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Glenn Gawdin scores first two NHL goals to propel Rangers in blowout over Canucks

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Walker, M. (2026, November 14). Glenn Gawdin scores first two NHL goals to propel Rangers in blowout over Canucks. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/11/14/sports/glenn-gawdins-first-two-nhl-goals-propel-rangers-in-win-over-canucks/

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New York Post · collected 2026-11-14 · by Mollie Walker

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New York Rangers center Glenn Gawdin scored the first two goals of his NHL career during a 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Richmond, B.C. The 29-year-old center, who had been playing in the AHL before being signed to a two-year, two-way contract, joined the team earlier in the week to fill a roster vacancy. The article highlights Gawdin's personal journey from a struggling rookie to a successful recall, noting he accounted for half of the Rangers' four-goal second period.
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New York PostThis outlet14 Nov

New York Rangers center Glenn Gawdin scored the first two goals of his NHL career during a 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Richmond, B.C. The 29-year-old center, who had been playing in the AHL before being signed to a two-year, two-way contract, joined the team earlier in the week to fill a roster vacancy. The article highlights Gawdin's personal journey from a struggling rookie to a successful recall…

Glenn Gawdin scores first two NHL goals to propel Rangers in blowout over Canucks (this article)
Toronto Star14 Nov

The New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Friday night, marking the team's first victory this season after conceding the opening goal. Glenn Gawdin, a 29-year-old Richmond native called up from Hartford, scored his first two NHL goals during a four-goal second-period surge. The Rangers improved to a 12-8-1 record with the win, while the Canucks fell to 3-17-1 following a seven-game losing streak.

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The Richmond, B.C., native maintained the belief that continuing to work hard would allow him to earn another opportunity.
With Dylan Garand expected to start in goal against the Canucks on Friday night, the Rangers will have alternated netminders for four games.
Inadvertently hitting the side of the net on an attempted pass from the trapezoid, Garand lost the puck with McDavid lurking and couldn’t get to the crease in time to stop the three-time Hart Trophy winner from scoring what may have been the easiest of his 11 goals so far this season.
Not really stress out about things game to game, but look at the big picture and realize that if I play well, things will work out.”
The Rangers might have started putting the puck on net more as the game went on, but it was hardly enough to combat the Oilers’ consistent level of play.
And when the Rangers finally started to catch some momentum following J.T. Miller’s fourth goal of the season, Reimer couldn’t track a one-timer from Drew Doughty at the top of the zone and his team lost any push it had just as quickly as it started.
If a certain percentage of the ones that hit the posts have gone in the net, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.
The Rangers struggled mightily with clearing the puck and breaking it out of their zone, which led to Batherson’s second of the game less than two minutes into the second period.
2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Rangers outgunned by Senators after another slow start
tRY IT NOWThe adjustment to having three lefties (Pavel Dorofeyev, Alexis Lafrenière, J.T. Miller) and two righties (Adam Fox and Mika Zibanejad), as opposed to the four-righty alignment they’ve deployed the last seven seasons, is apparently more significant than one would expect.
With effective spurts that haven’t always been enough to demand results, the second line hopes that staying the course will pay off.
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Rangers ORG · 10× Gawdin PERSON · 7× Canucks ORG · 5× Merilainen PERSON · 2× NHL ORG · 2× British Columbia GPE · 1× Glenn Gawdin PERSON · 1× Richmond GPE · 1× VANCOUVER GPE · 1× the American Hockey League ORG · 1×

Narrative

After struggling to stick in an NHL lineup for the first four seasons of his career, Glenn Gawdin had been grinding it out in the American Hockey League before he got his first big-league chance in just over 2 ½ years on this Rangers four-game road trip out West.
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The Richmond, B.C., native maintained the belief that continuing to work hard would allow him to earn another opportunity.

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After struggling to stick in an NHL lineup for the first four seasons of his career, Glenn Gawdin had been grinding it out in the American Hockey League before he got his first big-league chance in just over 2 ½ years on this Rangers four-game road trip out West. asserted
he → struggle → trip
The Richmond, B.C., native maintained the belief that continuing to work hard would allow him to earn another opportunity. asserted
him → maintain → opportunity
in his first chance to play in front of his home crowd, inside the arena he grew up less than 30 minutes away from, Gawdin scored the first two goals of his NHL career to propel the Blueshirts to a 5-1 win over the Canucks. asserted
Gawdin → play → Canucks
It sent the Rangers back home to New York with six of a possible eight points from their longest road trip of the season. asserted
It → send → season
Gawdin only just joined the team during their day off in Calgary earlier this week, but head coach Mike Sullivan summoned the 29-year-old center amid the Rangers’ growing need for a fourth-line center with Joe Veleno still on long-term injured reserve. asserted
Sullivan → join → reserve
With five goals and nine assists through 16 AHL games, Gawdin was tied with Liam Greentree for the Wolf Pack lead in points at the time of the recall. asserted
Gawdin → tie → recall
Not only was Gawdin’s play worthy of a look, but the Rangers signed him to a two-year, two-way contract this past offseason. asserted
Rangers → sign → contract
Gawdin accounted for half of the Rangers’ four-goal second period, which featured a surge of three tallies in the span of 3:09. asserted
which → account → 3:09
Oliver Bjorkstrand broke a 1-1 tie on the power play less than halfway through the middle frame to give the Rangers their first lead of the night. asserted
Bjorkstrand → break → night
After Canucks goalie Leevi Merilainen misfired a pass at former Ranger Filip Chytil less than five minutes later, however, Gawdin was right there to clean the puck up and put it away. asserted
Gawdin → misfire → it
The Rangers top line of Mika Zibanejad, Gabe Perreault and Alexis Lafrenière was responsible for the third score of the period, when a pretty passing sequence ended with Lafrenière backhanding his 10th goal of the season past Merilainen at the 15:14 mark. asserted
Lafrenière → pass → mark
Gawdin then got a stick on a Vladislav Gavrikov shot for a commanding 5-1 lead heading into the third period. asserted
Gawdin → get → period
Including a 6-2 loss at Madison Square Garden earlier this season, the Canucks have just one win in regulation this season that dates back to Oct. 3. asserted
that → include → Oct.
The loss Friday night marked their seventh in a row and the 17th in their last 18. asserted
loss → mark → 18
The Canucks had the puck for a good portion of the first period, during which they sustained quite a bit of offensive zone time despite recording only three high-danger chances, according to Natural Stat Trick. uncertain
they → have → Trick
It led to the home team opening the scoring on the night, when Elias Pettersson got a stick on a Zeev Buium shot from the point. asserted
Pettersson → lead → point
Jolted by the Canucks goal, the Rangers kicked it into gear and began their push. asserted
Rangers → jolt → push
Perreault then sniped the puck into the tiniest opening above the shoulder of Merilainen for his third goal in the last five games and seventh of the season. asserted
Perreault → snip → season
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