Dylan Garand bounces back — but Rangers offense is no help in OT loss to Blue Jackets

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Crane, A. (2026, October 18). Dylan Garand bounces back — but Rangers offense is no help in OT loss to Blue Jackets. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/17/sports/dylan-garand-bounces-back-but-rangers-fall-in-ot-to-blue-jackets/

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Dylan Garand performed well for the Rangers in a 1-0 overtime loss to the Blue Jackets, making crucial saves throughout the game despite facing three failed power-play chances by his team and a seven-period scoring drought. The article highlights Garand's strong performance, particularly in the third period when he stopped key shots from Cole Sillinger and Kent Johnson, but notes that the Rangers' offensive struggles overshadowed his efforts.
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🔮 That, more than the final result, will be something the Rangers can take forward with them.
🔮 But there was also a sense that it was a one-off, that the habits the Blueshirts had built over the past month since training camp began — and over the first eight games of the season — could flush everything that went wrong.
🔮 I know Dylan will bounce back.
🔮 But the 25-year-old always believed that he could be the type of player who could score 50 and fully reach the potential he kept unveiling in flashes, that all the work would eventually pay off because, as he told Dubé this summer, “I want to win in New York.
🔮 The Rangers said Oct. 10 that Korpisalo would miss another four weeks.
🔮 In an eight-game stretch filled with revenge and fixing wrongs to start the season, Thursday will mark another chance for the Rangers.
🔮 The scene that unfolded Tuesday night at the Garden — the “Dy-lan” chants echoing just weeks after he’d been waived, the latest sign that maybe these Rangers can survive without Igor Shesterkin — almost never had a chance to materialize.
🔮 But then Daniels went down, the Commanders couldn’t get back to the line of scrimmage in time and they were left dealing with the consequences of the brutal management — with Quinn, spiking his headset on the field and later putting his hands on his head, capturing the weight of the moment. Magic Johnson, who owns a stake in the Commanders, said he was in “total disbelief.”
🔮 We thought we’d make a little tweak and see if we could get it going a little bit, and obviously, Gabe was a part of the goal, so we were happy about that.
🔮 His window of opportunity is fleeting with Hall week to week, but Allen flashed what the Jets’ two-pronged rushing attack could resemble with both Allen and Hall healthy.
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And there he was in the third period, with under seven minutes left in a scoreless game, sprawling across the crease to rob Cole Sillinger at the far post off the rush. Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOWThere he was, just minutes later, snagging a Kent Johnson shot as the stakes kept elevating and the Blueshirts kept struggling to score at the other end of the ice.
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🔮 That, more than the final result, will be something the Rangers can take forward with them.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — This was always going to be about the response from Dylan Garand, about how the 24-year-old getting a chance to audition as the Rangers goaltender rebounded from the worst start of his career two days later. asserted
old → go → career
And there he was in the third period, with under seven minutes left in a scoreless game, sprawling across the crease to rob Cole Sillinger at the far post off the rush. Access the Rangers beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mollie Walker about the inside buzz on the Rangers. tRY IT NOWThere he was, just minutes later, snagging a Kent Johnson shot as the stakes kept elevating and the Blueshirts kept struggling to score at the other end of the ice. asserted
Blueshirts → leave → ice
There he was at the end of regulation, helping them kill a penalty. asserted
them → help → penalty
Garand passed his first 30 tests Saturday night until Johnson scored the winner in the Blueshirts’ 1-0 loss in overtime. asserted
Johnson → pass → overtime
The more concerning trend for the Rangers involves their offense, with three failed power-play chances in the third period and a 5-on-5 drought dating back to the second period of Tuesday’s game — a stretch of seven periods. asserted
trend → involve → periods
From a results standpoint, this was what the Rangers needed — a point on the road, where they went 1-3-0 to open the year — after their 7-1 embarrassment at Prudential Center. But they were sloppy with the puck in their own end for most of the night, including some uncharacteristic plays from Adam Fox and Marcus Pettersson. asserted
they → need → Fox
The game only made it to overtime because of Garand, and he helped them kill nearly 90 seconds of 4-on-3 at the start. asserted
them → make → start
Early in the first, Garand stopped Blue Jackets center Adam Fantilli with a glove save. asserted
Garand → stop → save
He flashed a glove save on a Zach Werenski shot from the point later in the frame. asserted
He → flash → frame
Then, in the second period when Columbus had an extra skater on ice due to a delayed penalty and at the end of the subsequent power play, Garand stopped Fantilli two more times. asserted
Garand → have → Fantilli
This was the response the Rangers expected from Garand. asserted
Rangers → expect → Garand
Head coach Mike Sullivan, as well as Garand’s teammates, didn’t blame him for what unfolded two nights ago at Prudential Center, when Garand allowed four goals on 13 shots — including two in 31 seconds in the second period — and was pulled in favor of Spencer Martin. asserted
Garand → blame → Martin
Two nights later, Garand looked like the version who impressed in his first starts after Igor Shesterkin’s season-ending injury. asserted
who → look → injury
That, more than the final result, will be something the Rangers can take forward with them. asserted
Rangers → take → them
They can avoid a goaltending crisis in the present. asserted
They → avoid → present
The more concerning emergence Saturday might’ve been that they didn’t generate much in the offensive end, outside of a pair of Gabe Perreault chances to bookend the second period and a chaotic rush from the third line in the first — when Will Cuylle had a strong chance by the right post. uncertain
Cuylle → generate → post
The Rangers have scored just twice over their last seven periods, with one a power-play goal off a deflection Thursday and the other an empty-net goal against the Lightning. asserted
other → score → Lightning
Head coach Mike Sullivan shuffled the top six again, sliding Alexis Lafrenière back up to the first line with Perreault and Mika Zibanejad while slotting Pavel Dorofeyev with J.T. Miller and Tye Kartye on the second. asserted
Sullivan → shuffle → second
But for one night, Garand made those concerns fade into the background — until Johnson played spoiler. asserted
Johnson → make → spoiler
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