CALGARY, Alberta – Ryan McDonagh capitalized on his increased ice time in crucial moments — at the Calgary Flames’ expense.
The second-year defenseman scored with 2 seconds remaining in overtime to give the New York Rangers a 3-2 victory over the Flames on Thursday night.
With a crowd in front of goalie Henrik Karlsson, Dan Girardi shot the puck wide off the end boards and it caromed out the other side to McDonagh and he scored into the open side.
“Danny’s a smart player, I know he’s just putting it anywhere where it’s not going to get blocked and it was fortunate that it kicked off the boards there,” said McDonagh, who had two goals this season after scoring once in 40 games as a rookie last season. “We were talking about how the boards could be used to our advantage and it did there.”
McDonagh is averaging more than 25 minutes of ice time because of injuries to defensemen Marc Staal (concussion) and Michael Sauer (shoulder).
“It’s a great experience for him because there has been some struggles with his play but he stays with it,” New York coach John Tortorella said. “As we go through here, some of those guys that are in
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