possession and expected goals when all was said and done. The team played with some of that grit Quinn seems to value, didn’t do it at the expense of the actual hockey game, and did a pretty good job in their own end.

The goals thing is still an issue. Coming into the game the Rangers had scored less than two goals a game (again, removing the Carolina game) and this game wasn’t any different. With Pavel Buchnevich sitting another source of offense was out of the lineup and it showed.…