THE 60'S - The Rangers earned their 60th point of the season with the win, improving to 28-11-4. With 60 points in 43 games, it marks the fourth-fewest contests needed in franchise history to hit the 60-point mark (39 GP in 1971-72, 40 GP in 1970-71 & 42 GP in 2011-12). New York has won five of its last six games, nine of its last 12 and earned a point in 11 of its last 15 games (10-4-1). The Blueshirts' 28 wins are tied for the most in the NHL while their 60 points are third in the league.
HOMETOWN HEROES - New York extended its home winning streak to five in a row and has earned points in six straight home games (5-0-1). On the year, the Rangers have earned a point in 15 of their 18 home games (13-3-2).
COMEBACK KINGS - The Blueshirts have come from behind to win four of their last five games and have 14 comeback victories this season.
GOING THE DISTANCE - The Rangers improved to 3-1 in shootouts this season, their three wins in the shootout are tied for the second most in the NHL behind Minnesota's four.
FINAL FRAME FRENZY - Barclay Goodrow tied the game in the third period tonight, the 54th third period goal of the season for the Rangers, the third most in the league.
POWER PLAY PROWESS - The Rangers first goal came on the power play, giving the team six power play goals in their last five games. This season, New York is 18-3-3 in games which they've scored a goal on the man advantage.
Blueshirt Breakdown: NYR 3 vs. LAK 2 - 01.24.22
- Chris Kreider scored his 30th goal of the season and became the fourth different player in franchise history to score 30 goals in 43 or fewer games in a season, joining Rod Gilbert (42 GP in 1971-72), Bill Cook (42 GP in 1930-31 & 1926-27) and Don Murdoch (43 GP in 1976-77). Kreider's 30 goals lead the NHL, and he became the third player in Rangers history to be the NHL's first skater to reach the 30-goal mark (tied or outright), joining Lynn Patrick (1941-42) and Bill Cook (1926-27 & 1930-31). Since 1967-68, Kreider is the 14th player to record his first 30-goal campaign in his 10th NHL season or later. Overall, Kreider is the 28th player in League history to do so. Kreider's tally extended his goal streak to six-straight games (9G). He became the seventh different Ranger since 1991-92 to record a run of equal or greater length goal streak, joining Mika Zibanejad (2; 6 GP in 2019-20), Darren Turcotte (2x; 6 GP in 1992-93), Jaromir Jagr (6 GP in 2005-06), Petr Prucha (6 GP in 2005-06), Mike Gartner (6 GP in 1992-93), Sergei Nemchinov (6 GP in 1991-92). Kreider's goal was his league-leading 15th on the power play and 73rd of his career, passing Mark Messier for sole possession of eighth place on the Rangers' all-time power-play goal list. He became the first Rangers player with 15-plus power-play goals through his first 30 tallies of a season since Petr Prucha in 2005-06 (16). This only includes players who scored each of their first 30 goals a season all with New York.
- Igor Shesterkin earned his seventh straight win, the 20th of his season, and has won 11 out of his last 12 games. He required the fewest games by a Rangers goaltender to reach the 20-win mark in a season, besting the previous mark set by Gilles Villemure (28 GP in 1971-72). In his last 14 starts, Shesterkin has allowed two or fewer goals in 10 of them. Among NHL goaltenders with a minimum of 20 starts, Shesterkin ranks first in save percentage (.937), second in goals against average (2.07) and tied for fifth in wins (20).
- Artemi Panarin notched two assists, extending his point streak to five games (1G-8A). Four of those five games have been multi-point efforts. Panarin's 14 multi-point games this season are tied for the fifth most in the NHL while his 61 multi-point games since 2019-20 are the third most in the NHL.
- Adam Fox scored the shootout winner on his first career shootout attempt. Fox registered his 39th assist of the season on Kreider's goal, the second most in the NHL and the most among defensemen. Fox's 46 points lead league defensemen. Fox has recorded points in six-straight games (2G-8A) and has points in eight of his last 10 games (2G-11A).
- Barclay Goodrow's goal tonight was the 40th of his career and his career-high tying eighth of the season. Tonight's goal was his first power play goal of his career and first power play point of the season.
- Ryan Strome notched his 23rd assist of the season and has recorded a point in five of his last six games (1G-5A). Out of Strome's 23 assists, seven of them have come on the power-play.
