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EDMONTON — The Rangers tapped into their resilient DNA for this one.
J.T. Miller scored 2:48 into overtime Thursday night to complete the Blueshirts’ comeback and secure a 4-3 win over the Oilers.
Surviving an Edmonton power play in OT that carried over from the final seconds of regulation, the Rangers picked up their second consecutive victory to improve to 2-1 on the road trip thus far.
The Rangers found their legs in the third period and managed to score twice to knot the game at three-all.
Braden Schneider first cleaned up a loose puck off Will Cuylle’s drive to the net, cutting the Rangers’ deficit to one.
Taylor Raddysh then notched his team-leading fifth goal of the season at the 12:04 mark, when the 27-year-old wing whipped the puck past Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner to pull even at 3-3.
Skating in his second straight game after serving as a healthy scratch eight times already this season, Jonny Brodzinski scored his first goal of the season to put the Rangers on the board first. The veteran forward intercepted a puck at the blue line before burying it on his backhand off a breakaway.
The lead didn’t last long as the Oilers struck back just over a minute later. A Darnell Nurse one-timer from the circle beat Rangers goalie Igor Shesterkin to even it up at 1-1.
Edmonton was in the driver’s seat throughout the second period, outshooting the visitors 14-8. It led to the Oilers taking a two-goal lead into the final 20 minutes.
Just as the Oilers power play expired at the 10:24 mark of the middle frame, Matt Savoie notched his first NHL goal on a bouncing rebound that went in off his leg in front of the Rangers net.
Nurse later redirected a shot that Shesterkin appeared to save, but a second look by the officials deemed that the puck crossed the goal line. As a result, the Rangers fell behind 3-1 as Nurse picked up his second goal of the game.
Despite the win, there is a stark lack of finish in their game during five-on-five play.
It is not any better on the power play. The Rangers went a third game in a row — and ninth this season — without a man-advantage goal. Entering Thursday, the Blueshirts owned the fifth-lowest power play percentage in the NHL at 14.3.
After an 0-for-2 showing against the Oilers, they are now 4-for-30 on the season.
