The New York Rangers lost to the San Jose Sharks in overtime 3-2 after leading the game 2-0 in the third period.
The New York Rangers lost to the San Jose Sharks in overtime 3-2 after leading the game 2-0 in the third period. Neither team scored a power-play goal in the contest.
The Rangers conclude their four-game Pacific trip with a 1-2-1 record.
Adam Fox put the Rangers up 1-0 7:55 into the first frame with his eighth goal of the season.
Vincent Trocheck recorded his 300th career assist on the play and thirtieth helper of the season. Fox crept to the net front and jammed home the puck to take a 1-0 lead.
One minute into the middle period, Artem Panarin unleashed a lethal wrister to take a 2-0 lead.
Fox and K'Andre Miller recorded assists, but the shot and the play were all Panarin, who rifled a wrist shot from the right circle to the far side past Mackenzie Blackwood.
Each team had two power play opportunities in the second period but did not score on any of them.
The Blueshirts would carry the lead into the third period, where the Sharks quickly erased their deficit by scoring twice in four minutes.
Erik Gustaffson slammed a pass off of the end boards behind his net to get a breakout started with Luke Kunin forechecking him.
Sturm picked up the puck at the goal line and fired it home before Shesterkincould got to the other side of the net to cut the lead to 2-1.
Off of a faceoff, Jan Rutta ripped a one-timer that was tipped by former Ranger Ryan Carpenter past Shesterkin to knot the game at 2-2.
Carpenter has three goals this season, two of them coming against his former club.
Calen Addison tripped Jimmy Vesey, providing the Rangers a chance to take the lead 14:06 into the third period, but the Rangers couldn't convert on the man advantage for the third time in the contest.
The score was tied after three periods and required three-on-three overtime to determine a winner.
On a masterful passing play, Alexander Barabanov and Jan Rutta found Tomas Hertl for a back-door one-timer.
Hertl ripped home the overtime winner on a helpless Shesterkin to seal the 3-2 comeback for the Sharks.
The Rangers (29-15-3) slink away from their four-game road trip with a 1-2-1 record. They now have a 4-6-2 record in January.
Returning home, the Blueshirts host the Vegas Golden Knights at Madison Square Garden on Friday at 7:00 p.m. EST.