New York Rangers vs Arizona Coyotes
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 2016 · Gila River Arena
FS-A PLUS · MSG
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Arizona Coyotes 6-3 on Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Gila River Arena. The Rangers outshot the Coyotes 32-21.
Matt Puempel scored a hat trick. Nick Holden, Christian Dvorak, Chris Kreider, Anthony Duclair, Tobias Rieder and J.T. Miller also scored.
Antti Raanta made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 26 of 31.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NYR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 32 |
 ARI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Puempel (3)Jimmy Vesey (8)1–002:24 NYR · PPG
Nick Holden (7)J.T. Miller (14), Kevin Hayes (14)2–008:01 NYR · PPG
Christian Dvorak (4)Connor Murphy (7), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (11)2–115:16 ARI
2nd period
Chris Kreider (12)Nick Holden (13), Mats Zuccarello (19)3–101:13 NYR
Anthony Duclair (3)Lawson Crouse (2), Jakob Chychrun (6)3–215:32 ARI
3rd period
Tobias Rieder (8)Radim Vrbata (15), Martin Hanzal (6)3–307:32 ARI · PPG- Matt Puempel (4)Ryan McDonagh (22), Kevin Hayes (15)4–314:40 NYR · PPG
J.T. Miller (10)Kevin Hayes (16), Jesper Fast (11)5–319:33 NYR · EN- Matt Puempel (5)Brandon Pirri (7), Marek Hrivik (2)6–319:43 NYR · PPG
Team stats
NYRARI
32Shots on goal21
45%Faceoff %55%
4/7Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes14
23Hits27
12Blocked shots8
2Giveaways6
6Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 00:26Jordan Martinook · tripping2 min
- 1st 06:03Luke Schenn · interference2 min
- 1st 17:36Oscar Lindberg · hooking2 min
- 2nd 03:31Martin Hanzal · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:29Brady Skjei · holding2 min
- 2nd 12:39Peter Holland · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:48Anthony Duclair · interference2 min
- 3rd 06:43Ryan McDonagh · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:41Martin Hanzal · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:33Oliver Ekman-Larsson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 12Matt PuempelL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12:20 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:27 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 46Marek HrivikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 08:14 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:27 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:08 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Antti RaantaG | W | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 59:59 |
Arizona Coyotes
| 8Tobias RiederC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:56 |
| 10Anthony DuclairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 11Martin HanzalC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 17Radim VrbataR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:34 |
| 18Christian DvorakL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 67Lawson CrouseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 5Connor MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:29 |
| 23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:39 |
| 13Peter HollandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 29Brendan PerliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 86Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:02 |
| 33Alex GoligoskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:38 |
| 77Tony DeAngeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 58:57 |