Vegas Golden Knights forward Mitch Marner grabbed headlines during the team’s 3-2 overtime win against the New York Rangers on Sunday. The victory pushed Vegas to a 14-6-8 record. It kept them second in the Pacific Division, just one point behind first place.
Marner has been one of the most talked-about players this season after his offseason trade from Toronto to Vegas. But after Sunday’s game, Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan had plenty to say about one particular play.
Rangers Coach Reacts to Mitch Marner’s OT Move
Less than a minute into overtime, Marner reached for the puck but instead took out Rangers defenseman Matthew Robertson’s legs. Surprisingly, the officials let the play continue and didn’t call a penalty. Minutes later, Jack Eichel buried the OT winner with eight seconds left.
Asked afterward about the missed call on Marner, Sullivan offered a short response: “You guys can be the judge.”
Mike Sullivan was asked if he thought the Rangers should’ve gotten a tripping call against Mitch Marner in overtime:
“You guys can be the judge.” pic.twitter.com/LtqZq7ZVyq
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Mika Zibanejad didn’t hold back either, questioning how the Rangers finished the game without a single power play.
“Like, really? Zero power plays and you don’t call that? It stings now,” he said. “We could probably look at other things that we could’ve done better, not to get to that point, but I thought that one was pretty obvious.”
Vegas opened the scoring early when Brett Howden converted just 36 seconds in off a setup from Marner. The Rangers answered with two goals in the second from Zibanejad and Alexis Lafrenière to go up 2-1. Late in the third, Tomas Hertl tied it after roughing minors on both sides, with Vegas pulling the goalie to create the five-on-four advantage.
Sullivan said the coincidental minors had a major impact on the game. He explained that defending a six-on-five is completely different from a five-on-four. “Give Vegas credit, they played hard in the third, but I thought our guys did as well. I thought we were defending the lead hard,” he said.
He believed the Rangers defended the lead with urgency and protected the key areas of the ice. From the bench, he and the staff felt they were in control of the situation. He added, “So it’s disappointing.”
Had Marner been called for tripping in overtime, the Rangers would have gone to a four-on-three power play with a strong chance to end the game themselves.