CALGARY, Alberta — It seemed like a great play, but almost meaningless at the time.
With the Rangers down 6-0 late in the second period in Edmonton on Tuesday night, coach David Quinn pulled Alexandar Gerogiev from the net and inserted Henrik Lundqvist. The first shot Lundqvist saw was from a 2-on-1 rush coming at him, and he made a great save, post-to-post to get his glove on a shot from Kailer Yamamoto.
“That goes in, 7-0, that thing can get away from you in a hurry,” coach David Quinn said a day later, after his team rallied to make it 6-5 with 3:45 left in regulation before Yamamoto ended the dramatic comeback bid with an empty-netter.