Rangers end Red Wings streak in 3-2 win.

Artemi Panarin #10 of the New York Rangers (C) celebrates his second period goal against the Detroit Red Wings and is joined by Vincent Trocheck #16 (L) and Braden Schneider #4 (R) at Madison Square Garden on November 29, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The New York Rangers got it done at home again to beat the Red Wings 3-2 on Wednesday night. Staying all over them allowed the home team at Madison Square Garden to strike late and lead the NHL with 33 points won. Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves, winning his sixth game in eight starts.

The Red Wings found themselves in a coincidental position after acquiring Patrick Kane from the Rangers. After three weeks and five teams to choose from, the three-time Stanley Cup champion picked to sign a one-year deal with Detroit. As the team played for the second time at MSG, they wanted most to be on the winning side.

The Rangers won 5-3 over three weeks ago, but Detroit sat with a three-game streak. Two came at Little Caesars Arena and one in Boston, gaining their second straight against the Bruins. In their short road trip to New York without Kane in the lineup, the Red Wings sought their fourth in a row.

New York wanted to avoid being a consecutive victim, taking advantage of an early power play in the opening period. Detroit killed off the penalty and faced challenges in their zone, and the Rangers took four scoring chances. Through five and a half minutes, New York outshot Detroit 6-2. The Rangers had the better control of the puck, but Detroit fought them for it at every opportunity.

The Red Wings gained two shots but suffered a hooking penalty, putting the Rangers back on the man advantage. New York was dangerous when the puck was close to Ville Husso, but the Red Wings netminder made the key saves. Detroit was 2 for 2 on penalty kills, and at the five-minute mark, got two minutes to challenge Shesterkin in the net for the Rangers. They looked for a clean shot by passing the puck around but never found one. There was little offensive push from the Red Wings through 20 minutes, but the game remained scoreless.

As the second period got running, so did the Red Wings. They were getting pucks to the Rangers net, with Daniel Sprong getting a solid scoring chance. The Rangers got things back in check and made good on a turnover. New York took off, getting down the center until a pass to Artemi Panarin went in ringing off a wrister into the back of the net. He took a penalty two minutes later, opening the door for Detroit to level the game.

The power play was slow to come together as the Rangers battled with them at the boards, and not one shot taken. With 20 seconds left, they got a play into motion with Mortiz Seider firing through traffic from the blue line to even the game for his third of the season. Robby Fabbri made it 2-1 just 23 seconds later for his fifth on the year, finding a window to get it in.

Lucas Raymond suffered an elbow to the back from Vincent Trocheck, staying down for a time until JT Compher was ready to fight it out with him. It earned the Red Wings a third-man advantage, hoping to widen the gap on their opponent. The Rangers squashed their chance to keep in reach with five minutes left in the game. It was a lively game coming together as the fights for control of the puck occurred all over. For the Red Wings, the score didn’t change in the remaining minutes, with the Rangers leading 22-17 on shots to the net.

Two minutes into the third period, both teams took penalties leading to the Rangers having a great chance. Trocheck had a wide-open net shot and missed the opportunity to make it two-all. Raymond almost sold a high stick penalty to New York, but video evidence showed that he lifted his opponent’s stick.

When the game smoothed out, the Rangers continued to look for ways to tie the game with Detroit. With 10:30 left in the game, they got a play going with Mika Zibanejad and his line being patient. He found K’Andre Miller open at the back and sent him a pass that one-timed through traffic and behind Husso for his third of the season.

At 6:30, the Red Wings were awarded their fourth power play of the night but almost saw a shorthand occur. Chris Kreider went in on Husso, missed, and ended up stuck inside the net. He got out to take another shot on the net but missed again. It took away time for Detroit to make a difference. Once the Rangers killed the penalty, they got into the offense with Jimmy Vesey creating opportunities.

He missed his first attempt but on a rebound, got the back of the blade of his stick on the puck to send it into the net. Video evidence by officials determined it was a good goal, giving Vesey his fifth. Sitting a goal down with two minutes left, the Red Wings got another power play to get an overtime situation in play.

Husso came off with 1:14 left in the game, but the two-man advantage didn’t pan out for them. Detroit couldn’t find an open shooting lane at the back and struggled to get a clean shot from anywhere else. With six seconds left, the Red Wings took a timeout for one last play, but the Rangers cleared out the puck, snapping their opponent’s three-game winning streak.