K’Andre Miller scored the go-ahead goal with 8:28 left as the New York Rangers made a rare third-period comeback to beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Sunday night, giving Jonathan Quick his 400th career regular-season win.
With the victory, Quick became the first American-born goalie to reach this milestone and joined Sergei Bobrovsky and Marc-Andre Fleury as the only active goalies with 400 wins. He is the 15th goalie in NHL history to achieve this feat, finishing the game with 34 saves.
The Rangers snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 8-3-3 in their last 14 games. They are now 2-20-1 this season when trailing after two periods.
Mika Zibanejad tied the game with 14:56 left, then assisted Miller’s game-winner. J.T. Miller’s shot was saved by Vegas goalie Adin Hill with 8:50 remaining, but the Rangers kept the puck in play. Zibanejad retrieved the puck behind the net and passed it to K’Andre Miller, who fired a shot past Hill’s right shoulder and under the crossbar.
Earlier in the game, Zibanejad played a key role in the Rangers’ tying goal during a power play. He prevented Jack Eichel from clearing the puck, then crashed the crease to tap in a loose puck behind Hill, making it 2-2.
Alexis Lafreniere also scored, and Artemi Panarin scored on the power play and tallied two assists. J.T. Miller added two assists in his second game since being traded from the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.
For the Golden Knights, Eichel had two goals, including one on a power play with 19 seconds left in the first period, using Tomas Hertl as a screen to beat Quick from the right circle. Hill made 24 saves in a losing effort as Vegas dropped their third straight game and fell to 3-7-3 in their last 13 outings.
Vegas took the lead again in the second period when Eichel used Vincent Trocheck as a screen and scored with a wrist shot that went through Trocheck’s legs and into the net. The Rangers evened the score 1:18 into the second period when Lafreniere scored on a wrist shot to the open side of the goal.
