{"id":233792,"date":"2021-04-23T07:28:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T04:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/zac-jones-showed-poise-in-rangers-debut-vs-flyers\/"},"modified":"2021-04-23T07:28:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T04:28:44","slug":"zac-jones-showed-poise-in-rangers-debut-vs-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/zac-jones-showed-poise-in-rangers-debut-vs-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Zac Jones showed poise in Rangers debut vs. Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Zac Jones showed poise in Rangers debut vs. Flyers<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s just say the hype the last time a defenseman joined the Rangers lineup straight out of UMass for a late-season game<\/a> didn\u2019t quite match the buildup preceding Zac Jones\u2019 NHL debut that occurred Thursday night at the Garden in his team\u2019s 3-2 defeat to the Flyers.<\/p>\n

Fact is, there was no hype when Thomas Pock was inserted into the Blueshirts\u2019 lineup on March 23, 2004, in a Garden match against the Penguins. Pock, undrafted, signed as a free agent on\u2026well, March 23, 2004.<\/p>\n

The native of Austria not only played hours later, but scored a 55-footer late in the third period of the team\u2019s 5-2 defeat in which he played 14:25 while paired primarily with Dale Purinton.<\/p>\n

\u201cWow, huh?\u201d Pock, a Hobey Baker nominee who would play a total of 59 games with the Blueshirts before playing 59 with the Islanders in 2008-09, said following the match. \u201cWhen you\u2019re a little kid, you dream about going to the NHL and scoring your first goal, and for it all to happ<\/a>en on the same day I signed, it\u2019s very nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notice of Jones\u2019 arrival preceded the 20-year-old\u2019s insertion into the lineup, his progress a daily topic of conversation since the 2019 third-rounder signed his entry-level deal on April 13, three days after the sophomore helped UMass win the national championship.<\/p>\n

The youngster, who got his shot when Jacob Trouba went down with a suspected concussion Tuesday night on Long Island, played a total of 9:45 in his NHL debut and looked cool throughout the match, though victimized as the lone man back on Philly\u2019s two-on-two off which Jakub Voracek scored the 3-1 goal at 14:07.<\/p>\n

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Jones was poised with the puck on his stick and was able to use his skating ability to negate mistakes by busting back. Jones played 5:16 with Ryan Lindgren on his left and 2:31 with Brendan Smith as his partner. He also got 1:22 on the second unit of the power play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he got better and better as the game went on,\u201d said head coach David Quinn. \u201cIt was not an easy situation to be put in. I thought he handled the situation well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Quinn also reinstated Libor Hajek to the lineup after a pair of healthy scratches, the Czech switching places with Anthony Bitetto. Hajek played 12:19, 4:51 at five-on-five with Adam Fox and 2:33 with Brendan Smith. Hajek, who\u2019d played a total of 13:01 killing penalties going into the game, was on for 1:57 with the penalty-kill unit because of penalties.<\/p>\n

Fox was caught on for an extended shift of 2:00 that included penalty-kill work in the second, shortly before K\u2019Andre Miller was on for 2:12 on a shift that also featured shorthanded work.<\/p>\n

Rangers were 0-for-3 over 5:25 on the power play while getting five shots on netminder Brian Elliott.<\/p>\n

Igor Shesterkin was not culpable, the goaltender indeed keeping the Blueshirts in the game with several jaw-dropping saves in the No. 1\u2019s 11th start in the last 13 games.<\/p>\n

Rangers are home to the Flyers on Friday before a pair at the Garden against the Sabres starting Sunday.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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