The closing streak is 113:29 for Keith Kinkaid after Saturday’s 4-0 victory in Boston, in which the No. 71 recorded his eighth NHL career elimination and the first since his win for 3-0 to the Devils in Philadelphia on November 15th. , 2018.
“It’s definitely very rewarding,” said the 31-year-old manager who signed a two-year free agent deal with the Rangers after spending most of last season at the AHL as a member of the organization. of Montreal after five seasons with New Jersey. “My season ended in March last year and I had a lot of training during the summer.
“I’ve been working with Benoit Allaire here, there’s a lot of work to do, but I knew last year was a fortune and a bit of an unfortunate situation, so there’s a good atmosphere here. Everyone in this organization is confident in me and I just want to show them I can still play. I’m really pumped for that. “
Kinkaid was promoted from the taxi squad on March 5 as a result of Igor Shesterkin’s groin strain the night before. The struggles of Alexander Georgiev have opened the door to Kinkaid, who has been fearless in two outings and two outings of relief in which he has collected a percentage of 1.53 goals against the average and a percentage of savings of 935 and 195: 55.
“He made the savings he had to make, and he made the timely ones safely,” David Quinn said of the performance of 18 savings in which Kinkaid was rarely tested. “You never win a game 4-0 and you don’t have to contribute to the goalkeeper. He contributed.
“He is an NHL goalkeeper. We know that. You know you’re going to need depth this year — you need depth every year — and while it was obviously a bit of a tough stretch for him over the last year and a half, we thought we’d signed a guy who could play in the National Hockey League and help us, and he has done it.
The Blueshirts and Bruins won 0 for 5 at 9:16 in the game, the Rangers got eight shots with the man advantage, and the Bs got five. Although the first unit chewed time, Artemi Panarin lasted 7:04 and Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad for more than 6:30 and Ryan Strome just 10 seconds away, Filip Chytil was displaced from the second unit.
Chytil got just 21 seconds ahead of the man, as Quinn went with a second drive from Pavel Buchnevich, Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere in front with Jacob Trouba and K’Andre Miller behind.
Brett Howden was a healthy scratch for the first time in his three-year career. The 22-year-old, who had played 113 consecutive games since returning from an injury in the MCL on March 3, 2019, has two points and no goals in 25 games this season.
Julien Gauthier, whose game had risen before Thursday’s game in Boston, swallowed him, as did almost all of his teammates, also scratched in front of him.
Jack Johnson was scratched on defense while Anthony Bitetto was assigned to the taxi squad.
The Blueshirts host a pair against the Flyers on Monday and Wednesday before heading to DC for a backhand against the Chiefs on Friday and Saturday.