New acquisition Vladimir Tarasenko scored in his Rangers debut.
Adding Kravtsov to that unit, and thereby creating a fourth line of Jimmy Vesey, Barclay Goodrow and Julien Gauthier, helped the Rangers achieve a balance they haven't had all season.
They entered the game having gone 3-for-30 on the PP in their previous 11 contests, prompting changes from Gallant. He moved Chytil up to the top unit with Kreider, Panarin, Zibanejad and Adam Fox, while putting together a much more potent PP2 featuring Kakko, Lafrenière, Tarasenko and Trocheck, with Trouba and K’Andre Miller rotating at the point.
"A couple of adjustments in the units and we got a little spark," Zibanejad said."We’re just trying to keep going and trying to create chances. Eventually, they’re going to go in."Those goals would come in handy when the Kraken scored twice in a 22-second span during the third period − the first from Jared McCann, then from Brandon Tanev. The McCann goal came after a hooking call against Mikkola.
"It's not easy coming into a new team without a practice," Gallant said."They had a morning skate, but I thought he was good. He's exactly what we wanted. He's a big strong guy, and I think he's going to be real good for our group."
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