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Game Wrap-ups
The NY Rangers did not have the prettiest of wins, but games against the Carolina Hurricanes are rarely pretty.Two points is 2 points, and splitting the home and home was expected.The top end talent for the Rangers was the difference in the game, burying their limiting chances.Igor Shesterkin showed he has returned, stopping 29 of 30 and saving the Rangers from themselves in the first period.

The San Jose Sharks (8-16-5, seventh Pacific) head down to the land of Disney to play the Anaheim Ducks (7-17-3, eighth Pacific).When these teams faced off last on Nov. 5, the Ducks won 5-4 in a shootout.Anaheim is coming off a 4-3 overtime win against the Carolina Hurricanes, thanks to heroics from Ryan Strome.

Ducks forward Trevor Zegras gathered the puck at the center ice dot and slowly swung wide right as he approached goaltender Filip Gustavsson to lead off a shootout last week at Minnesota.As Zegras accelerated he shifted the puck from his forehand to his backhand and back and forth again, his slick hands allowing him to maintain control.

During the offseason and past trade deadlines, I often talk about dominoes, in that GMs often have to first assess the play of their existing youth pipelines before they go out and make moves to improve their roster.Two years ago, the Rangers needed to add more of a net front presence and physicality down the middle, as Mika Zibanejad, Ryan Strome, and Filip Chytil were all transition players.

Following last night's victory in Los Angeles, the Blueshirts have made the long and arduous trek from LA to Anaheim as they get set to close out this road trip against the Ducks tonight.New York won the first meeting of the season series in Manhattan, a 6-4 win back on October 17th, and will look to sweep the season series with a second victory against Anaheim tonight.

The Athletic featured an interesting article featuring Jeremy Rutherford (Blues reporter), Jonas Siegel (Leafs reporter), and Shayna Goldman (evidence provider, voice of reason) examing Pierre LeBrun's column from this week stating that Ryan O'Reilly and the Leafs looked like a match.This week wasn't the first time ROR and the Leafs came up, as Toronto's interest was reported just before the holiday trade freeze.

ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) - John Klingberg scored at 1:08 of overtime, Mason McTavish had his first career multi-goal game with two goals and two assists and the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.Troy Terry had a rush to the net and placed a perfect pass to Klingberg in front as he put it past Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen for his fifth goal of the season.

ANAHEIM, Calif.(AP) - John Klingberg scored at 1:08 of overtime, Mason McTavish had his first career multi-goal game with two goals and two assists and the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 5-4 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Friday night.Troy Terry had a rush to the net and placed a perfect pass to Klingberg in front as he put it past Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen for his fifth goal of the season.

John Klingberg scored 68 seconds into overtime as the Anaheim Ducks came back to beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Friday at Honda Center.Tomas Hertl lost the puck near the Sharks' blue line and Mason McTavish took over.He passed the puck to Troy Terry, who found Klingberg for a one-timer from the slot that beat Sharks goalie Kaapo Kahkonen for his fifth goal of the season.

For some reason, the Toronto Maple Leafs love to lose early weeknight games at Scotiabank Arena.The Toronto Maple Leafs face-off against a terrible Anaheim Ducks team tonight and will probably find a way to lose.I know that's a pretty bold statement since the Leafs haven't lost a game in regulation since November 11th, but they're due.

Call all NY Rangers leaders, all five players with an 'A' or a 'C', it's time to step up.The Rangers have been treading water, playing .500hockey, playing down to their opponents, and uncharacteristically blowing leads in the third period.This is something last year's team, as flawed as they were, would never have done.

Anaheim Ducks @ Toronto Maple Leafs07:00 PM at Scotiabank ArenaWatch on: TSN4, BSSC
The Leafs last game was at home on December 10 against the Calgary Flames, which Toronto won by a score of 5-4.The Leafs have a record of 18-5-6 so far.The Anaheim Ducks last played an away game on December 12 against the Ottawa Senators.

The New York Rangers end a four-game road trip this evening as they take on the Anaheim Ducks, and they will check in with some former friends for the second time this year.In October the Blueshirts handed the Ducks a 6-4 loss, and they'll attempt to do the same tonight.The Rangers are in the second game of a back-to-back and will face a Ducks squad that has yet to win a game in regulation... which just seems like the most New York Rangers thing ever given their propensity of allowing significant firsts whether it be career goals, wins, etc.

Game ThreadThe Rangers finish up their west coast swing in Anaheim tonight, looking to extend their win streak to three games for just the second time this season.Perhaps the real Rangers showed up last night, as the Rangers stormed back against a good Kings team to win 5-3.It wasn't pretty, but good teams find ways to win.

The Rangers continued their tour of the west coast Tuesday night with a matchup against the Los Angeles Kings.Despite a sluggish start, they managed to win their second game in a row, this one by a score of 5-3.The Kings jumped out to a 1-0 lead just 35 seconds into the game.The Kings dumped the puck in the Rangers zone, and it appeared Igor Shesterkin and K'Andre Miller expected an icing to be called.