New York. Mika Zibanejad is now unstoppable.
He scored two more goals as the New York Rangers won a slightly tight game in Vancouver early this morning – thus eclipsing William Nylander at the top of the Swedish shooting league.
– Yes, it’s just a matter of continuing to shoot the puck when it looks like he wants to get in, the star center told Sportbladet after the 6-4 win.
First and foremost, it has to be said that the New York Rangers, now up to six straight victories, have not stood up to any missile effort at Rogers Arena.
Offensively they did little as they liked, with the hosts facing uptight Latvian debutant Arturs Silovs in the penalty area and getting little help from his teammates, but they were less focused defensively – to put it mildly.
“harder than you think”
Therefore, the final score is written as 6-4.
– although it was a more difficult match than you think. They lost to Detroit 6-1 a few days ago, and as expected, they came out strong, says Mika Zibanejad on the phone as he boards a Rangers charter for an overnight flight to Edmonton.
—but of course, I felt like we played it and then let them in a bit unnecessarily. However, we did what was required to achieve victory, and it is much nicer to be able to talk about what needs to be done better when we win.
“You should try to push him.”
Mika himself has been hot as a sauna since returning from his All-Star break and continued in that vein last night, scoring two goals – including one into an empty net at the end. This means he has scored seven balls in his last five matches and a total of 29 darkens William Nylander at the top of the Swedish shooting league.
– Yes, I must try to push him. Now when the puck looks like it wants to go, keep shooting, he says.
Elias Peterson assisted two home runs.