🌲 Away Wild 20-8-4
7–4
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 23-11-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🌲 MIN 1517
🗽 NYR 1214

Wild at Rangers

Wild beat Rangers 7–4 at Madison Square Garden on December 23, 2016.

🗓 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 2016-17 🔁 Wild lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌲 MIN
Charlie Coyle
1 G, 3 A
4 shots · 17:55 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Jason Zucker
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 17:29 TOI
3rd star 🌲 MIN
Darcy Kuemper
31 saves
0.886 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Chris Kreider Go-ahead 1st · 03:54
Assists: Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan · beat Darcy Kuemper
0–1
🌲 Mikael Granlund Tying 1st · 09:53
Assists: Jason Zucker, Mikko Koivu · beat Henrik Lundqvist
1–1
2nd period
🌲 Mikko Koivu Go-ahead 2nd · 00:40
Assists: Jason Zucker · beat Henrik Lundqvist
2–1
🌲 Nino Niederreiter 2nd · 00:58
Assists: Charlie Coyle, Eric Staal · beat Henrik Lundqvist
3–1
🗽 Ryan McDonagh 2nd · 02:17
Assists: Derek Stepan, Chris Kreider · beat Darcy Kuemper
3–2
🌲 Marco Scandella 2nd · 04:55
Assists: Charlie Coyle, Mikko Koivu · beat Henrik Lundqvist
4–2
🌲 Jason Zucker 2nd · 12:14
Assists: Mikael Granlund · beat Antti Raanta
5–2
🌲 Matt Dumba PP 2nd · 17:24
Assists: Charlie Coyle, Eric Staal · beat Antti Raanta
6–2
🗽 Derek Stepan 2nd · 19:00
Assists: Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Klein · beat Darcy Kuemper
6–3
3rd period
🗽 Chris Kreider 3rd · 17:00
Assists: Mats Zuccarello, Ryan McDonagh · beat Darcy Kuemper
6–4
🌲 Charlie Coyle Empty net 3rd · 18:51
Assists: Nino Niederreiter
7–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Granlund · Koivu · Staal 18:56
L2 Zucker · Coyle · Niederreiter 17:29
L3 Graovac · Pominville · Stewart 12:49
L4 Cannone · Schroeder · Gabriel 9:10
D1 Suter · Spurgeon 26:05
D2 Dumba · Brodin 19:47
D3 Scandella · Prosser 14:08
🗽Rangers
L1 Kreider · Stepan · Zuccarello 19:33
L2 Vesey · Miller · Hayes 15:09
L3 Lindberg · Grabner · Pirri 13:52
L4 Puempel · Hrivik · Fast 12:20
D1 McDonagh · Girardi 21:44
D2 Clendening · Klein 18:28
D3 Holden · Staal 17:56

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN NYR🗽
21 Shots on goal 35
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
22 Hits 20
22 Blocked shots 9
6 Takeaways 3
6 Giveaways 21
4 Penalty minutes 2
MIN shooting 33.3% (7/21) NYR shooting 11.4% (4/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Darcy Kuemper
31/35
.886 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Henrik Lundqvist
9/13
.692 SV% · 4 GA · 24:55 TOI
Antti Raanta
5/7
.714 SV% · 2 GA · 33:44 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

11 of 11 goals located
Chris Kreider · 1st 03:54 · 0–1 Mikael Granlund · 1st 09:53 · 1–1 Mikko Koivu · 2nd 00:40 · 2–1 Nino Niederreiter · 2nd 00:58 · 3–1 Ryan McDonagh · 2nd 02:17 · 3–2 Marco Scandella · 2nd 04:55 · 4–2 Jason Zucker · 2nd 12:14 · 5–2 Matt Dumba · 2nd 17:24 · 6–2 Derek Stepan · 2nd 19:00 · 6–3 Chris Kreider · 3rd 17:00 · 6–4 Charlie Coyle · 3rd 18:51 · 7–4
MIN NYR
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Wild
Wild — tied after 1st: 8-3-2 (62% win rate, 13 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 8-6 (57% win rate, 14 games)
After 2nd — 6–3
Wild
Wild — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Wild lead the season series 1–0
Feb 42016 🌲MIN @ 🗽NYR 2–4 Dec 172015 🗽NYR @ 🌲MIN 2–5 Apr 22015 🗽NYR @ 🌲MIN 3–2 Oct 272014 🌲MIN @ 🗽NYR 4–5 Mar 132014 🗽NYR @ 🌲MIN 1–2
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❓ MIN vs NYR, answered

Who won Wild vs Rangers on December 23, 2016?

Wild won 7–4. The final score was Wild 7, Rangers 4.

Who scored for Wild?

Charlie Coyle, Jason Zucker, Marco Scandella, Matt Dumba, Mikael Granlund, Mikko Koivu, Nino Niederreiter.

Who scored for Rangers?

Chris Kreider (2), Derek Stepan, Ryan McDonagh.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Darcy Kuemper made 31 saves on 35 shots (.886 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 9 saves on 13 shots (.692 save percentage).

Where is Wild vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Wild vs Rangers season series?

Wild lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeDec 22 🌲MIN @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 AfterDec 27 🌲MIN @ 🐯NSH 3–2
🗽 Rangers
BeforeDec 20 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 2–7 AfterDec 27 🏛️OTT @ 🗽NYR 3–4
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