\u201cI thought the kill was good,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cI think it\u2019s a little concerning that the type of stick infractions that we\u2019re taking game in and game out. That\u2019s a conversation we\u2019ve had in between periods. I gotta think about next steps on that one, but we\u2019ve gotta do a better job of our responsibility with our sticks.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dylan Garand, who made 32 saves and was less than a minute away from his second shutout of the season, saved the Rangers with some critical stops against a St. Louis power play that entered the night as the 10th best in the NHL. Scott Morrow and J.T. Miller were called for high-sticking penalties, while Noah Laba went for slashing and Jaroslav Chmelar and Mika Zibanejad were given hooking penalties.<\/p>\n
The Blueshirts penalty kill has emerged as their definitive strength through the early portion of their season, especially as their power play continues to take shape. They\u2019ve allowed just five goals while opponents have the man advantage all season.<\/p>\n
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St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Barron (72) tries to steal the puck from New York Rangers right wing Jaroslav Chmelar (49) on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
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New York Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan reacts on the bench during the third period of a game against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in New York. Jason Szenes for NY Post<\/p>\n
But all five of their stick-infraction penalties occurred while they were either tied or protecting a one-goal lead, giving the Blues plenty of opportunities to shift the tenor of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a lot to ask to have the penalty kill have to kill that many opportunities against a real good power play,\u201d Sullivan said, \u201cbut I thought those guys that were on it did a terrific job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matt Rempe didn\u2019t hesitate. It\u2019s \u201cdefinitely been different\u201d seeing his name in a trade rumor, which had never happened until last week, when Sportsnet\u2019s Frank Seravalli reported that Oilers head coach Mike Babcock is \u201cbelieved to admire\u201d the 6-foot-9 forward \u2014 and specifically linked Rempe as a potential option for a team looking to add size.<\/p>\n
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It marked the first rumor to swirl about Rempe, who, after making the roster out of training camp, fell out of the fourth-line rotation and skated only in his third game of the season Tuesday. He said he\u2019ll stay off social media to avoid the chatter and has instead focused on trying to carve out a role with the team he broke into the NHL with four years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t pay attention to that stuff,\u201d Rempe told The Post on Monday before skating 8:29. \u201cThat type of stuff\u2019s all out of my control. I\u2019m just focused on here and trying to get better and get in the lineup and make the most of those opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defenseman Sean Durzi missed his second consecutive game with an undisclosed injury, prompting Morrow \u2014 who logged 13:07 \u2014 to take his place in the lineup again. Durzi remained day to day. \u2026 With his goal and an assist on Eeli Tolvanen\u2019s empty-net tally, Adam Fox now sits at 19 points through 16 games, and his points rank third among defensemen in the leag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a night when the Rangers killed all six of their penalties, Mike Sullivan was left ruing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[110483,11559,4823,385,99,1610],"class_list":["post-905721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-matt-rempe","tag-mike-sullivan-nhl","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-st-louis-blues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}