Mika gets a lot of confidence in the New York Rangers and had 20 minutes of ice time against Anaheim. At that time, he was first in charge of the chain mate Chris Kreider in the second period.
- Great of Zibanejad to get around there. See what long range he has and lean his body far out to the right to create the conditions to put that fit, says SVT's expert, Mikael Renberg.
Anaheim was missing three top players
Later in the match he was also noted in the goal record when he put the final score 5-1, in a slightly snowy way. The visitors' goalkeeper, Ryan Miller, stepped the puck into his own goal with the skate.
Zibanejad, who suffered injuries during the fall and missed 13 games, has scored 12 goals and 26 points on the 22 games he played this year.
Henrik Lundqivst also had a good day, after not playing any match for eight days. He had nothing to do at times, but pretty much saved everything he received. He took 19 of 20 shots, including a free-kick.
The longer the game suffered, the more grim it became and several fights broke out.
Anaheim, who played as late as yesterday came to today's lunch meeting, starting at 12.30 local time, with a bunch of injuries. Neither Jakob Silfverberg, Rickard Rakell nor Ryan Getzlaf, who are one, two and third in Anaheim's points, could start in today's match.