Rangers spoil Jonathan Quick’s homecoming in loss to Kings
LOS ANGELES It was supposed to be Jonathan Quicks night.
And it still was, to a degree, considering the future Hall-of-Fame goaltender was one of the only Rangers to show up in the teams 2-1 loss to the Kings Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena.
Quick had to deliver in his return to Los Angeles, the city he spent 16 years in and won two Stanley Cups for before he was traded, but the rest of the Rangers didnt hold up their end of the bargain.
Its obviously a big night for Jon, head coach Peter Laviolette said. But it was a big night for our group, as well. Lots of reasons we needed to be successful.
The magnitude of the moment for their teammate didnt provide a jolt.
Neither did Laviolettes lineup change of Tyler Pitlick for Nick Bonino.
3Quinton Byfield (left) scores the go-ahead goal on Jonathan Quick during the Rangers’ 2-1 loss to the Kings. APThe Rangers coasted through the game at one mediocre level on their way to their sixth loss in their past eight games.
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The last time the Rangers played the Kings, a 4-1 win at the Garden in December, the team rallied around Quick and bounced back from their first set of back-to-back losses of the season.
There was no such passionate push from the Blueshirts this time around against a Kings team that had lost 10 of its past 11 games coming into Saturdays contest.
And afterward, Quick had no interest in making a big deal of his return to Los Angeles.
Was it an emotional night? No.
How about the touching video tribute and standing ovation? No, they play videos all the time.
Who could blame Quicks shortness after the 37-year-old netminder had to withstand 12 shots compared to the two Kings goalie David Rittich saw in the first period alone. Finishing with 22 saves on the night, Quick couldnt do anything about the Rangers inability to sustain consistent offensive zone time, which allowed the Kings to strike first.
Trevor Moores spin-o-rama pass went right to the stick of Kevin Fiala, who beat Braden Schneider to deposit the puck past Quick with 34.4 seconds left in the opening frame.
3Jonathan Quick, who made 24 saves, defends the net during the Rangers’ loss. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConThe Rangers were limited to just two shots on goal through the first 20 minutes, with the last one coming at the 3:51 mark. The next one didnt come until 6:16 in the second period, which means the Rangers went a concerning 22:25 without a single shot on goal.
It may have been a low-energy affair, but the Rangers looked stuck in the mud at times.
Early on, they were tilting it, said Chris Kreider, who evened the score at one-all in the middle frame off a feed from Adam Fox. Definitely won the possession battles, especially in the first period They played a very simple game, really. They were able to build off of that. Goalie was able to keep us in it. We responded a little bit in the second, but fell short.
For us, its about putting ourselves in a position to not chase hockey games. The other night was unfortunate, but tonight, thats something we can control.
The Kings appeared to be pushing a lot harder to spoil Quicks homecoming, compared to how the Rangers were playing to win it for him.
And yet, the visitors deficit somehow remained at one until the end of the middle frame. The Rangers were fortunate to have a 1-1 game on their hands at that point, but they didnt even generate much momentum from Kreiders goal.
3Ryan Lindgren passes the puck in front of Quinton Byfield during the second period of the Rangers’ loss. APJaret Anderson-Dolan then skated around KAndre Miller on the rush to put the puck on net, which was saved by Quick before the Rangers defensemans clearing attempt went right to the stick of Quinton Byfield for the game-winning goal.
Feels like were saying similar things after a lot of these games, Rangers captain Jacob Trouba said. Were going through it a little bit right now.
This was supposed to be the perfect time for an emotional game, just like when the Rangers met the Kings for the first time this season
Lately, emotion has been hard to come by in the Rangers game at all.
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