The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Nov. 14, with Glenn Gawdin scoring his first two NHL goals in a four-goal second period, ESPN reported.
The Rangers won for the first time this season after conceding the opening goal. New York scored four of its five goals in the second period. Gawdin's two goals came during that period, when the Rangers scored four times against Vancouver.
Gawdin led the Rangers with two goals at Rogers Arena, where attendance reached 17,156, according to ESPN's scoreboard. His two goals in the win over the Canucks were the first two goals of his NHL career, according to ESPN's match report.
New York finished the game with a 12-8-1 record, while Vancouver stood at 3-17-1. Those were the teams' records after the Rangers' 5-1 victory over the Canucks at Rogers Arena, where Gawdin was New York's leading performer with his two goals.
The result marked New York's first victory of the season in a game in which it allowed the opposing team to score first. Vancouver scored the opening goal, but the Rangers finished with five goals to the Canucks' one.
The Nashville Predators beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-2 in a shootout in the other completed game on Nov. 14. The victory extended Nashville's winning streak to seven games. Nashville's shootout victory over Vegas was its seventh win in a row.
Roman Josi scored the deciding goal in the fourth round of the shootout, the tiebreaker in which players take individual attempts against the opposing goalkeeper. Josi's attempt in that fourth round provided the deciding goal as Nashville won the shootout against Vegas.
Ryan O'Reilly led Nashville with two goals. The game drew 16,641 spectators to T-Mobile Arena. O'Reilly was Nashville's leading performer with his two goals in the game that the Predators won on Josi's deciding goal in the shootout.
Nashville finished with an 11-4-5 record. Vegas stood at 13-5-3 after the shootout loss. The Predators' record followed their 3-2 victory at T-Mobile Arena, while the Golden Knights' record followed their defeat in the same game.
The two completed games on Nov. 14 ended with New York beating Vancouver 5-1 and Nashville beating Vegas 3-2 in a shootout. The Rangers' victory came at Rogers Arena, and the Predators' victory came at T-Mobile Arena.
