Overview
- Rookie Braeden Bowman opened the scoring with a power-play goal in his fourth NHL game.
- Ben Hutton and Shea Theodore scored for Vegas, with Theodore burying the winner on the man advantage.
- Akira Schmid made 17 saves and denied a shorthanded 2-on-1 just before the eventual game-winner.
- New York failed to kill either of Vegas’ two power plays, had a Jonny Brodzinski goal overturned for offside, and got 23 saves from Igor Shesterkin.
- The defeat snapped the Rangers’ six-game road winning streak as Mike Sullivan returned to coach; next games are Colorado for New York and Utah for Vegas.