Jonathan Marchessault’s goal in the third round of the shootout was the only score of the tiebreaker Friday as the visiting Vegas Golden Knights beat their old coach, Gerard Gallant, and the Rangers, 3-2 in Madison Square Garden.
The Rangers were playing without leading scorer Artemi Panarin, who suffered a lower-body injury in Wednesday’s game against the Arizona Coyotes, but they took a 2-1 lead into the third period on goals by Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider, before Dylan Coghlan’s goal at 14:44 of the third period tied it, 2, to force overtime. The teams traded chances in the five-minute extra session, but neither managed to score .
The game closed out a stretch for the Rangers in which they played 10 games over 17 days. They went 6-3-1 over that stretch, to improve their record to 19-7-4. Now, they are off until Wednesday, and then they are off for the Christmas break.
