Swede first goal of the rangers – Aftonbladet

NEW YORK. It was the Nordic night at Madison Square Garden …

The Swedish duo Jesper Fast and Viktor Stalberg scored both goals, as well as the Norwegian Mats Zuccarello – and so was the Finn Antti Raanta clean sheet in his debut for the Rangers.

– It was our best game of the season and of course it was great to score first with Rangers, says Stalberg Sportbladet after the 4-0 victory against the San Jose Sharks.

Yes, the New York Rangers came back quickly after Sunday afternoon’s derby flop, gathered the most complete team effort all season, finishing slightly tired San Jose Sharks 4-0.

And the first victory in four games had strong Nordic flavor – even though Henrik Lundqvist for once rested and even though the rookie sensation Oscar Lindberg did not imprint the Protocol.

Raantas first zero

The Finnish goalkeeper Antti Raanta was to start with a clean sheet in his first match of Rangers rejected.

– It is always difficult to keep a clean sheet, it happens almost evenly something the last two minutes so you have to have some luck, he says, when he afterwards her and posing in the famous Broadway hat.

– I thought, but only on winning. We have lost three games in a row and not played well, so we really needed a victory.

Furthermore then did the Norwegian Mats Zuccarello goal, his fourth of the season – and so did the Swedish duo Jesper Fast and Viktor Stalberg.

“Fun with the first”

Stalberg was the goal – a neat move that started when he took the puck in its own zone and thundered off into counterattack – first as “Blue Shirts”.

– fun to do that of course. They tried to beat a fit and so dropped the puck and it was just to thank and receive. Since I do not know where it went in, I was just trying to break into the middle to get off a shot, and I think perhaps went in between the legs, says the 29-year-old from Gothenburg when we meet him afterwards.

– I think it was our best game of the season, more of a complete effort than before. We played 60 minutes. For my part, I think that as a whole felt good during

these first weeks. We are still looking for kedjeformationer that will sit a little longer, but it feels like I contribute what I can. I put a few tackles and got it to work in short-handed while I created some forward.

“Snatched on the edge”

Jesper Fast, which also represented an assist to Marc Staal’s opening goal and definitely had his best game this year, could even he rejoice in the season’s first goal.

– I do not know what to say about it … I jerked on the edge after a fine pass from Chris Kreider and came in a half-neutral. Since I missed the shot, did not get me the puck but it slipped out anyway. It was nice to see, I had good locations before and it was almost a little comical that it would eventually become the targets of the situation, he said.