NEW YORK: Mika Zibanejad hit the jackpot in Vegas last night.
It consisted of two goals, one of which was an assist and a heavy 5-1 win over the Golden Knights.
– Very pleasant. This was really needed, the star center tells Sportbladet.
The New York Rangers have recently been in big trouble against opponents who, according to popular opinion, should be worse, so when they took on the Golden Knights – one of the fall’s true best teams – in Las Vegas last night, fans feared it. worst.
But they played much better than, say, against the Senators and Blackhawks at the Park, sometimes dominating the Western standings and winning handily with a score of 5-1.
How is that?
– Yeah, heh, I don’t really know. says Mika Zibanijad when we catch up with him in Sin City.
– Tonight we played a really good game, we made sure not to give them too much and when they put pressure on us, Igor made a very good save. Then we took our chances in the third period.
Yes, especially Mika himself. He stumbled on two powerplay goals and also hit Alexis Lafrenière’s goal-scoring sandwich.
You can call it the real jackpot in Vegas.
– It was nice to get this return. On the power play we had the first two periods they were hard on me so I didn’t get any space but in the third the guys did a good job finding me with passes and I could bomb, continues the 29 year old star.
– In general, it was great that we were able to win. There was a need. When we had the important win against the Blues on Monday, it was difficult to go here and lose.
Immediately after the game against the Knights, the Rangers flew to Denver, where they will meet the Avalanche on Saturday night.