New York Rangers at Colorado Avalanche

Sat, Dec 31, 2016 · Pepsi Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

New York Rangers

6 – 2

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The New York Rangers beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–2 on Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at Pepsi Center. Chris Kreider scored a hat trick; J.T. Miller scored twice. Henrik Lundqvist made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	2	2	2	6	37
COL	2	0	0	2	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:59	COL	EV	Cody McLeod (1) · tip-in	Tyson Barrie (17), Mikhail Grigorenko (8)	0–1
1st	06:09	NYR	EV	Chris Kreider (13) · tip-in	Derek Stepan (20), Mats Zuccarello (20)	1–1
1st	16:39	NYR	PP	Chris Kreider (14) · deflected	Mats Zuccarello (21), Ryan McDonagh (23)	2–1
1st	18:34	COL	EV	Blake Comeau (6) · tip-in	Francois Beauchemin (7), Rene Bourque (4)	2–2
2nd	09:30	NYR	EV	J.T. Miller (11) · slap	Unassisted	3–2
2nd	14:20	NYR	PP	Chris Kreider (15) · tip-in	Derek Stepan (21), Brandon Pirri (8)	4–2
3rd	09:34	NYR	EV	J.T. Miller (12) · wrist	Oscar Lindberg (4), Jesper Fast (12)	5–2
3rd	13:05	NYR	EV	Jimmy Vesey (11) · wrist	Michael Grabner (6), Kevin Hayes (17)	6–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:32	COL	John Mitchell	slashing	2
1st	18:56	COL	Nikita Zadorov	interference	2
1st	19:48	NYR	Ryan McDonagh	high sticking	2
2nd	12:31	COL	Andreas Martinsen	boarding	2
2nd	16:06	COL	Jarome Iginla	cross checking	2
3rd	13:20	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	holding	2
3rd	17:26	NYR	Dan Girardi	holding	2
3rd	19:30	NYR	Ryan McDonagh	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NYR 2.50 · COL 1.79 · xG% NYR 58.3

New York Rangers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
20	Chris Kreider	L	3	0	3	+1	0	6	1	0		16:27	22
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0		19:34	24
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	1	41.7	17:44	26
10	J.T. Miller	C	2	0	2	+2	0	3	1	0	100.0	16:40	25
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	1	1	+1	4	3	1	1		23:43	32
19	Jesper Fast	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		16:11	23
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	30.8	15:35	22
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1		15:12	25
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	37.5	14:57	27
40	Michael Grabner	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		14:51	26
73	Brandon Pirri	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0		11:46	19
22	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		22:58	30
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		20:14	27
8	Kevin Klein	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		19:53	28
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1		14:48	26
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	0		14:25	25
46	Marek Hrivik	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.2	10:27	17
12	Matt Puempel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		10:18	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Henrik Lundqvist	W	27	25	2	.926	59:47

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Tyson Barrie	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	0		23:30	31
32	Francois Beauchemin	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	3		19:47	26
14	Blake Comeau	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	3	0	60.0	17:20	23
17	Rene Bourque	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		13:56	20
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	80.0	10:53	16
55	Cody McLeod	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		5:25	9
16	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	1		20:06	26
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	50.0	20:02	29
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2		19:36	29
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	70.0	19:29	28
28	Patrick Wiercioch	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		18:28	26
9	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	69.2	18:16	24
12	Jarome Iginla	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	100.0	17:24	22
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		16:36	22
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	42.9	16:18	23
44	Eric Gelinas	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:31	21
7	John Mitchell	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	1	55.6	13:35	18
27	Andreas Martinsen	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0		5:52	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Calvin Pickard	L	37	31	6	.838	60:00