O’Reilly scored the game’s first goal at 6:19 of the opening period. Lindgren then gave the Rangers their first lead of the day at 5:10 of the third, when his pass attempt from the left circle hit off of the skate of Predators defenseman Jeremy Lauzon in front and past Lankinen. Just 19 seconds later, with the Rangers back on a power play, Trocheck redirected Mika Zibanejad’s pass past Lankinen to tie the score. Kreider drew New York back within a goal at 8:52, just after that power play expired. Entering Saturday, the Islanders’ Simon Holmstrom and Colorado’s Logan O’Connor were tied for the NHL lead with three short-handed goals. It gave him all three of Nashville’s short-handed goals this season.
Sissons made it 3-1 at 7:28 of the second, scoring on a short-handed breakaway. The Rangers trailed 2-0 and 3-1 before scoring three straight. Ryan O’Reilly had a goal and an assist, and Roman Josi and Colton Sissons also scored for Nashville, who have lost consecutive games after winning six straight. Adam Fox had three assists and Jonny Brodzinski added two, and Igor Shesterkin stopped 36 shots.
Jacob Trouba, Chris Kreider and Ryan Lindgren also scored for New York, winners of five of six. (AP) - Vincent Trocheck had a goal and two assists, and the New York Rangers rallied from two goals down to beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Saturday.
