New York Rangers vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 2018 · Bridgestone Arena
ESPN+ · FS-TN · MSG 2
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Rangers 37-22.
Nick Bonino scored twice and Jesper Fast scored twice. Chris Kreider, Kevin Fiala and Marc Staal also scored.
Henrik Lundqvist made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Pekka Rinne stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Chris Kreider (20)Mika Zibanejad (20), Kevin Hayes (23)1–002:42 NYR · PPG
Nick Bonino (7)Mattias Ekholm (20), Kevin Fiala (12)1–108:43 NSH · PPG
2nd period
Jesper Fast (4)Mika Zibanejad (21), Chris Kreider (9)2–103:51 NYR
Kevin Fiala (7)Unassisted2–204:44 NSH- Nick Bonino (8)Craig Smith (9), Kevin Fiala (13)2–310:35 NSH · PPG
3rd period
Marc Staal (3)Jesper Fast (9), Mika Zibanejad (22)3–304:23 NYR- Jesper Fast (5)Mika Zibanejad (23), Chris Kreider (10)4–307:35 NYR
Team stats
NYRNSH
22Shots on goal37
48%Faceoff %52%
1/2Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes4
18Hits17
19Blocked shots7
8Giveaways19
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 02:35
Bench · bench2 min - 1st 07:28
Brady Skjei · holding2 min - 1st 14:08Chris Kreider · holding2 min
- 1st 16:01Vladislav Namestnikov · boarding2 min
- 2nd 06:46Mattias Ekholm · interference2 min
- 2nd 10:25Mats Zuccarello · slashing2 min
- 3rd 12:38Cody McLeod · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 17Jesper FastR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 20Chris KreiderC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 15:51 |
| 13Kevin HayesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 8Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:48 |
| 16Ryan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:39 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 26Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 36Mats ZuccarelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 72Filip ChytilC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 89Pavel BuchnevichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 42Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 44Neal PionkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:34 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:53 |
| 77Tony DeAngeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Henrik LundqvistG | W | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 60:00 |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 22Kevin FialaL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 18:01 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 15Craig SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 14Mattias EkholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 21:18 |
| 19Calle JarnkrokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 20Miikka SalomakiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:10 |
| 23Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 33Viktor ArvidssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:13 |
| 36Zac RinaldoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:24 |
| 38Ryan HartmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:18 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:57 |
| 89Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:14 |
| 2Anthony BitettoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 4Ryan EllisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:53 |
| 5Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 26:39 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 20:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Pekka RinneG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 57:31 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |