New York Rangers vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 2016 · Pepsi Center
ALT · MSG 2
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Pepsi Center. The Rangers outshot the Avalanche 37-27.
Chris Kreider scored a hat trick and J.T. Miller scored twice. Cody McLeod, Blake Comeau and Jimmy Vesey also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Calvin Pickard stopped 31 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cody McLeod (1)Tyson Barrie (17), Mikhail Grigorenko (8)0–101:59 COL
Chris Kreider (13)Derek Stepan (20), Mats Zuccarello (20)1–106:09 NYR- Chris Kreider (14)Mats Zuccarello (21), Ryan McDonagh (23)2–116:39 NYR · PPG
Blake Comeau (6)Francois Beauchemin (7), Rene Bourque (4)2–218:34 COL
2nd period
J.T. Miller (11)Unassisted3–209:30 NYR- Chris Kreider (15)Derek Stepan (21), Brandon Pirri (8)4–214:20 NYR · PPG
3rd period
- J.T. Miller (12)Oscar Lindberg (4), Jesper Fast (12)5–209:34 NYR
Jimmy Vesey (11)Michael Grabner (6), Kevin Hayes (17)6–213:05 NYR
Team stats
NYRCOL
37Shots on goal27
35%Faceoff %65%
2/5Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes10
10Hits23
8Blocked shots7
3Giveaways9
14Takeaways16
Penalties
- 1st 16:32
John Mitchell · slashing2 min - 1st 18:56Nikita Zadorov · interference2 min
- 1st 19:48
Ryan McDonagh · high sticking2 min - 2nd 12:31Andreas Martinsen · boarding2 min
- 2nd 16:06Jarome Iginla · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 13:20Nathan MacKinnon · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:26Dan Girardi · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:30Ryan McDonagh · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 20Chris KreiderC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 16:27 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:44 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:34 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:11 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:46 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:43 |
| 12Matt PuempelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:18 |
| 46Marek HrivikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:25 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:53 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:58 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 59:47 |
| 32Antti RaantaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 14Blake ComeauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:20 |
| 17Rene BourqueR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:56 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:25 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 32Francois BeaucheminD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:47 |
| 7John MitchellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 27Andreas MartinsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 05:52 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:18 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:02 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:06 |
| 28Patrick WierciochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 44Eric GelinasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 51Fedor TyutinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Calvin PickardG | L | 37 | 31 | 6 | .838 | 60:00 |
| 40Jeremy SmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |