The Rangers faced the Minnesota Wild with several key players missing, including Filip Chytil and Adam Fox, as well as Barclay Goodrow on paternity leave. This forced the Blueshirts to field a lineup featuring Zac Jones, Jonny Brodzinski, and Tyler Pitlick. With Jonathan Quick in goal, the team aimed to extend their six-game winning streak but, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.
The game began with a revamped fourth line of Jimmy Vesey, Nick Bonino, and Tyler Pitlick, who opened the scoring when Vesey capitalized on a deflection by Pitlick at the far post.