"Trudging back home in the Charlie Brown Christmas pose, the team that played the best regular season in all of the NHL just two seasons ago badly needed a boost in Monday night's contest against the Kraken. The Eastern Conference is still a big tin of sardines, after all, so it's only going to take a medium-sized hot streak for a bad team to change the story of its season. (See also: the Toronto Maple Leafs.)"
"The 10-year Ranger center took a shot that hit off goalie Philipp Grubauer and deflected way wide, but that wasn't the end of the chance. The biscuit ricocheted off the end glass and fell right back to Zibanejad as his momentum carried him around the side of the net. Mika flipped the puck backward toward a Grubauer who had no idea where it was, and before the Kraken netminder could get wise to the scheme, he'd scored on himself with the back of his legs."
"Better yet: They scored another easy goal less than three minutes later. A bad Seattle turnover in their own zone as they tried to flip the ice meant possession fell to Sam Carrick, who had plenty of time to pick his spot and send the puck sailing over Gru's pad for the early 2-0 lead. It's looking pretty good for the Rangers, right?"
The New York Rangers are in last place after a humiliating 10-2 loss to the Boston Bruins and a subsequent disappointing game versus the Seattle Kraken. The team once posted the NHL's best regular season two years ago but now needs a boost amid a tightly packed Eastern Conference where a short hot streak can alter standings. The Rangers opened against the Kraken with two fluke, easy goals—a goalie-own-goal off a Mika Zibanejad ricochet and a Sam Carrick finish—but the offense produced no further scoring. Seattle stayed persistent and scored multiple goals past Jonathan Quick, turning the game.
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