The exclusion series stands for Keith Kinkaid at 113:29 in the wake of the 4-0 victory in Boston in which no. 71 recorded his eighth NHL career and the first since his 3-0 victory for the Devils in Philadelphia on November 15th. , 2018.
“It’s definitely very rewarding,” said the 31-year-old, who signed a two-year deal with the Rangers after spending most of last season in the AHL as a member of the Montreal organization after five seasons with New Jersey. ‘My season ended in March last year and I trained a lot during the summer.
‘I worked here with Benoit Allaire, there is a lot of work to do, but I knew last year was a happy and a bit unfortunate situation, so here’s a good atmosphere. Everyone in this organization trusts me and I just want to prove to them that I can still play. I’m very perky for this. ”
Kinkaid was promoted from the taxi team on March 5 following Igor Shesterkin’s groin pressure the night before. Alexandar Georgiev’s struggle opened the door for Kinkaid, who was infallible in two starts and two relegation trips in which he set a 1.53 goals against the average and 0.935 save percentage in 195: 55.
“He made the saves he had to, and he certainly made time,” David Quinn said of the 18-time performance in which Kinkaid was very rarely tested. “You never win a game 4-0 and don’t let your goalkeeper contribute. He contributed.
“He’s an NHL goalie. We know that. You know you’ll need depth this year – you need depth every year – and although it’s been a bit of a difficult stretch for him over the past year and a half, we thought we’ve drawn a guy who plays in the National Hockey League and helps us, and he has. ”
The Blueshirts and Bruins each went 0-for-5 in the power play in 9:16, the Rangers got eight strokes with the man advantage, and the B got five. While the first unit chewed up time, Artemi Panarin held on for 7:04 and Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad each longer than 6:30 and Ryan Strome just ten seconds later, Filip Chytil was moved from the second unit.
Chytil scored just 21 seconds with the man’s advantage as Quinn went ahead with a second unit from Pavel Buchnevich, Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere with Jacob Trouba and K’Andre Miller behind.
Brett Howden was a healthy crab for the first time in his three-year career. The 22-year-old, who has played 113 consecutive games since returning from an MCL injury on March 3, 2019, has two points and no goals in 25 games this season.
Julien Gauthier, whose game was at a low ebb before Thursday’s game in Boston, swallowed him, as did each of his teammates, was also scratched up front.
Jack Johnson was scratched on defense while Anthony Bitetto was named in the taxi team.
The Blueshirts are home on Monday and Wednesday for a few against the Flyers before heading to DC on Friday and Saturday for a rugby game against the Caps.