Next QUICKtim: St. Louis Blues

New York, NY. Next in line: the St. Louis Blues. In Jonathan Quickʼs second consecutive start, the Rangersʼ backup goalie registered his second victory to stay perfect on the season and to extend the Bluehirtsʼ winning streak to six. The 38-year-oldʼs stellar 39-save performance elevated the New York Rangers to a 6-3 come-from-behind win after St. Louis – no, not Martin – had scored the opening two goals.

Filip Chytil and Kaapo Kakko evened the score, before the Blues went ahead for the second and last time in the game. After Troy Terry scored the equalizer to level things at three, defenseman Ryan Lindgren got his first and second goals of the season to get the Rangers ahead, 5-3. Patrick Kaneʼs fourth marker on Claude Girouxʼs 13th assist of the campaign put the game out of reach to defeat the leagueʼs 18th-placed team.

Meanwhile, the injured duo is slowly making progress with its convalescence: At least J.T. Miller is expected to be back within the next two weeks. Chris Kreider, on the other hand, is likely to sit out more than three weeks from now. The Rangersʼ next opponent will try to be the first team to capitalize from the absence of the Blueshirtsʼ offensive cornerstones: Tomorrow night will mark the first time the archrivals New York Islanders are coming to Madison Square Garden. Both teams are tied with 20 points in the standings and currently sit in the Eastʼs two wild-card spots. New York is 8-1-1 in their last ten, while the team that thinks itʼs New York went 6-4-0.