NEW YORK — The Rangers were pretty bummed out when they failed to protect a one-goal lead in the third period of their game against Toronto Wednesday night.
Friday night, they corrected that mistake, not only protecting the one-goal lead they carried into the third against Vegas at Madison Square Garden, but adding an insurance goal by the red-hot Filip Chytil to close out a 4-1 victory over the Golden Knights in their final game before the All-Star break.
Chytil scored his fourth goal in the last three games at 14:20 of the third period and goaltender Jaroslav Halak, a surprise starter in place of Igor Shesterkin, turned in perhaps his finest performance of the season, making 33 saves to even his record at 6-6-1. It was the fifth straight victory for Halak, who started the season 0-5-1.
