Rangers 2–1 Blues — Final Score & Stats (Dec 31, 2018)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🗽 NYR

Mats Zuccarello

1 G

3 shots · 18:24 TOI

2nd star 🗽 NYR

Boo Nieves

1 G

2 shots · 10:35 TOI

3rd star 🗽 NYR

Henrik Lundqvist

39 saves

0.975 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🎵 Ryan O'Reilly Go-ahead 1st · 10:08

Assists: David Perron · beat Henrik Lundqvist

0–1

🗽 Mats Zuccarello PP Tying 1st · 19:40

Assists: Chris Kreider · beat Jake Allen

1–1

2nd period

🗽 Boo Nieves Go-ahead 2nd · 03:11

Assists: Ryan Strome, Kevin Shattenkirk · beat Jake Allen

2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🗽Rangers

L1 Kreider · Namestnikov · Hayes 18:55

L2 Zibanejad · Zuccarello · Fast 17:55

L3 Buchnevich · Howden · Nieves 13:19

L4 Vesey · McLeod · Strome 9:28

D1 Pionk · Staal 23:47

D2 Skjei · McQuaid 19:04

D3 Shattenkirk · DeAngelo 14:07

🎵Blues

L1 O'Reilly · Schwartz · Schenn 21:01

L2 Perron · Steen · Tarasenko 19:51

L3 Maroon · Bozak · Thomas 14:20

L4 Fabbri · Barbashev · Sundqvist 9:42

D1 Pietrangelo · Parayko 23:02

D2 Edmundson · Dunn 18:54

D3 Bouwmeester · Bortuzzo 13:04

Team stats

Away left · home right

🗽NYR STL🎵

23 Shots on goal 40

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

17 Hits 11

23 Blocked shots 6

8 Takeaways 5

6 Giveaways 8

8 Penalty minutes 6

NYR shooting 8.7% (2/23) STL shooting 2.5% (1/40)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🗽Rangers

Henrik Lundqvist

39/40

.975 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🎵Blues

Jake Allen

21/23

.913 SV% · 2 GA · 56:51 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located

NYR STL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 1st: 12-5-3 (60% win rate, 20 games)

Blues

Blues — tied after 1st: 7-7 (50% win rate, 14 games)

After 2nd — 2–1

Rangers

Rangers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Blues

Blues — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-7-2 (10% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Rangers lead the season series 1–0

Mar 172018 🗽NYR @ 🎵STL 3–4 OT Oct 102017 🎵STL @ 🗽NYR 3–1 Nov 12016 🎵STL @ 🗽NYR 0–5 Oct 152016 🗽NYR @ 🎵STL 2–3 Feb 252016 🗽NYR @ 🎵STL 2–1

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Who won Rangers vs Blues on December 31, 2018?

Rangers won 2–1. The final score was Rangers 2, Blues 1.

Who scored for Rangers?

Boo Nieves, Mats Zuccarello.

Who scored for Blues?

Ryan O'Reilly.

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves on 40 shots (.975 save percentage).

How did the Blues goalie play?

Jake Allen made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

Where is Rangers vs Blues played?

At Enterprise Center in St. Louis, the Blues home rink.

What is the Rangers vs Blues season series?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🗽 Rangers

BeforeDec 29 🗽NYR @ 🐯NSH 4–3 AfterJan 2 🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR 7–2

🎵 Blues

BeforeDec 29 🐧PIT @ 🎵STL 6–1 AfterJan 3 🦅WSH @ 🎵STL 2–5

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