The shutout streak stands at 113: 29 for Keith Kinkaid in the aftermath of Saturday’s 4-0 win in Boston, which saw No. 71 record his eighth NHL blanking in his career and the first since his 3-0 win for the Devils in Philadelphia on Nov. 15. , 2018.
“It’s absolutely rewarding,” said the 31-year-old netminder who signed a two-year free agent deal with the Rangers after spending most of last season in the AHL as a member of the Montreal organization after five seasons with New York. Jersey. “My season ended in March last year and I trained a lot in the summer.
“I have worked with Benoit Allaire here, there is a lot of work to be done, but I knew last year was a fluke and a bit of an unfortunate situation, so there is a good atmosphere here. Everyone in this organization trusts me and I just want to prove to them that I can still play. I am very excited about this. “
Kinkaid was promoted from the taxi crew on March 5 in the wake of Igor Shesterkin’s groin strain the previous night. Alexandar Georgiev’s fight has opened the door for Kinkaid, who was unavoidable in two starts and two relief appearances, scoring 1.53 goals against average and .935 bait in 195: 55.
“He made the saves he had to do, and he certainly did it at the right time,” said David Quinn of the 18-save performance in which Kinkaid was tested quite rarely. “You never win a match 4-0 and your goalkeeper does not have to contribute. He contributed.
“He’s an NHL goalkeeper. We know that. You know you’re going to need depth this year – you need depth every year – and while it has clearly been a little difficult for him over the last year and a half, we thought we’d have signed a man who could play in the National Hockey League and help us, and he did. ”
The Blueshirts and Bruins each went 0-for-5 in 9.16 on the power play, the Rangers got eight shots with the man advantage, the B’s five. With the first unit chewing on time, Artemi Panarin for 7:04 am and Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad each for 6:30 and Ryan Strome just 10 seconds below, Filip Chytil was moved from the second unit.
Chytil got just 21 seconds with the man advantage when Quinn took a second unit from Pavel Buchnevich, Kaapo Kakko and Alexis Lafreniere up front with Jacob Trouba and K’Andre Miller in the back.
Brett Howden was a healthy scratch for the first time in his three-year career. The 22-year-old, who has played 113 consecutive games since returning from an MCL injury on March 3, 2019, has two points and no goals in 25 games this season.
Julien Gauthier, whose game was on the rise before Thursday’s game in Boston consumed him, as did virtually all of his teammates, also got scraped up front.
Jack Johnson was scratched on the defense while Anthony Bitetto was assigned to the taxi crew.
The Blueshirts are home for a pair against the Flyers on Monday and Wednesday before heading to DC for a back-to-back against the Caps on Friday and Saturday.