In the Rangers loss to the Hurricanes, Chris Kreider scored his 50th goal of the season. 0:40
Chris Kreider became the fourth player in Rangers history to score 50 goals in a season.
In a battle of the top two teams in the Metropolitan Division, the New York Rangers were beaten 4-2 by the Carolina Hurricanes, with Chris Kreider scoring the game's first goal.
The franchise's all-time single-season record is in good hands with the player who plays on New York's top line and is a fixture in front of the net during the power play. In the 2005-06 season, Jaromir Jagr scored 54 times.
The Rangers last won the Stanley Cup in 1993-94 and Adam Graves scored 52 in the same season, so it's not out of the question that the Rangers will win it again.
He is a special player. He gets in the right position and goes into that area where nobody is. He does that so well that nobody is happier than me. It couldn't happen to a nice kid.
The New York coach agreed.
I think it is great that he has scored 50 goals. It is great to see, and he has had a great season for us. But hat is off to him.
The Rangers didn't have much time to celebrate as their deficit was reduced to just one in the final moments of the game.
It is something that we can talk about on another day. We were doing a lot of good things. I think this would have meant a lot more if we were able to win the game.
Sebastian Aho buried an empty-net goal as Carolina defeated Shesterkin. The Hurricanes have 104 points, four more than the Rangers, and both clubs have eight games left.
Aho added two assists and the Hurricanes scored four times. Miller opened the scoring for the Rangers.
One of the more surprising seasons you'll see from a power forward who signed one of the more questioned big-money deals in recent memory is that of Chris Kreider. With a $6.5 million salary cap hit and a career that never featured more than 28 goals in a single season, the Massachusetts native certainly had something to prove.
Not many in the organization could have imagined 50 goals, including 25 on the power play and three short-handed tallies.
After the game, he was asked if he ever dreamed of scoring 50.
He said that he dreamed of raising the Stanley Cup.
The Rangers have a chance at that later this year.
The report was contributed to by the Associated Press.
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