After a moderate layoff, the Rangers began a road trip out west with a match up against the Seattle Kraken, who have looked greatly improved this season after a rough inaugural year.
The Kraken got on the board first when Jared McCann tipped a Will Borgen shot from the point just 2:45 into the game. The Rangers responded well, spending a solid chunk of the period in Seattle’s zone. After Barclay Goodrow drew a penalty while driving to the net, Mika Zibanejad tied the game with this tenth goal of the season. It was a satisfying sequence that saw all five Rangers skaters touch the puck, and ended with Chris Kreider’s cross crease pass to Zibanejad, who fired it past a sprawling Martin Jones.