{"id":31720,"date":"2022-06-01T07:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T07:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chris-kreiders-goal-draws-wayne-gretzky-comparison-in-rangers-game-7-win-bleacher-report\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T07:05:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T07:05:38","slug":"chris-kreiders-goal-draws-wayne-gretzky-comparison-in-rangers-game-7-win-bleacher-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/chris-kreiders-goal-draws-wayne-gretzky-comparison-in-rangers-game-7-win-bleacher-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Kreider’s Goal Draws Wayne Gretzky Comparison in Rangers’ Game 7 Win | Bleacher Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It took eight minutes for the New York Rangers to take the air out of PNC Arena on Monday night en route to a 6-2 Game 7 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.<\/p>\n

The first period hadn’t even hit the halfway mark when power-play goals by Adam Fox and Chris Kreider put the Rangers up 2-0.<\/p>\n

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ESPN @espn<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rangers are ROLLIN ‘\u203c \ufe0f <\/p>\n

Chris Kreider makes it 2-0 \ud83d\ude24 pic.twitter.com\/AbRdqtQom2 <\/a><\/p>\n

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New York Rangers @NYRangers<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kreider scored for a second time in the third period on an incredible breakaway effort. <\/p>\n

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Bleacher Report @BleacherReport<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Kreider hit 25mph on this breakaway beauty \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\udd25 pic.twitter.com\/gtXStPvjGP <\/a><\/p>\n

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Naturally, Kreider was singled out for his performance.<\/p>\n

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Brendan Dunlop @Brendan_Dunlop<\/span><\/p>\n

The scoreboard says Chris Kreider scored. But that’s a Wayne Gretzky goal right there! #NYR <\/a><\/p>\n

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Dan Rosen @drosennhl<\/span><\/p>\n

Chris Kreider with a ridiculous goal filled with speed and finesse. Rangers lead it 4-0.<\/p>\n

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Dave Nyczepir @DaveNyczepir<\/span><\/p>\n

Kreider getting hot right before the Rangers (knock on wood) face the Lightning is exactly what this team needs.<\/p>\n

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Katie Brown @katiebhockey<\/span><\/p>\n

Remember when John Tortorella kept benching Chris Kreider lmao<\/p>\n

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StatsCentre @StatsCentre<\/span><\/p>\n

Putting away another in the 3rd frame, Kreider has moved into sole possession of 6th in career #StanleyCup <\/ a> Playoff points with the #NYR <\/a> franchise (50). He also has joined Derick Brassard (9 in 2015) as the only Rangers players since 1998 to post 8+ goals in a single playoff year https: \/\/ t. co \/ bivE5eKHXC <\/a><\/p>\n

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The 31-year-old spearheaded an efficient attack. New York quickly took the crowd out of the game, and it wasted little time erasing any momentum Carolina built.<\/p>\n

While it would have been unlikely, a comeback still looked possible when Vincent Trocheck netted the Hurricanes’ first goal at the 8:11 mark of the third period to make it 4-1. But only 40 seconds later, Filip Chytil answered.<\/p>\n

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B \/ R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce<\/span><\/p>\n

The Rangers take the momentum right back and make it 5-1 \ud83e\udd76 pic.twitter.com\/d2B3OX8mgJ <\/a><\/p>\n

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B \/ R Open Ice @BR_OpenIce<\/span><\/p>\n

Pain. pic.twitter.com\/Jos9JYJ0dv <\/a><\/p>\n

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The two-time reigning Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning await the Rangers in the Eastern Conference Final.<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay needed seven games to take out the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round but then swept the Florida Panthers, who collected a league-high 122 points in the regular season.<\/p>\n

In that series, the Panthers put just three goals past 2018-19 Vezina Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy.<\/p>\n

The Rangers will undoubtedly need Monday’s version of Kreider in the next round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n