The Rangers have lost four in a row, all in regulation, since winning their first two games.
It was Markstrom's first game since October 12. A key save was the one at the end of the second period, where Markstrom stared down a wide-open Lias Andersson and kicked out the shot attempt.
It felt like a West Coast team's first East Coast afternoon game of the season.
Cringe-worthy fall aside, the 2019 top draft pick etched his name into the history books of both the New Jersey Devils and the National Hockey League with a flock of around 80 friends and family members in attendance.
Both the Rangers and Devils entered the season with considerable hype thanks to flashy offseasons, but New Jersey had the higher season win total and the shorter Stanley Cup odds.
The New York Rangers were frustrated that they couldn't find a way to solve Vancouver Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom in the third period of this game. It was DeAngelo's first of the season. It was Coleman's third of the season.
Bo Horvat, Brock Boeser and Jay Beagle scored in the first period for the Canucks (5-3-0), who lost 1-0 to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Saturday, ending a four-game winning streak. Wood's first of the season at 12:25 of the second period increased the lead to 3-1.
Standing in the slot unchecked between Canucks Chris Tanev and Jake Virtanen, Rangers star Artemi Panarin made it 3-2 at 5:31 and Vancouver desperately clung to the lead the rest of the way.
P.K. Subban scored an empty-net goal with less than a minute to play, his first goal with the Devils.
