- It might have been ugly for long stretches, it might have looked bleak at the end of the second but the Rangers found a way to win a game they desperately needed to. The Rangers got annihilated in possession (although won the possession battle in the third period) and got out-chanced like crazy. A horrible second period skewed most of those numbers, but it doesn't matter in the end.
- Henrik Lundqvist let one bad goal in (he has to have that, period) and then slammed the door the rest of the game.