ANAHEIM, Calif. – The New York Rangers didn’t sign Jarred Tinordi to score goals.
But the 6-6, 232-pound defenseman, playing Saturday night for the first time since Nov. 21, scored a huge one in the third period against the Anaheim Ducks, breaking a tie and helping the Rangers beat the Ducks, 4-1, in the Honda Center, to even their record on the five-game road trip to 1-1.
Tinordi, who has spent time in AHL Hartford on a conditioning stint and battled COVID-19, was playing in only his sixth game of the season. He went into the game with a pretty basic mindset: Do whatever the team needs of him.