The Rangers are nearing the finish line of their sprint to the All-Star break, and for a week now they've been gaining traction. On Tuesday night they rode a dominant team effort to an much-needed bounceback rout of Carolina. On Thursday night, with the Blackhawks in town, it took one rookie and one red-hot trio of veterans to answer a sluggish start and carry the Rangers to a 4-3 win over Chicago.
Filip Chytil got the Blueshirts started with a one-man display of talent in the first period, and after that, each member of the Chris Kreider-Mika Zibanejad-Mats Zuccarello line scored a goal to send the Blueshirts to their third win in four games and back-to-back Garden victories this week by a combined 10-5 score. And it sends them into Boston on Saturday for the final game before the All-Star break, a matchup with the Bruins that David Quinn called "a great opportunity" for his club.
Recap: Rangers Top Blackhawks for Second-Straight Win at Home
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