{"id":504255,"date":"2026-10-22T13:52:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504255\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:52:33","slug":"rangers-top-ducks-to-remain-undefeated-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504255\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers top Ducks to remain undefeated at home"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 A year ago,\u00a0the New York Rangers<\/a>\u00a0could not buy a break on home ice. The puck was not going in for them, and they lost their first seven games at Madison Square Garden on the way to 27 of 41 total.<\/p>\n

Those woes are now a distant memory.\u00a0Beating Anaheim on Monday night\u00a0made the Rangers 6-0-0 in their first six games at the Garden \u2014 matching the second-longest season-opening home winning streak in franchise history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Obviously, we struggled last year at home,” said Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re, who leads the team with seven goals and 13 points through 11 games. \u201cIt\u2019s good to have the start we\u2019re having this year. I think it helps us that the building\u2019s electric. It\u2019s always the best. We\u2019ll try to keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last season, it took until Jan. 26, their 23rd home game, to pick up their sixth victory there. This time, it came 24 hours before the arena’s other full-time tenant, the Knicks, raise their NBA championship banner against LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard what was going on tomorrow night, so it\u2019s nice to give back-to-back good nights at MSG,\u201d said defenceman Sean Durzi, who scored 78 seconds in against the Ducks.<\/p>\n

The Rangers have scored first in every home game, including a goal within the first two minutes in three in a row. They’ve been excellent at holding leads, including on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we\u2019re talking about building an identity, I think it\u2019s an identity that we can play no matter where we play,\u201d coach Mike Sullivan said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to play a certain game out there where we dictate the terms, where we have the ability to play to our strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s not close to perfect, and the play will need to remain at a high level with No. 1 goaltender Igor Shesterkin\u00a0injured and out for the season. Dylan Garand, who started the season third on the organizational depth chart and in the minors, is 4-2-1 with a 1.85 goals-against average and a .929 save percentage.<\/p>\n

Garand has allowed two or fewer goals in five of six starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s played extremely well,\u201d Sullivan said. “I\u2019ve been asked the question a number of times, \u2018What do we expect from Dylan?\u2019 And my expectation, just based on his body of work here is that he\u2019s going to win and he\u2019s going to make saves for us, he\u2019s going to make timely saves. He\u2019s given us a chance to win night in and night out, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re asking of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans who chanted \u201cIgor! Igor\u201d and before that \u201cHenrik! Henrik\u201d for Hall of Fame netminder Henrik Lundqvist are now shouting \u201cDylan! Dylan!\u201d With the wins piling up, they have a lot to cheer for.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time,\u201d said Durzi, who joined in a trade from Utah over the summer. \u201cThey\u2019ve been great. Being here, the welcome, the support that I\u2019ve gotten has been incredible. It makes it a little more special to give them a nice show on home ice, and I think the rest of the guys know that, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 A year ago,\u00a0the New York Rangers\u00a0could not buy a break on home ice. The puck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-504255","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\/504255","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=504255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}