Kevin Hayes scores winner late on the power play as Rangers edge Jets
WINNIPEG — Kevin Hayes was at the right place at the right time Thursday night.
The New York forward scored a ricocheting power-play goal with 1:09 left in the third period to lift the Rangers to a 2-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
“I think it was a greasy goal, a point shot off about three guys,” Hayes said. “(I) just tipped it in. That was definitely puck luck, for sure.”
Jets forward Drew Stafford was in the penalty box for high sticking when Ryan McDonagh’s shot from the high slot went off Winnipeg forward Adam Lowry’s stick.