Canucks defenseman Michael Del Zotto thought he scored 37 seconds later at 3:53, when his shot hit both posts and the crossbar, but video review concluded the puck never crossed the goal line.
"It's a game of inches," Del Zotto said. "I knew at that point, if that's not going in, it's probably not going in for me the rest of the night. It's just one of those games. I thought tonight we deserved to get one point out of this. Luckily we play tomorrow night (against the New York Islanders) and hopefully we get two points there."
Chytil tied the game at 1-1 with a power-play goal at 12:42 of the second period. Defenseman Neal Pionk's shot from the point was tipped by forward Chris Kreider and stopped by Markstrom, but Chytil scored on the rebound for his first goal of the season.
Lundqvist made 11 saves in the third period and didn't allow a goal on four Canucks power-play opportunities. The Rangers penalty kill is 17-for-19 over the past five games.
"The guy is a Hall of Famer, climbs the ladder for the all-time wins list tonight, real happy for him in that regard," Rangers coach David Quinn said. "He's a big piece of us winning 2-1 tonight."