Rangers top Wild in OT to snap losing skid, set up pivotal Blue Jackets showdown
NY Post
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — After bleeding losses over the last week or so, the Rangers finally patched it up.
Braden Schneider’s overtime winner secured a 3-2 win over the Wild on Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center and snapped a four-game losing streak for the Blueshirts, who benefited from a Blue Jackets loss and moved into a tie with their division foe at 70 points in the Eastern Conference wild-card race.
“They drove the defense back, and I tried to take some middle ice,” Schneider said of the first OT winner of his four-year NHL career. “I immediately wanted to shoot it, brought it to my backhand and just put it there. Luckily, it went in, and thankfully, it wasn’t goaltender interference.”
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