Courtesy of the New York Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 24, 2011 – New York Rangers 2, Washington Capitals 1 SO (Game No. 51, Away No. 27) * The Rangers defeated the Washington Capitals, 2-1, in the shootout tonight at Verizon Center to improve to 29-19-3 overall, including… Read More →
Martin Biron starts in goal. Brandon Prust is a game-time decision, but he hopes to play. He told reporters in D.C. that “it’s just pain.” Dan Girardi is out. Michael Del Zotto takes his place in the lineup. Either Evgeny Grachev or Brodie Dupont will play. Or both if Prust… Read More →
Ugh. It’s a Versus exclusive game. And a 7:30 start. As I’ve said many times these past few days, I expect the Capitals to be still stinging from that 7-0 slapping the Rangers handed them at the Garden in December. And I expect the Rangers will have to be better… Read More →
That’s a win that feels like two. Or three. Given what they had going into the game, and what they lost (Girardi and Prust) during the game, and again being behind after two periods, and tying it up in the third, and playing a wild overtime and then having the… Read More →
Here’s the official announcement from the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS TRANSACTION UPDATE New York, January 22, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that defenseman Michael Del Zotto and forward Evgeny Grachev have been recalled from the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League… Read More →
First the injury update: X-rays on Brandon Prust’s foot were negative. He’s day to day. Dan Girardi suffered a lower ribcage injury. He’s also day to day. Evgeny Grachev and Michael Del Zotto were recalled from Connecticut (AHL). Dale Weise was re-assigned to the Whale. Courtesy of the New York… Read More →
Byfuglien. No, really, Dustin Byfuglien, live and in person! Big game for the Rangers tonight. Brodie Dupont is the eighth rookie to make his debut with the Rangers this season—while Dale Weise is prucha’d. Chad (Caloric) Kolarik will start on a line with Brian Boyle and Brandon Prust. Avery-Anismov-Gaborik stay… Read More →
Here’s something to get you pumped about tomorrow’s game, which you can do while waiting for tonight’s game: Gear up for the Jets’ big game with special coverage: * Join columnist Sam Borden at 3 p.m. today for a conversation about the Jets’ showdown with the Steelers in Sunday’s AFC… Read More →
You know how John Tortorella acknowledged that the win over Toronto at home was an important one in this stretch of five in seven nights? Well, you might throw this one into that category, too. Because I foresee Washington being really motivated in D.C. on Monday, following that 7-0 bombing… Read More →
You can blame this one on the injuries and the minor-league roster, but that wouldn’t be accurate, because the way the Rangers played, they would have lost even if they’d had most of their injured players. They didn’t play the way they have played most of the season, and the… Read More →
Courtesy of the New York Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES January 20, 2011 – New York Rangers 1, Carolina Hurricanes 4 (Game No. 49, Away No. 25) * The Rangers were defeated by the Carolina Hurricanes, 4-1, tonight at RBC Center, and are now 27-19-3 overall with a 15-9-1… Read More →
I’ll join youse guys in progress tonight. Have to be somewhere from 6:30-7:30 or so. Henrik Lundqvist is in goal again. Chad Kolarik will play, Brodie Dupont will skate in warmup and be prucha’d unless somebody else is felled. That’s all I’ve got.
This three game trip, and stretch of four against the Southeast (which leads into the much-needed all-star break) doesn’t look so bad on paper. But, the Rangers’ band-aided lineup notwithstanding, it’s going to be tough. Because anybody who saw Cam Ward and the Canes come to MSG two weeks ago… Read More →
Well, that contest was fun. Not as simple as I’d hoped because nobody saw the 7-0 score coming. I figured we’d have multiple entries with the correct score and then we’d go to the tiebreaker. But since nobody had the correct score, we went to the first tiebreaker: GWG. Well,... Read More →
Don’t put too much stock in the score, OK? There was some lousy goaltending and lousy play by the lousy visiting team and it got out of hand in a hurry. That said, there were a lot of positives, including the PK early, then the PP, mostly Gaborik getting going… Read More →
The Tortorella press conference transcript is in the post below. Here are the notes and quotes, courtesy of the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES AND QUOTES January 19, 2011 – New York Rangers 7, Toronto Maple Leafs 0 (Game No. 48, Home No. 24) •The Rangers defeated the Toronto… Read More →
John Tortorella: “I don’t think there’s any one best thing. Obviously, Gabby getting untracked in a game here hopefully will help his confidence. Our penalty killing I thought was the biggest point early in the game. It’s something we didn’t want to do—we talked about that before the game, trying… Read More →
First, you’ve heard the news already, probably: Ruslan Fedotenko’s out 2-4 weeks with a second-degree sprain of the a.c. joint in his left shoulder. So not only is Chad Kolarik coming up from Connecticut (AHL), but so is Brodie Dupont. Quotes to follow shortly. ———————— Henrik Lundqvist said he was… Read More →
I usually say there’s no such thing as a must-win game until April, or when it becomes mathematically so. But this is pretty close. Minus Brandon Dubinsky now, and having lost three of four, and heading out on a three-game trip including a difficult stop at Carolina and a rematch… Read More →
John Tortorella: On Brandon Dubinsky’s injury: “No one specific thing (caused it). He’s been complaining a little bit about soreness. We gave him a day off here and there, but there was no one specific thing. They looked at it yesterday and looked at it again today, more closely, and… Read More →
