The New York Rangers took to the ice for the first time in seven days, and were defeated 4-1 by the Edmonton Oilers at Madison Square Garden. Kaapo Kakko opened the scoring with his first career NHL goal, but that would be all the Rangers could muster up on offense. The Oilers were able to keep the game close and scored four unanswered goals to take home the victory.
Here is this afternoon’s goal breakdown.
1-0 Rangers
Kaapo Kakko (1) - Ryan Strome (1) - 18:28 1st Period
Kaapo Kakko went scoreless during the first two games of the season, but he finally broke through this afternoon, and boy was it a good one.