New York Rangers vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Saturday, January 7, 2017 · Nationwide Arena
NHLN-US · FS-O · MSG 2
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Rangers 37–34.
Michael Grabner scored a hat trick. Markus Nutivaara, Cam Atkinson, Oscar Lindberg, Scott Hartnell, Lukas Sedlak and Adam Clendening also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Curtis McElhinney stopped 29 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Markus Nutivaara (2)Josh Anderson (7)0–101:54 CBJ
Cam Atkinson (19)Sam Gagner (15), Nick Foligno (21)0–204:37 CBJ · 
Oscar Lindberg (1)Michael Grabner (8), Nick Holden (14)1–214:01 NYR
Scott Hartnell (10)Sam Gagner (16)1–315:57 CBJ
2nd period
Lukas Sedlak (4)Scott Hartnell (14), Jack Johnson (9)1–403:00 CBJ
Michael Grabner (17)Unassisted2–404:12 NYR
3rd period
Adam Clendening (1)J.T. Miller (18), Kevin Hayes (18)3–401:22 NYR · - Michael Grabner (18)Adam Clendening (4), Oscar Lindberg (6)4–412:57 NYR
- Michael Grabner (19)Unassisted5–419:43 NYR
Team stats
NYRCBJ
3437
56%44%
1/21/3
86
1317
1317
57
35
Penalties
- 4:27 into the first period
Ryan McDonagh · cross checking2 min - 8:12 into the first periodMats Zuccarello · tripping2 min
- 11:15 into the first periodMarek Hrivik · hooking2 min
- 18:19 into the first period
Scott Hartnell · roughing2 min - 18:19 into the first periodChris Kreider · roughing2 min
- 8:50 into the second periodDavid Savard · slashing2 min
- 0:13 into the third periodNick Foligno · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 5 | 15:10 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 4Adam ClendeningD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 15:02 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:25 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:01 |
| 19Jesper FastR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:53 |
| 21Derek StepanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:34 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:59 |
| 39Nicklas JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 06:59 |
| 46Marek HrivikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 07:32 |
| 73Brandon PirriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 08:42 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 8Kevin KleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:58 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 32Antti RaantaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 43Scott HartnellL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 17:59 |
| 34Josh AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:13 |
| 45Lukas SedlakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 08:45 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:58 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 20Brandon SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 25William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 16:49 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 23:28 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:53 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Curtis McElhinneyG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | 0 | 0 | – |