The celebrations were rolling Sunday following Rangers center Alex Wennberg’s overtime heroics in the Blueshirts’ 5-4 win over the Panthers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final.
As Wennberg, 29, and the Rangers took care of business in Sunrise, Fla., to take a 2-1 series lead, the NHL vet’s wife, Felicia, celebrated his game-winning goal at an outdoor viewing party, according to a post shared on her Instagram Story.
Sunday’s goal marked Wennberg’s second as a member of the Rangers, with his first scored in March following a trade with the Kraken.
goal in the Rangers’ Game 3 win vs. the Panthers. Felicia Wennberg/Instagram
“I feel like this is a team that it doesn’t matter who’s the hero, doesn’t matter who does it,” Wennberg said. “We’re all playing for one another. Maybe I haven’t put up the similar points but as a team, everything we do together and we have an end goal. So obviously it’s a great feeling, good for the confidence but I’m just happy about the team.”
Winger Alexis Lafreniere and center Barclay Goodrow scored two goals a piece in regulation to put the Rangers up 4-2 at the start of the third period.
The Panthers, who had 108 shot attempts Sunday compared to the Rangers’ 44, came storming back to send the contest to overtime.
Wennberg then deflected an attempt from defenseman Ryan Lindgren to close out the game.
Erik Gustafsson during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals against the
Panthers on May 26, 2024. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
“You see the puck go in and it’s just this burst of energy,” Wennberg said. “This burst of all kinds of joy.”
The Wennbergs have been cherishing their time on Broadway, with Felicia commemorating the March move on social media as the couple’s 2-year-old son, Rio, readied to become a big brother.
“HI NYC & @nyrangers 💙🗽We moved to Seattle at 32 weeks pregnant, it only seems fitting that we’d move again at 37 weeks pregnant with baby girl. Nothing says living the hockey life like having babies born in new cities right,” she began on Instagram.
“So proud of @alexanderwennberg for reaching his 700th game as a ranger and for me not giving birth on a red eye flight. You’ll tell me what’s more impressive.”
Felicia announced the birth of daughter Ivy days later.
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“We’re so lucky to be your parents and you’re so lucky to have the best big brother to follow around,” she gushed at the time.
Wennberg made his NHL debut with the Blue Jackets in 2014.
Rangers in March 2024. NHLI via Getty Images
He went on to sign a one-year deal with the Panthers during free agency in 2020.
A year later, Wennberg agreed to a three-year deal with the Kraken.
Game 4 between the Rangers and Panthers begins Tuesday at 8 p.m.
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