New York Rangers vs Colorado Avalanche, ESPN+ Hockey Night

NHL

Rangers

18-7-3, 39 PTS

2-4

Final

Avalanche

17-7-2, 36 PTS

Ball Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

NYR shoots leftCOL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NYR	7	7	14	28
COL	12	7	12	31

In net

Alexandar Georgiev27/31 SV, .871

Darcy Kuemper26/28 SV, .929

Team	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	1	1	2
COL	2	1	1	4

Who won: Avalanche 4-2

The Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 4-2 in ESPN+ Hockey Night on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche win the series 2-0. The Avalanche outscored the Rangers 2-0 in the 1st period. Valeri Nichushkin led the Avalanche in goals (2). Ryan Strome led the Rangers in goals (1).

Recap · Dec 15

Nichushkin scores 2 goals, Avalanche beat Rangers 4-2

Valeri Nichushkin had two goals, Cale Makar and Mikko Rantanen also scored and the Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 4-2 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win.

What it means

Season series: COL wins series 2-0.
Rangers 10-4-2 on the road; Avalanche 10-2-1 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Rangers2nd in Eastern Conference

Adam Sykora LW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve
Aidan Thompson C
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Igor Shesterkin G
Knee, Surgery, right
Injured Reserve
Joe Veleno C
Lower Body, right
Injured Reserve
Joonas Korpisalo G
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Avalanche3rd in Western Conference

Nicolas Roy C
Lower Body
Day-To-Day
Zachary L'Heureux LW
Upper Body
Day-To-Day
Georgii Merkulov C
Undisclosed
Injured Reserve
Logan O'Connor RW
Lower Body
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Rangers2nd in Eastern Conference

Alexandar Georgiev G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Avalanche3rd in Western Conference

Darcy Kuemper G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

COL wins series 2-0

Last meeting: Avalanche 7, Rangers 3 (Dec 8)

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Game info

Venue: Ball Arena, Denver, CO · Attendance 17,198
Officials: Brian Pochmara (Referee), Reid Anderson (Referee), Ryan Gibbons (Linesman), James Tobias (Linesman)