SUNRISE, Fla. — After another game where the best thing you could say about the Rangers' top line was that it wasn't on the ice for a goal against, it's getting near impossible to believe that's enough. If the Rangers' own belief that they need more from Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider wasn't betrayed by Peter Laviolette rotating through right-wingers for the pair in this game — starting with Jack Roslovic in place of a scratched Filip Chytil before moving to Kaapo Kakko — then it sure was by Laviolette's own public assessment of his top line after the 3-2 overtime loss in Game 4 tied the series at two. “We're spending a little too much time playing defense, especially in the second period,”
With three of the Rangers' top four goal-scorers without a goal in the Eastern Conference Finals, that will need to change if they want to beat the Panthers.
Sam Reinhart netted a power-play goal a minute into overtime as the Florida Panthers evened up their series against the New York Rangers.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
60 | RW | |
65 | LW | |
25 | LW | |
22 | C | |
72 | C | |
50 | LW | |
70 | G | |
84 | C | |
23 | D | |
33 | G | |
21 | C | |
56 | D | |
5 | D | |
6 | D | |
24 | RW | |
20 | LW | |
13 | LW | |
15 | C | |
55 | D | |
14 | D | |
79 | D | |
78 | LW | |
10 | LW | |
71 | C | |
32 | G | |
73 | C | |
44 | D | |
96 | C | |
5 | D | |
58 | D | |
4 | D | |
31 | G | |
38 | LW | |
16 | C | |
8 | D | |
26 | LW | |
91 | C | |
17 | RW | |
93 | C |