Okay’Andre Miller was dialed in on each side of the puck within the Rangers’ 6-1 trouncing of the Flyers on Thursday evening on the Backyard.
Along with posting his second multipoint effort of the season with a purpose and help, extending his level streak to a season-high three video games, the 25-year-old defenseman additionally chipped in three blocks and one takeaway to assist propel the Blueshirts to their tenth straight recreation with a minimum of one level.
“It’s unfortunately been missing for a while,” Miller stated when requested how his current offensive contributions have helped his confidence. “Going in the right direction, so it’s been good.”
The addition of Will Borgen has carried out wonders for not solely the Rangers lineup, but additionally for Miller individually.
Miller described it as a “tremendous” match and the 2 have solely gotten stronger as they’ve grown extra acquainted.
The Rangers successfully labored the puck across the offensive zone main as much as Miller’s purpose, wherein he acquired the puck within the excessive slot in the midst of the ice and wristed it house for the 3-1 lead on the 4:44 mark of the second interval.
It was simply his third purpose on the season, and his first since Dec. 8.
“Your team starts to win, you start to feel confident,” head coach Peter Laviolette stated when requested about Miller. “You begin to contribute offensively. Not that you could, however when gamers begin to contribute offensively, they begin to really feel that slightly bit higher. Sure, it was good that he generated some offense, however I believed he was actually good within the defensive zone tonight. I believed he was a horse on the market.
“Like, he was heavy, and he used his skating, he broke pucks out with speed and then added to the rush through the neutral zone. I thought he played a real strong game for us.”
Goalie Igor Shesterkin stopped 33 of the 34 photographs he noticed to select up his seventeenth win of the season.
Going 6-0-1 in his final seven begins, Shesterkin has allowed two or fewer targets in 5 of the seven video games.
Artemi Panarin reached the 50-point mark for his sixth consecutive season as a member of the Rangers.
The one gamers in franchise historical past to file as many consecutive 50-point campaigns are Rod Gilbert (10), Andy Bathgate (9), Jean Ratelle (8), Mika Zibanejad (6), Mark Messier (6) and Stevie Vickers (6).
Two Rangers prospects are up for the Hobey Baker Award, probably the most prestigious honor in school hockey.
The Blueshirts Twenty third-overall choose in 2023, Gabriel Perreault, is a no brainer candidate for the award after posting 28 factors (eight targets, 20 assists) in 21 video games with Boston Faculty to date.
Noah Laba, the Rangers’ 111th-overall choose in 2022, was additionally nominated after notching 5 targets and 12 assists in 17 video games to date with Colorado Faculty.
