{"id":503939,"date":"2026-10-22T07:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503939\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T07:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:48:38","slug":"3-winners-and-1-minor-loser-from-rangers-5-2-home-victory-over-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503939\/","title":{"rendered":"3 winners and 1 minor loser from Rangers 5-2 home victory over Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"61\">The New York Rangers needed a solid win following the two-game losing skid to New Jersey and Columbus. Dropping back-to-back Metropolitan Division losses is a sour taste in the mouth of a great season so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">A 5-2 victory was enough to drop the visiting Anaheim Ducks, and their revolutionary young core. Many Rangers stepped up to the plate in this one, with only one minor misstep in this one that may spark some fire in a necessary piece.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">Let\u2019s talk about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WinnersOliver Bjorsktrand\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/bluelinestation.com\/oliver-bjorkstrand-s-fourth-line-role-exposes-rangers-top-six-roster-crunch-01m58z4nqgpp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some questions were raised on his impact<\/a> from the fourth line, Oliver Bjorkstrand made a fool out of everyone. Including me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">A solid two-goal performance helped catapult this team and seal it late as he had the Rangers final goals of the evening.\u00a0The Rangers need Bjorkstrand to continue to be everything that he was in that game against the Ducks, as he could be a diamond in the rough for this offense.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Garand\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">It might still look like a slippery slope at goaltender, with this team falling off at any moment because of it. But, Dylan Garand is certainly proving a point that he is worth being called upon game after game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">This improbable season continues for No. 33, as he extends his record to 4-2-1 with a .929 save percentage and a measly 1.85 goals against average. He has stepped up big time, and this recent 29-save performance against the Ducks is another notch under his belt. If not for some late mistakes with the puck, he could have had another shutout.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">The trade rumors are still circling on the Rangers going for an established goaltender, but you cannot deny that Garand has been killing it in his opportunity. <\/p>\n<p>Gabe Perreault\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7p\">Gabe Perreault was placed back on the top power play unit and continues to shine this season. The young forward has been a nice addition to the top line as his development continues to improve.\u00a0No. 94 scored his fourth goal on the season, and the idea of him being the top left-winger of this forward group for a long, long time is starting to get real.<\/p>\n<p>LoserBenching of Pavel Dorofeyev on PP1<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"84\">After another bad performance from Pavel Dorofeyev on the power play, which was one of the main reasons why he was brought to New York, he was benched from the man-advantage unit entirely for Perreault. This was explained by head coach Mike Sullivan, and it is a perfect quote on accountability. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#NYR<\/a> Mike Sullivan why he took Pavel Dorofeyev off PP1, and then put him back on the unit: <\/p>\n<p>Sullivan: \u201cYou want to know the answer?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>*Me frozen in my tracks with a pause: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes? Okay, so I\u2019ve been asking the power play for a number of games now that the first\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ghBaZwgKag\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ghBaZwgKag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonny Lazarus (@JLazzy23) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JLazzy23\/status\/2112386140552507709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"8e\">This is going to be a trending storyline going forward, as Dorofeyev will eventually break through this cold-streak. The Rangers are playing great hockey, and they will be even better when No. 16 fully comes alive. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow bluelinestation.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=bluelinestation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-DpBNIde8.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"8k\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Rangers needed a solid win following the two-game losing skid to New Jersey and Columbus.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-503939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}