Wild get back in New York groove, beat Rangers

NEW YORK After dominating the New York Rangers without scoring for much of the night rookie Danila Yurov absolutely gave the Minnesota Wild the conclusion they desperately needed Yurov scored his first NHL goal in the third period on the way to a - win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden and an end to their three-game losing streak With the encounter tied - Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin stopped Marcus Johansson s wraparound attempt but the puck was loose in the crease just long enough for Yurov to sweep it over the line Wild teammate Vladimir Tarasenko collected the puck from the referee to give to Yurov as a souvenir Jonas Brodin scored his first goal of the season early in the tournament and goalie Filip Gustavsson turned aside most of of the Rangers sporadic offense recording saves for his second win of the season He preserved the lead midway through the third gloving a point-blank shot by Rangers star Mika Zibanejad on the goal line Kirill Kaprizov added an empty-net goal late The win their first on this road trip was a just reward for the second tournament in a row where the Wild have been dominant but have struggled to find goals from all of their offense Nonetheless they improved to - - with the come-from-behind mastery Trailing - early the Wild drew even when Brodin blasted a low shot from the top of the left circle On its way to the net the puck deflected off a Ranger s stick then off the stick blade of Shesterkin before ramping into the upper right corner It was Brodin s first goal of the season Minnesota controlled long stretches of the first period outshooting the Rangers - at one point They appeared briefly to take the lead past the halfway point of the first when David Jiricek sailed a pass across the offensive zone The puck was deflected into the air and Vinnie Hinostroza batted it into the net on a bounce Officers instantly waved no goal due to Hinostroza playing the puck with a high stick The Wild did not challenge the call They outshot the Rangers - in period one posting more shots in the opening minutes than they had mustered for the entire games at Washington and Philadelphia The Rangers who were - at home coming into this encounter and had been shut out in all three of those contests needed less than a minute to end that drought when Artemi Panarin identified specific clean ice in the offensive zone and snapped off a shot that beat Gustavsson on the glove side About the only other thing to get the New York crowd involved in the first period came in the final minute when defenseman Braden Schneider leveled Marcus Foligno with an open-ice check in the neutral zone dropping Foligno to the ice and snapping his stick in half Foligno returned for the second period apparently no worse for wear There was an unplanned stoppage early in the second period when a Kaprizov shot hit Shesterkin up high stunning the goalie and damaging his throat protector He skated to the Rangers bench and was attended to by the trainer and the equipment man then returned to the match The meeting was halted a second time with the Wild on a power play when a Hinostroza shot hit Rangers center Noah Laba in the face He dropped to a knee promptly and left a trail of blood on the ice before being helped to the trainers room Laba returned for the third period wearing a full cage face mask Shesterkin had saves for the Rangers who are celebrating the franchise s th season with several nods to the crew s founding in That included the squad wearing throwback jerseys live big band music between periods and an ice crew wearing Roaring s style bow ties suspenders and Gatsby hats The Wild s five-game road trip concludes on Wednesday evening with a p m CDT visit to the New Jersey Devils in Newark Briefly Foligno honored his recently-deceased great uncle Eddie Giacomin with a sticker on his helmet Monday night Giacomin who died Sept at age was a hall of fame goaltender with the Rangers and Red Wings from until he retired in His number jersey was retired by the Rangers in Foligno also plans to wear the sticker on April when the Wild visit Detroit J T Miller of the New York Rangers lands on Filip Gustavsson of the Minnesota Wild during the second period at Madison Square Garden on Oct in New York City Photo by Bruce Bennett Getty Images Related Articles Wild center Marco Rossi sidelined for first time in two years Veteran forward Tyler Pitlick savors debut with hometown Wild Cates OT goal lifts Flyers over Wild Wild add David Jiricek Tyler Pitlick after Zach Bogosian is injured Ovie show too much for Wild again as they fall in DC