
Rangers need more of the outdoor lights version of Alexis Lafreniere
NY Post
The Rangers preserved their perfect outdoor record on the backs of marquee players.
Mika Zibanejad posted the first-ever hat trick in a Winter Classic game and set a record with five points.
With two goals and an assist, Artemi Panarin upped his career outdoor game totals to seven to tie the record for the most in NHL history.
Vincent Trocheck was a menacing 53.9 percent from the faceoff dots to go along with his two-assist performance.
And goalie Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves to become one of just nine goalies with multiple outdoor victories.
The high-profile and much-needed win, however, does not happen without Alexis Lafrenière.

The deal that brought Aidan Thompson to the Rangers didn’t create the ripple effects that the Artemi Panarin trade did because of who departed the organization. That was only Derrick Pouliot, a 32-year-old defenseman more than two years removed from his last NHL game. It didn’t create the waves like one for, say, Vincent Trocheck, would have because of current NHL players or draft capital the Blueshirts received in return, either.












