Been a while, huh?
The sprint begins.
Matt Gilroy is in on defense, Mats Zuccarello in up front.
Sean Avery and Steve Eminger are prucha’d.
Henrik Lundqvist vs. rookie Michal Neuvirth.
Here are the lineups according to Andrew Gross:
Rangers:
Vinny Prospal-Artem Anisimov-Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky-Derek Stepan-Ruslan Fedotenko
Wojtek Wolski-Brian Boyle-Brandon Prust
Mats Zuccarello-Erik Christensen-Chris Drury
Marc Staal-Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh-Mike Sauer
Bryan McCabe-Matt Gilroy
Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin-Nicklas Backstrom-Mike Knuble
Marco Sturm-Jason Arnott-Alex Semin
Brooks Laich-Marcus Johansson-Jason Chimera
Matt Hendricks-Boyd Gordon-Matt Bradley
Jeff Schultz-Scott Hannan
Karl Alzner-John Carlson
John Erskine-Mike Green
Rangers scratches: Sean Avery, Steve Eminger, Marty Biron
Capitals scratches: Tom Poti, Sean Collins, Tyler Sloan, D.J. King, Jay Beagle, Eric Fehr
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Oh, and the predictions contest is now closed. You can still enter the Beard Contest until Friday.
912 Comments
FIRE SATHER!
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!!!!!
Let’s Go Black Hawks!!!!!!
Yes it is Carp. Yes it is.
Less GO! RANGERS. IN. SIX.
Boyle with 3 goals 4 assists in the season series.
LFSW!!!!!!!!
Rangers Win 4-2
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boyle = Flavah Beast
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!
Carp – we’re supposed to post our predictions in this thread, right?
Ronnie Du-Glee trying to look somewhat presentable tonight.
I was expecting the electric blue suit, with the pink shirt
Listen to the voice of reason. He speaks the truth!
Yeah, Boyle needs to have a flavah explosion in the Craps mout’s!
When do we see the cheesy cringe-worthy NYR playoff commercials??
RANGERSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
REPOST TO GRABBY :
Yo Grabby , your last post was the post when the Rangers missed the playoffs…WE MADE IT BUDDY!!! RELAX!! Hire Sather cuz he built the team!! This team is good and we kicked Washingtons azz last time!!!! NO TIME to be negative cuz this time it is ours!!
IT IS OUR TIME!!
face it ,accept it ,live it ,breathe it. The NEW YORK RANGERS are here to stay , we might as well scoop up a few cups along the way!!!!
Did Step-On give Green that concussion?
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
I’m so nervous. I just got done working out and then walking through the house for about a half hour!
So I’m in a hotel paying an extortionate (exTortsionate?) amount for internet access, and the normal (legit) video streaming service tells me that it is “unavailable in my region”. Last time I checked, London was still in the UK, but what do I know.
Both bush league and amateur hour.
The slightly less legit services elsewhere better be working…
well versus says it has it live two hours from now. whats up with that?
Orpik just destroyed Stamkos
yes, Voice.
Is everyone on board?
Been awhile is right, Carp. We are ready. Is your IT on stand-by?
OLGA , VANCOUVER will sweep the Hawks , your team sucks with out BUFF,Sharp ,Bolland ect …
Now the Rangers on the other hand got better , never sold anyone!!!!!
NEVER SOLD ANYONE!!
WE now produce our own , which inturn with produce a cup.
GO RANGERS!!!
1-0 Yotes
CARPED !!!!
Mister Delaware …
I was sweating about the same thing ! Channel 782 on Comcast should be playing the game. It just sux we dont get the pregame stuff
Whats all this talking about prust and boyles walk ??
Coyotes out to an early lead. Congrats Tony!
GAME TIME FINALLY!
Beyond ready for this.
LGR!!
Yotes score. Lotsa empty seats in “Hockeytown”.
Let’s make highlights tonight! Enough of 1994!
Go Yotes! Go Bolts!
Stepan is soooo gonna benifit from this experience!!!!!
pho 1 det 0
Whats the Vegas odds on a Rangers-Yotes final ??
Greg, he is. He is ready for the big stage. He already guided the USA to Gold in juniors…He is going to be a key guy for us in this series…
Stepan first playoff game, first playoff hat trick?
OY Vey!!!!!! LGR!!!!! See ya when I see ya here…...I am just, hartnelled!
mike green – say hello to derek stepan’s other elbow
What are the Vegas odds on Rozsival being the best d-man in the series?
on my dish network, i have the ranger game on versul alt. channel
LMAO. That’s what I’m talking about CT!
Who? Orr, WTB did you just type? LOL!
Orr…
That would take some mind-blowing calculations … Astronomical
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
Oh, whoops! I meant Blowzival! I think I’m growing a heart. It will disappear if NYR lose tonight :P
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!! Man, I am pumped up for this.
LETS DO THIS!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHyUYxBXLdc
15 minutes ‘till game time!
Whats VS alternate channel on Verizon??? I WANT GAME IN HD but they have PHO game on ch 590
Don’t overdo it, Orr :-)
Hey GREG! I bet that Boogaard doesn’t get a goal in the playoffs either!
BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Dope!
Did you pay off your debts yet or did you welch like I figured you would?
Did anybody collect from this deadbeat?
YOU WANNA GET NUTS? C’MON!!!! LETS GET NUTS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6hZ4f34II
I really think Prospal and Feds will play a big role in this series for us.
Prediction.. Stahl lays a MONSTER hit on Ovenchicken tonight
Be nice, Olga
Is this game not on versus in NY? Verizon Fios? HELPPPP
cindy crosby – on my dish network, its ch 455…versus alt.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rangers have to come out with JAM and BITE, lol! To quote Blysma from 24/7, “Let’s Grind These (female dogs) Down.” Here we go boys!
Did Al just call Torts a pirate?
5 on 3 for the Yotes.
Don’t forget
balls, Adam!LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!
ilb, LMAO!!
Carp, I apologize in advance for this post, but I am so ticked. So NOW Boomer and Carton want to talk hockey, and Boomer’s gonna grow a beard. Big deal. They should be called Bufuglien and Carcillo (sorry! not very mama-like) but they are just ridiculous.
anyhoo, LGR!!!!
5 on 3 for the Yotes, who look really confident
HAHAHAHA OLGA , your team sucks!!! I’m cashing everyone up after the season/playoffs you Knucklehead I never welch!!! Plus Boogaard did score and I won something back . Your just sore cuz your a BANDWAGON Ranger fan!!!
GO RANGERSSSS!!!!
Rangers gametime is …NOW!!!
moe howard with a big save for det.
I love/hate this time of year. And I just got colored to get the gray out…waste of money :)
Carton needs a slapshot to the nut-sack. A Chara shot for each ball.
lol know what makes Rangers fans unique? If 2 months from now this team is lifting Lord Stanley’s Cup there would still be background noise around- “yeah but Eminger’s coverage on Datsyuk in that final minute was terrible. he was out of position. I’m concerned about having that garbage on our blue line next season”
Orr, good point, how could I forget that???!!!
i will be checking in on posts have computer right next to me.
will post after periods. i need to concentrate.
im so nervous had to go to bathroom numerous times
A little pump-up for y’all. LGR!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIg-AWp7U7s&feature=related
OH YEAH our favorite thing to do to help us win Ranger games ,
” POTVIN SUCKS”
” FIRE OLGA !! ”
FIRE OLGA!!!!
A phony and a cockroach, mama.
Everyone who posts get 25 cents for every one of Greg’s exclamation points!!! Comes out of the extra Carp gets for playoff posts :)
breathe, eric, breathe :)
firm and stiff
Did anyone else crack up at the little comment Al made after the torts interview? That guy makes no sense its hilarious
Carp, LMAO!!!!!!
Is Tiki gonna be Willis Reed tonite?
ZzZz, pumped?
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
LETS GO RANGERSS!!
speaking of bathroom breaks…has crosby dropped a duece today?
Here we go! Let’s do this, boys! Now, it’s official
Ugh! This opening is full of cheese!
HERE WE GO!!!!!!!! Take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor. BOOM!
Greg- So you haven’t paid. I called it… welcher.
how the hell does the knicks last game of the season take priority over our first playoff game on MSG?
I love hearing Sam Rosen say “This is NYR PLAYOFF HOCKEY!”
LET’S GO RANGERS!
no im all backed up. but I NEED THE VERSUS FEED on Verizon. Is there an Alternate versus channel???
dammit! Caps broadcast on Center Ice. I can’t get away from Beninati!! (sobs)
ORR and James G, also LMAO…my house is now clean…LGR!!!!
Sam “jumping out of his skin”
Hopefully he jumps out of that horrific toupee :P
Working stream anyone? I hate London…
ilb- I’m just poking at the badger in a cage with a sharp stick.
Wait a second, and he’ll squeeeeeel like crazy.
James, It’s total BS. It makes me sick.
Which is why I’m rooting against the Knicks even harder for the playoffs.
storm that goalie
ARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS TO CENTER ICE
I HAVE THE BYFUGLIEN caps ANNOUNCERS
BROADCASTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BYFUGLIEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bring the pain, boys.
and the phony is on ranger site for beard-a-thon! wtb!!!!! phonyroach!
LW
http://www.stream2watch.com/?defaulttimezone=-4&option=com_videolist&view=video&Itemid=2
man the caps feed on center ice! lets go RANGERS!!!
jpg just made us 2 bucks :)
This is panick time for Washington . We need no panick , we are the underdogs .
We Watch , relax and accept the Ranger winning …The media and fans will freak out when we win . Us as fans will expect it, we gots a dam good team here . I feel confident. If we get behind, im not worried.
Rangers rule!!!! Craps drool!!!
GO RANGERSSS!!!
DO IT for Callahan , Do It for Tiki!!!
Going with the Richter jersey … channeling 94
LETS GO RANGERS !!!
hit these muthers every chance they get,green ovie and the boys dont like to be touched!
And of course, Neuvirth is better than Hank, according to them. JEEZ
Greg, lots of mama love :) but panic has no k :)
Love your attitude Greg!!!
Score baby , thats all we need to do!!!
STAAAAALLL , GABORIK!!!
cindy crosby – on dish network…ranger game is on ch 455 versus alt.
Thanks, Orr, but not working for me.
Mama, you’re using a wrong vocabulary…
another caps choke-job is in the making
LET’S GO RANGERS
I have a bad stomach ache. A Rangers goal would ease my pain!
lets gooooooooooooo rangersssssssss.
16 wins it starts now
DROP THE PUCK ALREADY!!!!!! I hate waiting.
As per our friends at the Banter, Shred the Red!
I hope the Rangers jump on them quick bc at the first sign of adversity this Craps team will crumble like a cookie !!
drop the puck already
Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here we go!!
And heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere we go!!! LGR!!!! Enjoy the game all!
Orr I was shocked. WFAN and ESPN radio actually mentioned hockey today before after 3am
here we goooooooo
wooooohoooo
Dublowsky has some mud on his face. Someone should have told him to clean up before the game
Caps feed is missing the sound. Works for me.
CT, !!!
ilb, sorry, I forget I should use Greg’s RR vocabulary. Push me off the deck :)
Tentative first few shifts.
hey!
now this is better. there’s no sound from the
announcers or much of anything now
on Center Ice broadcast.
of course, radio stream is still doing the
national anthem
Ha. Benniatis mic is broken !!!! We’re gonna win !!!
I know it’ll change as soon as I say this, but, the Craps announcers haven’t said a word since the game started. It’s lovely.
whoever turned off the Caps announcers mics, I loive you!
Just the game, no annoying voices.
Congrats, boneheads! We’ve been waiting for this for a long time.
They need to pepper this kid like some new england clam chowder. BRING IT!
NYR doing a good job here…
Forecheck is going…Zuke making things happen in
Nasty!!!! lol
EFF U knuble
in the Wash zone
Mama
been working most of day
i have NO idea what you’re talking
about
is there a “byfuglien” jar
now among the Bonehead Brigade?
Orr maybe he was eating a pudding pop
LGR!!
great energy so far
SO CLOSE
Avery knocks that one home.
dang, open net for a moment there
Bad change :(
Horrible penalty! Come on!!!!
Too many men? Weaksauce.
god dman itttttt
jpg, neither do I most days :) was talking about cost of Greg’s !!!! I said 25 cents for every ! we could all go to Sweden on what we make from that!
if there was a bufuglien/hartnell/carcillo jar Carp would retire.
man, this is not the kind of crap you do in the playoffs.
is that ref don koharski’s brother?
Renney speciality
let’s go PK!
2 many men?!?!?
byfuglien ridiculous!!!!!!!!
Nervous penalty
whoa
my word
Jeez, Dublowsky need to get that out. What the fugg!?
Uh oh… I hear the Craps mics slowly coming back
Step-ON should reintroduce Green to his elbow.
Sound is coming back. Dammit.
bummer.
they’re voices are back.
time to hit MUTE
and play music on stereo.
Lol, MD
little hobbit sure missed that open net earlier/...
they fixed the audio. boooo
this is INTENSE
If Dru has low minutes but can contribute on faceoffs and PK, we will be a better team for it.
Wow, did Hank get lucky there!
Settle down, boys
agreed Nasty
Yeah, let’s stay out of the box.
the drury beard has some serious potential
I imagine Boyle had to register that mustache on a certain website.
MickeyM, awwwww it felt so much more like being at the game with no bs announcers! Just the sounds of the game and crowd chatter..that was great while it lasted.
I’m hoping it’s a good thing that the entire Rangers bench is soo eager to be on the ice ;-)
LET’S GOOOO RANGERS!!!!
He definitely has the best beard on the team, for sure.
Only Mara could challenge him.
Drury made a couple of good defensive plays already. I like how theyre using short passes.
so
there’s a MAJOR need for oriental rug cleaning
in DC?
whatta country!
AWSOME PASSING!!!
Our team spreads it out alot , a team with unity .
GO RANGERSSS!!!!
Yeah, if Boyle misses time in this game, it’s because Chris Hanson caught him doing something he shouldn’t be doing.
isn’t Drury a hairy sob?
i thought you could see his chest
busting through the top of his jersey
If you had told me last Saturday morning my Wednesday night would be spent with a 6 pack of Nugget Nectar and a Rangers playoff game, I would have been the happiest boy in New England.
Dublowsky was destroyed.
Mickey, forgive me, just ordered in food. Can’t waste time in kitchen tonight :)
Ovi NAILED Dubi!
“Yeah, if Boyle misses time in this game, it’s because Chris Hanson caught him doing something he shouldn’t be doing.”
22, white, 5 minutes for being creepy.
Fuggin MZA! Stupid penalty.
That was stupid Zuc!
Calm down, Zuc….
how is that boarding?
was that the call?
i have the sound off
Did we just take an f’ing retaliation?
Mister, last I checked, Delaware ain’t in New England :)
what the fug boys! PK!!!
oh, so the Caps are getting the Cindys calls now. a little warning would have been nice…
bench him torts. that will teach him
Ugh, not good. We need to survive this PK here. They are going to bring it here. If we can kill this one, I think it will give us some momentum.
MZA – welcome to the healthy scratch for game 2
Might as well have Avery in the lineup instead, if MZA’s going to take those penalties.
Mama, you are forgiven. It’s the playoffs. :)
epic fail by zucarello! what the hell man
seriously.
the guy wasn’t facing the boards
and flew into them.
After the open net and this, I’ve gone from trying to needle Doodie with my Avery love to really being pissed. What I thought was a questionable lineup decision is no longer categorized as questionable.
elbow straight to christensen’s head no call…..zucc push from behind arm goes up….......can’t happen
Avery’s wearing MZA’s jersey?
whatever you say.
that’s not boarding!!!!!!!!!!!
let’s go PK!
4th line with 2 bad penalties already. EC was lazy getting off the ice on the first
What are you eating Mama? I’ve been munching on some grapes. Not even hungry, I guess it’s just nervous eating. ( :
hate to say it but drury looks AWESOME
Even if it wasn’t boarding, it was a hit from behind. Can’t do that
Stream finally working. So choppy, it makes everybody seem like they skate like Boogaard. And it’s Beninati. And it’s 1am.
Wouldn’t be doing anything else…
agree…...captain skating pretty darn good thus far
yeah, Hank!!!
Henrik!
stay out of the box
Hello, Hank..
Looks like the Caps fans did an impressive job of not scalping to Rangers fans.
So far this looks like game 8 carrying over from 2009
Weather the storm.
Thanks Mickey! ORR, I can’t believe my eyes/ears!!! Hey, I still love MZA, but um, Sweet 16 …that’s all I’ll say, It is the playoffs, though.
i live in DC now…....the Caps are the only team this town can get behind; tix are very hard to come by
goat cheese salad, veal pizzailoa…..yeah, living in NY rocks :)
MD, hahahaha!
LW3H
Dude…you got to move to NYC! Rangers in HD, baby! ;p
Hank’s on his game. Rest of the boys need to pick up the forecheck.
Oy B-Mac. That can’t happen.
Sounds good Mama!
Crossbar is our friend, this time…
McCabe might need a headstart if he’s skating w/ Semin.
Anyone else keep hearing “save by Nordberg” instead of “save by Neuvirth”?
i know its early but mccabe and gilroy def on a nightmare. we need to limit there minutes
our boys are hanging in there and playing a good road period. there is no denying the caps have had the better chances and have controlled the play but the rangers are an opportunistic team that scores in bunches and don’t necessarily control the game.. i look for a guy like stepan to contribute.
that being said, it seems like it’s only a matter of time until the caps break through and blow the roof off the place
Goat cheese makes everything better.
Caps broadcast is agonizing.
Anyone else compulsively checking to see (1) if Ovechkin is out then (2) if the Rangers got Staal out? Because its occupying half my time here.
Sour didn’t slide, Joe Mich, he fuggin fell. It’s pretty evident.
This is Game 81 passing.
Crossbar #2
holy carcillo! Bad Prustie!
Carpley’s Believe it or Not: Chris Drury has been the Rangers’ best skater this period.
I hope Torts wrote it down:”McCabe against Semin- not a great idea”..
Praying for 0:00
Is OV out there every shift?
“Carpley’s Believe it or Not: Chris Drury has been the Rangers’ best skater this period.”
Him or Fedo.
is Gaborik soft? or is he a man? this series will tell
You all just rock :) Now I would like a goal by us. Would make the goat cheese go down better, but I still have a bit of a wait :)
I would love to stick a fork in the Ovenchicken and call him done.
How is that NOT a charging call?!
getting outhit so far. don’t like it.
here we go
So, there’s no time limit on how late DC players can hit Rangers?
This could be a big PP. Take the life right out of these fuggers
this would be huge to get one here
Bury at 8:05….bad boy. I believe!!!
pp time… McCabe, you’re up
pp time boys lets make em pay!
Semin in the Box!
Standard PP so far.
Jeez, don’t dump the puck in if it’s going to take you an hour to get in the zone.
I love Staal.
standard McCabe just hold the puck until the D steps right in front of him
Let’s hope Semin is released after less than two minutes.
Lucky to get out of that period at 0-0
That period was all King + luck.
here’s a riddle- gilroy and mccabe. who’s playing defense?
Were those people behind Rangers bench wearing panchos? lol
Getting ready to be squirt with water by Torts?
LMAO, LW. ..
So, 0-0 after one….Time to play, get in their zone
We have to come out better
well…..................
that power play would have been
really useful if we were up a goal or two
and just wanted to run out the clock
hope that zamboni driver at the Rangers
practice facility bought something nice
with the extra $$$ for the extra work
because
right now it looks as if he was the only one working that day
an OK period. need to pick up the hitting, though. and stop with the turnovers
Hey, it ain’t 0-1 at least! as maloney says, stay the course, stay out of the box….we can do this!!!!
We should be expecting that type of play on the road with all the youngsters in the lineup. We ll be better in period 2 now that they got that first period under their belts
Blogmama- you know i’m a believer.. i thought that post was a fairly optimistic, yet realistic outlook.. NYR would have been lucky to get out of that period 1-0 let alone tied at 0..all the more reason to believe
They just need to keep doing what they were doing and they will be fine. We got this one!!!!
What work by Datsyuk.
1-1.
Detroit ties it up w/Phoenix 1-1
hank looks great….craps buzz around like friggen bees
the fact that we made it out of that period without giving up a goal, or 2 or 5 is a mini miracle in itself. Now if the Rangers could do anything of note on offense or with the man advantage, we might be able to pull out a W.
That was a very shaky period but hopefully it was just nerves and the offense shows up at some point.
detroit just tied phoenix
1-1
I dont think much of MZA…regardless of whether or not that was a penalty…he needs to bury that rebound…that net was wide open
i may just lose my mind tonight
with all the Bonehead posting
facebook
twitter
i’m SOCIAL MEDIA=ED OUT, I TELL YA!!!!!!!!
this was a deja vu from two years ago. The Craps skating all over us, the King defending his kingdom with valor. help him out you serfs.
Im just happy the Devils are playing golf
thought the rangers dominated first 4-5 minutes…craps looked nervous…but good lord,,,can they swarm
LGR!!!
believe it or not we have them right where we want them
close shave
barbasol…...
WTB?!?!?!?
Sauer and McDonnough looked good
These lines are not working….
agree eddie; first few minutes were good but once it settled it got ugly fast
Give them a chance. They need to stick to what they know. 0-0 is a good outcome after first on the road against the Caps.
wicky
is that a Messier saying?
the longer the caps go without scoring the more frustrated they will become,then we pounce!
good
phoenix player
bloodie
that criminal bertuzzi
OMG, after the first 5 minutes, the Caps absolutely dominated, especially physically. Hits on EC, Dubi, McDonagh, etc are devastating if allowed to continue. They hurt and they are intimidating.
They all occurred, mind you, after the the Caps first PP when the tide turned and the Rangers were on their heals.
The Rangers are lucky it’s 0 – 0.
i have a screaming headache
Bit of a charmed life there. The newbies got one under their belt. Time to pick it up boys.
LET’S GO RANGERS!!!!!
Lol, the young guys looked good, they’re oblivious. No pressure. I though Prust looked a bit nervous.
New lines:
Prospal-Stepan-Wolski
Dubinsky-EC-Gaborik
Prust-AA-Tenko
Zucc-Boyle-Drury
Its time for Torts to do some coaching. we need to make a few adjustments, HOpefully get some more scoring chances too
BTW, Bryan McCabe looked sloooooooooooower than molasses on a winter’s day out there. And the Rangers only PP SUCKED.
Mmmm….
St Louis took a slash to the mouth. No call. Right call though.
Byfuglien crazy non call on the hit on EC -then to make that bs call on Zucc sheesh
they need to pick up the hitting,caps did a much better job of that in the first.
dinner just arrived….must eat and hope not to lose it :) see ya soon!
even without crosby the pens get every call. watching on center ice.
I thought we looked a bit better than them, until that too many men penalty fugged us over.
Have to stay out of the box. Just can’t have it!
jpg
that was a wickyism
Detroit!!!
LGR
the Penguins were called for the most minor penalties and had the most penalty minutes in the NHL this season. Not sure how you figure refs are cheating…
nice one wicky
but
it just sounds like it
something that Messier should
purchase from you.
listening to radio and i’m missing the
actual broadcast.
sheeeeeesh!!
McD getting confident from the point. 1 playoff game 1 playoff goal, make it happen
but oleo – they could have been called for WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more…
Any Crosby update on MSG yet? Beninati doesn’t seem interested, for some reason.
Boyle is really
peeeeeeeeving me off
Good shift by Gaborik. Neuvirth is prone to long rebounds, get to the net
jpg
LOL!! Mess gets all his quotes from me!!
The caps vowels scare me a bit…Arnott Erskine Ovechkin
I’m callin Feds breaks the ice
oleo
the pens had a lot of fighting majors
as well as the major scrum with the isles
Unless “running out of real estate from an angle standpoint” was some sort of Crosby reference from Beninati, because it sure wasn’t recognisable English.
Zucc benched?
John Foreskin
Foreskin with a face rub from Dubi
that’s a bit insane if he benches Zuc
yes, he took that “penalty”
but he was on the puck more so
than others.
give him a shift
incredibly lively boards in the verizon center; lots of crazy bounces
too many turnovers… get the puck deep, guys.. let’s go
Much quieter in the building right now. Let’s capitalize.
i am nervous
What did Dubinsky have for lunch? Is that bread crumbs on his chin?
the brute broke erskine’s helmet
that can be a league fine, ya know
ack!
Not quiet anymore. Whew.
Straighten out his nose Sauer
Lets get to 0:00.
let’s go crazeeeeeeeee 8’s
Detroit 3-1 now
maybe Dubi had some KFC and a cookie
between periods…..........
Caps out-shot Rangers 9 to 5, outhit them 17 to 10 (and something like 5 – 0 for nasty hits) won 55% of the FOs and in terms of genuine scoring chances, probably 90% to 10%. A period to forget…..
i’m sorry but Torts play
Zuc.
okay, he got the message
no hits from behind
EVEN THOUGH THAT WASN’T A BOARDING PENALTY
but
he’s of use.
Grrr Gabby
Fuggin Butt-Chin!
gabbbbbbby when will you scoreeeeeeeee
come on butt chin!
mrs says boyle looks like tom selleck with his stache
HAVE TO BURY THAT GABBY.
Awwww, almost!!!
I thought Gab should have pulled to the backhand there.
i could have shot the puck into the goalie’s chest
for a little less than HALF of what Gabby makes!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Wow, they left Gaborik wide open….Bruce will drop a few F-bombs
Wow, a legitimate chance by the Rangers…their first of the game!
Gabby shoots it right into his chest. he better start scoring we need him.
gabby shoots into the goalies chest….go figure.
Zucc is def benched.
The Rangers are being totally overwhelmed offensively here….Gabbie’s scoring chance on a nice pass from BB is their first legitimate chance of the game and it’s nearly 1/2 over.
Not good…
maybe they left him open intentionally
Gonna need shots from the point. Have to get an ugly goal
interesting how we’re playing in the neutral zone.
What the fugg was that, Dublowsky?
gulp
damn but McD can fly
and Dubi, WTB was that?
Horrible play Dubinsky. Rangers could have had a 3 on 1 or a 2 on 0 if he freakin’ moved.
Caps can be easy to pin in their end especially Green’s pairing.
same ol’ Dubi.
never learns to slow down
in order to get a cleaner shot.
Dru wanted nothing to do with Oviedo.
geesh…dubinsky is not nearly as good as he thinks he is….geeesh…a 2-0 if he’d passed the puck just outside the blueline….
Henrik > Jeter
did Prust just snap his neck
Ar-nuld style?
Staal!!
And dubi staking well! nice
Green’s pairing again pinned in
feds is the man
Lord of the Rink!!! haha!
Yeah…Staal once again stands up OV….
mccabe and gilroy every time there on my heart stops
i like Sauer’s…...um…..approach
And Neuvirth is still letting plenty of rebounds….The longer this goes, the more chance we have. Watch for Gaborik to score one tonight…
did everybody hyperventilate and pass out?
Its not a biscuit, its a puck.
Gonna be a looooong week and more :)
I have a feeling Green will be a big time goat at some point in the series.
Henrik!!!
save of the game!
I nearly vomited.
OMG.
I don’t ever want to see that again!
Wow, that was close….
Jesus.
Trade Hank! :-)
Great play Gilroy.
i think i had a heart attacck there
great pass Zuc.
back to the bench with ya.
Zucc needs to settle that down
Holy lord. I can’t take this.
Chimera with his best Avery impersonation.
Thank god Chimera couldnt hit water if he fell out of a boat
Yeah, MZA needs to be more patient. Damn it!
I wish we would score already!!!!
FANKIST! Love the intensity!
Yeah babby FFFFFFFFIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE
That’s the spirit. Gaborik with emotions.
mcdonut needs to get his assen in that scrum
Gaborik vs Green who gets injured first?
Forsberg gets injured just watching it.
4-1 Detroit
I don’t know what his market value will be, and it may be too high for what he is, but I do like Laich. He’d fit in well here.
What did I miss!?
rangers are darn lucky to be 0-0 right now.
aaaand rest.
No point watching that Wings-Yotes games
pens 1-0 damn it
whew.
better period, besides the odd-man breaks
Pens score 1-0
2 periods, Jimbo
Henrik has been amazing so far…
asham scores 2-0 pens jesus tampa
2-0 Pens
Game over
RANGER HOCKEY FOLKS , Geared for the playoffs!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!
Gaborik is being utilized , nice to see . Now for him to score and we now take home ice away from the Craps.
If not for Hank, this game would have ended in the first.
The offense has done nothing. Not a great first game.
Asham? That’s it, melt the rink down there.
Yeah, I had a meeting tonight in Manhattan, so I was listening on the way home as best I could. Looks like we’ve got them right where we want them!
mister delaware
you are absolutely correct on laich
was going to say something
but i’m too superstitious
so, if it pans out
i’ll tell you later that i told ya so
and you just have to believe me.
okay?
I must say I am more relaxed watched this game than I have in a long time. I am just so happy to see the boys in the playoffs where they belong after working so hard all season long. Great time to gain some experience now and use it next year when we make a real push for the cup.
Dear Lord,
you know i’m not much of a
visitor lately
but if you let those byfuglien
pens win a Cup
i’m turning to beelzebub
and goat and virgin sacrificing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lol jpg!
yotes
just scored!!!
what a shot!!
Cape,
I agree. I have the same sentiments. I’m much calmer and more at ease than usual.
Since Bryzgalov has given up four goals in game 1, is is too late to “stand on his head” like Jones predicted he would??
From what I could hear on the radio broadcast, Hank is keeping them in this game – of course, if he does that a little bit more, he will get into the heads of the Caps and make them press hard…
Doesn’t sound like we had much in the way of offensive chances, though – correct?
A much better 2nd period. The Caps chances were way down and the Rangers forechecking was up considerably. So was their hitting. Great to see BB pound Green. The King made a couple of good saves, the Rangers got lucky on a couple of misses, but the chances were way down. And the Rangers had a couple of legitimate chances – the biggest being the non opportunity totally blown by Dubinsky (ie would have been a freakin’ 2 on 0 if he’d passed it off).
LaGrecca said tickets are released for purchase.
Gross on the radio next
What about you eric, are you more at ease as well?
Where are you going to find the virgins, jpg!? ;-D
Jimbo, he’s made some awesome saves. The latest was on a breakaway against Backstrom. He was beat 5-hole, but Hank sort of in a fluky way, kicked it out while the puck was behind him.
Scary moment!
Noy-Vair has had one hell of an easy game thus far.
Jimbo: Not as much as you might think – the King’s played great, but I swear the Caps have missed more opportunities due to bouncing pucks than those the King has stopped.
That’s not to say the King hasn’t made some very good saves.
And he wasnt’ nearly as busy in the 2nd as he was in the 1st.
considering changes positions.. maybe that will bring a goal?
Uggh…The Rangers have 1 good scoring chance in the game and it came about 30 minutes into the game. They have more talent and skill than this to generate offense; the Caps defense is not that great, believe me.
listening to radio stream
what’s with the barbasol???
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! dying!!!!
Beninati: “Follow the bouncing biscuit”
Immediately brought an image of Brodeur on a pogo stick to my mind.
Thanks, Jim – and everyone else…...I’d like to see us put a little more heat on Neuvirth – he can be had…but not at the expense of good defensive play.
Mama, what’s wrong?
Jim – they definitely should have gotten a better chance out of it but I don’t know if they would have had a 2-0 as easy as that – I’d like to see it again
this is playoff Hockey. I LOVE IT.
Let’s GO Rangers!!!
so now
no virgins
and i’ll peta
chasing me in regards
to the ghosts
what’s an aspiring sacrificing satanist to do?
DoNt know if its been said yet but I think Torts is playing for the shootout in this one
Noy-Vair is giving up lots of rebounds…we need to capitalize!
la fin du monde time
0-0 going into 3rd lets steal game one now.
this could be our shot. we need 1 of these first 2 to have a series. we wont beat them 4 out of 5
Lets Go Rangers! Score some goals! Shut them out!
jpg, I didn’t say *“no virgins”*, but I was wondering where you were going to find any – unless you start raiding kindergarten classes!
we got them where we wanted them… let’s go, Rangers patented strong third period!
I’ve seen enough of those crazy pinball goals to think that Hank is owed a few bounces, posts etc.
But he’s been a beast regardless.
Precisely, NYR_FAN….Let’s see how the third looks….No need to press, it’s a long series….Let them get frustrated andcsee if they getvaway from their defensive plan.
Good job Gross!!!
Let’s GO RANGERS!!!!
jpg, I didn’t say “no virgins”, but I was wondering where you were going to find some – unless you start raiding kindergarten classes!
wteal? lets just take it. Caps dont deserve this game.
I hope we make some bone jarring hits ourselves, of course we would get penalties
Cape, lol…..oh nothing, what’s new with you :)
I hate to be negative but its a damn shame they cannot pressure this rookie goalie. This is the lack of offense that kills me to watch as a Ranger’s fan.
jeus h
that’s boarding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dubi’s face is to the boards and he’s pushed from the bakc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
“peta
chasing me in regards
to the ghosts”
PETA won’t care about the ghosts unless they are ghosts of previously sacrified animals! :-)
more shots
F YES
yessssssss
GILROY!
GILROY!!!
GOAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GILROY!!!!
Gilroy!!!
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaa
YEAAAAAAAHHHH!!
GILLY!!!
wolski to gily yesssssssssssssss
THAT’S THE WAY YOU DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There you efffffinnnng go. PATIENCE!
Gilroy is Here! 1-nil!
RANGERSSSSS I LOVE YOUUUUUUUU!!
GILROY
GILROY!!!!!
WooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooHoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
GILROY WAS HERE!
<3
This one is about to get a little more fun.
Flip to center, flip to center, flip to center … 17:30 done
We need a Mrs Gilroy
It’s the GILROY Garlic Festival!!!!
that’s what I’m talking about!!! Um, who wanted Gilly out?
YES!!!!!
YES!!!!!
YES!!!!!
YES!!!!!
DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE!
Jeez louise!
Holy moly
please not 4th line and 3rd d pair together
Oh, Boy! Gil Roy!
I just saw Avery in the crowd.
Aaaaaagggghhhh, I was in the other room and missed the Ranger goal!! Figures!!! LGR!!!!!!!!
Julie
get the byfuglien out of the room!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good play by Gabby lifting Johansson’s stick…
Dear Torts,
A Gilroy goal should absolutely not mean more McCabe.
Yours,
MD
Cmon boys!!!! We can do it!!!
Gabby is looking good tonight….solid minutes…he’s due…
yeah, jpg, time for me to pace and get out of here! LOL
Bit of a “Lets Go Rangers” chant
I love Prust but he’s playing a bad game.
Staal = Monster
that was Staal jammin’ mon
with that hand pass
WW is playing great.
Kitchen, girl, kitchen….I’m sending you a ton of grapes via FreshDirect….
Not many are having good games.
But, at least Prust made a damn good play to set up the Gilly goal
JBytes
I just saw Avery in the crowd.
—————————-
did he look good? :)
Another one please
MD- Prust made the goal happen
what ovi doing there?
nitrous?
Detroit wins 4-2
Now for the Black Hawks game!
Hi Mama, I’m doing great, enjoying the game alot. Having a few Canadian beer.
This game is missing Callahan, easy win if he’s in the line-up
Feds has also played a good game.
This period is moving soooooo slow.
I doubt this would be an “easy win” if Cally was in the lineup
“MD- Prust made the goal happen”
Wolski hitting Gilroy in a perfect spot made the goal happen, Prust did the work early that makes us love him. But he’s had several bad giveaways that a non-Prust would get slammed for.
Let’s get a point out of this game….Oh, wait…
Why isn’t Drury taking draws?
That’s a penalty behind the net.
Green you punk why do you wait for Oviedo to start things?
God I love how Staal gets his FU up for Ovechkin.
Capitals should have taken a penalty for roughing up Drury way behind the play.
LOL! Stahl with the “carcillo head fake”
Punch that wussy Green in the mouth. He’ll miss another 2 months.
Staal = MEGA MONSTER!
ilb, I was out in the kitchen and nothing happened. I better not be losing my touch!! LOL
“Artie give it baaack….............we’ll be right back”
Hahaha!
EC-Zucc-Gabby? Someone drugged Torts
is that a puck in your pants
or are just happy to see me?
LOL! I saw that too, Orr! Hilarious!!
Can’t wait for those grapes ilb! ( :
“Capitals should have taken a penalty for roughing up Drury way behind the play.”
Yup, thats the one I was calling. Absolutely 2:00 unless you’re going to let the rest of this period go.
Yes, MD, Prust made a few nervous plays, especially during first. But he retrieved that puck and passed him to Wolski. WW, btw, has looked good for awhile now.
Although Zucc made a nice 80 foot pass.
Im surprised AA didn’t get a delay of game for hiding the puck in his equipment, guess its because the other team doesn’t have Penguins jerseys on ;)
with 10 min to go please no ec and zucc protecting a one goal lead. im losing it
>>This period is moving soooooo slow.
Waaaaay too slow!
agree JB
i guess they’re letting ‘em play
but the refs better not call some b.s.
thing after allowing all that other stuff to happen.
Julie, your house is on fire. Get out while you can!
This is why you need guys like Feds, and Dreary in the lineup. They’re perfect for games like these.
Two great games they’ve played.
he he he Cape Breton
I mean, they’ve played two great games…
Damn it! They’ve played A great game. Alright, that’s it! Not two!
For the burger lovers, this was my 2nd intermission …
8 parts creme fraiche
4 parts grated horseradish
2 parts white wine vinegar
1 part lemon juice
= The best burger topping / horseradish sauce you will have. Thats what led to the goal, nothing else.
Oh, and salt to taste.
Keep the play broken up when the Ovi line is on
Wolski’s been pretty good so far tonight.
Creme fraiche? Oh yeaaah, fugg yeah!
“This is why you need guys like Feds, and Dreary in the lineup. They’re perfect for games like these.
Two great games they’ve played.”
x2.
When was Zucc seen on ice last time?
That McMonster kid is just MONSTER!
“Creme fraiche? Oh yeaaah, fugg yeah!”
Sadly there will be no “shake weight” tonight.
Go get another one, MD
What the shyte?
No goal…
You are not allowed to declare a f—-ing goal.
They’re just trying to sell the goal.
Damn it
NO WAY.
intent to blow whistle
Intend to blow?
Didn’t the whistle blow?
How f—-ing long are you going to let them bang away on that? Jesus christ.
Oh gawd….
Well, 1-1.
C’mon Hank, how can you let that in?
Intent to blow?
Or was the net off?
Well that’s a goal. Crap.
byfuglien!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what’s that deal?
intent to blow the whistle/the play dead?
Staal knocked it in by slamming into Hank
How the hell can you not blow that dead?
Too sloppy in their own zone either way.
Not good. NYR are gonna have to put a few good shifts together. Craps could take over the game right here
One, did the ref call it a goal?
Creme fresh my ass!
Intent to blow…
That whistle came just as the puck crossed the line. There had to be intent to blow there.
how could they even be looking at it?
the ref behind the net felt that the play was dead and signaled no goal!
On the road that never happens. Awful.
Soft goal, soft play.
Tied up. Back to work, boys…
what a load of cooke/carcillo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what was the reason?
i have the sound off
Stepan on his knees swatting his stick around…
That’s definitely a “home” call. How could that not be intent to blow?
Goddammit!!! Can a player just push the goalie into the net with the puck? I guess so!!
What a piece of cooke goal!
Cmon get one bacl
get girardi off the ice
So why is Ovechkin allowed to run offensive lineman? He hits players without the puck…no call?
I guess it’s time for me to leave the room again….
Hartnellllllllllllllll!!!!!!
I am MD’s seething anger.
This is HUUUGE!
WTB?
4 min, asshat?
well,
never easy when it comes to our Rangers
sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh please convert
you cant judge intent to blow the whistle on a video replay. the ref needs to make that call on his own and he didnt.
Bite your lip Prust!
please for the love of god canwe get one pp goal
we are 1 for our last 28
Oh, a power play goal here would be sooo sweet.
Ovechtrick should get a misconduct to along with his “goal”...
Fuggin’ Catalina Wine Mixer!
Ovetchkin you dirty , mutha Firetrucker , idiot , stuiped , moronic goof!!!!
SUSPEND HIM!!!
I don’t think the goal should have counted. But the Rangers should have been all over that puck, and on top of Ovechkin and Semin.
Big PP.
Rangers suffering from a moment of intending to blow. How long were they planning on letting Ovechkin just stand there on the side of the net and watch the play unchecked? We’ll never know because the great egg got bored and scored.
Not a terrible game so far…but not a great game. Better bury the PP goal.
Pull Hank – 2-man advantage
Fuggin’ Catalina Wine Mixer!!!!
(just kidding)
on that gaol brian pochmara the ref couldnt get the whistle to his mouth fast enough he was going to blow it dead
if you lose sight of the puck you blow the whistle, correct? if you never signaled goal, then you obviously couldn’t see the puck, which MEANS YOU BLOW THE WHISTLE!
they can’t even get the byfuglien call right!!!!!!!!!!!
roughing?!?!?!!?!?
it;s a high stick!
And there was NO WAY that the ref could have seen that puck from where he was standing – he should have blown the whistle long before the puck got pushed in!
You CAN NOT blame hank for that goal…gimme a break.
Stop the cross ice feeds in traffic
intent to blow the whistle has cancelled goals
throughout the season
and suddently the refs need to cover their
aassens and make a call to buttman
because he wants the caps to play the pens
Good PP
I can’t see but it sounds like the goal they called back in the ‘07 playoffs when Therat Fleury dind’t have control of the puck but they blew the whistle
cower play
08 rather
Well that whistle was timely.
dammit on the tying goal. dammit on them not blowing the whistle.
grrrr, to computer problems
Anyone else get the feeling Girardi watched video of his mistakes and decided to avoid all of them? He’s been completely safe and good.
Oh jeez they’re trying to kill us already
OT in the first game. I can’t handle this stress.
Nice PO game, folks…..and no SO. That’s hockey!
Another shootout coming…hey wait.
Tonight might be a long long night
OT! Oy vey!
REAL Overtime! Now it’s Hockey!
Well. At least we get a point
Danny G has played a great game. Stahl as well. They both share the Monster title.
Hank has been awesome, but I don’t know how he allowed that puck to get past him.
“REAL Overtime! Now it’s Hockey!”
Sort of wish it weren’t. Would be huge advantage us.
Ugh, OT…I hope we’re not here till 3 in the morning!
Oh good lord stanley help me…..
You know what time it is??
Dreary time? He’s going to score the game winner.
Why do I need an overtime primer from Rosen and Micheletti?
Needs for 2011/12 season:
1.) GOAL SCORER’S
Damn, we were so close!
Fedotenko from a bad angle right around 11:10 PM EST.
Dreary Time! LOL!
What a shame, after a really scary first period, we settled down and played a fantastic last 40 minutes. And then we get carcilloed by a ref who cheated us out of a win. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. Did anyone expect them to take a goal away from that ugly Russian?
Drury has played a pretty good game up until now so a goal would be icing on the cake …......... Or extra toppings on the pizza pie
I hope the Rangers end this OT early…but glad I’m off tomorrow, just in case!
well let’s see if the Rangers can get a goal here. Washington has the huge advantage in the offensive dept but hopefully the Rangers can pull a rabbit out and steal game 1.
I hate sudden death overtime. They should play two FULL ten minute periods.
I hope the Rangers finish this off early too. I have to get up at 5:20 tomorrow morning!
Crosby update on the Caps broadcast
He didn’t play tonight, but… he skated at practice.
welcome Fozzy :) I think Krisy must have passed out…..:(
Was that Pat Sajak?
Needs for 2011/12 season:
1.) GOAL SCORER’S
2.) FIRE SATHER
Sorry you didn’t win game one Lightning. You’ll take the next one!
Why do we have to constantly be reminded aboot the Knicks? Fugg the Knicks!
So anyway, its a play off the Radius burger, which is a top 10 burger in the US.
Burger + cheddar + horseradish sauce + onion strings + brioche bun = Everyone is happy
what happens now?
How long break before overtime starts?
How long does each ot period last?
Does this go on until someone scores ?
5 on 5 or ?
Crssby knitted some nice pot holders today.
He even knew who they were for. he is progressing better than an alzheimers patient.
the NHL is in good hands
Rangers win while I eat that burger = I am happy.
Krisy, 20 minute OT. They play until somebody scores.
“Rangers win while I eat that burger = I am happy.”
That’s utopia right there.
I’m here but have to entertain Anne so she doesn’t fall asleep! ;)
ha! Krisy and Anne!!! I love it! Heia!!!!
it’s 5 on 5 and we just pray…..have some Melkesjokolade to stay up!
I don’t have a good feeling about our overtime chances.
Anne….WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!
It’s 17 minutes between each overtime, each overtime last’s 20 minutes, it’s sudden death; first goal wins and 5 on 5 as long as there are no penalties.
Versus absolutely sucks. they won’t show the Hawks game
K&A Let’s hope it doesn’t go to multiple OT’s….you’ll have to cat-nap between periods!
how long until ot starts… ? We want to go to bed. ;(
I hate OvechCANT so fuggin much. I despise him as much as I do Crybaby
and Anne—keep that Ranger shirt on!!!!! :)
NYR-Craps OT
or
Hawks-Nucks 1st period
Hmmm…...
they better be double shifting drury
HEY GANG!!
Jeez don’t get all whiney on me, you guys. Let’s Go Rangers!!!
C’mon Rangers, let’s pack it in early!!!
Got ‘em both ORR…
God
Damn
It
Oh my dear word …
and more la fin du monde
julie
stay in the other room
gabbbbbbbbby u suck
reminder: breathe
This guy leaves some fat rebounds
Hit the fuggin net, McCabe
Fozzy and Mama.. you should spam Anne on fb, she’s threatening to go to bed!!!
Both benches are standing.
I will Wicky!
Hey Staal!!!!! Anne, hang on just a little more, and keep your shirt on!!!
Gabby’s gotta bury that chance, my mom could’ve shoot harder than that
The girls need some ‘wegian luck here so they can go to bed! LGR!! Let’s go Mats…help some fellow countrywomen!
This is too much for my nerves to handle!!
I can’t do EC in overtime.
hahaha… Craps announcer just said, “to Drury, who has been oh so clutch in past playoffs”
hahaha…Dubi shoving the goalie
Artie should have taken that to the net.
LQ!!!!!!!!!!
If you can’t do EC in overtime, do Lundqvist…
I can’t take this….
My god am I glad King is ours.
(And I was in Portland, OR for the Drury goal. Somehow with 4 Sabres fans.)
Hank is in their heads already. And our boys just got one year older.
doesn’t seem like Drury’s played since the first
Hank!
Stop with the fancy passes, just shoot the dang thing
Prust sure gave his opinion on that icing call.
isn’t there some sort of nordic wicca thing the MZA fans
could be doing about now?
LOL Olga!
Vancouver up 1-0
even at 26, I am too old for this carcillo!
love Vinny’s play lately
how many effin times can Boyle screw up in our zone tonight?
I need 17 to do something.
gaaaaahhhhh
Enough of these giveaways already!
Me too mama, it was ok when I was 25!
was that the first stoppage?
now, i’m eating soggy cereal to
calm me down.
Why is it so hard for us to get a shot on goal? It just takes so much effort.
c’mon Captain Clutch!!!!!
Is gabby sweating? Earn your paycheck fugger!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
We only need one shot…
oh shut up you doofuses
Vancouver 2 -0
Quennville calls a Torts Time Out.
the wegian luck is too far away…..come back girls!
Let’s get a “Lets go Rangers” blog chant going!!
I’m calling on Dubinsky….
I know—-does it only work in NY? They’re too tired…the girls that is!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!
Dublowsky hasn’t done much beside take a big hit, and shove their goalie
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are we waiting for them to punch themselves out?
A few of our guys are starting to gliiiiide.
AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My intestines are in really bad knots….if I hear Kanooble one more time….......grrrrrrrr
Fankist seems to be the only forward really trying
OMG….OT periods and more Beninati…brutal
no stupid penalties, please
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone think Dubi misses Cali?
C’MON BOYS! LET’S WIN THIS ONE!!
Put Booger on ice!! ;)
Come on Boys! Let’s go Rangers! Sending all the luck we can muster up at this hour! Seriously it’s almost 5 am now, 2 hours until my son has to get up for school..
i do think Dubi looks lost without Cally
Let’s Go Rangers!!!!!!
Booger is on ice, CCCP….
Hank= man of steel!
we need some OFFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Channel some wegian luck to Mats Krisy!!
they’re getting killed on faceoffs in OT
I think it’s going to be a loooonnngggg night…..
I miss Callahan a lot. Would like to see Fedo-Drury-Dubinsky and see if we could steal a grit goal.
?
we got lucky there
If Booger on ice then he is doing a great job flying under radar lol
Really lucky
McMonster could have skated in a bit more.
we need to shoot from everywhere
This is not good for my digestive system!
wow, Boyle
Ohhh, right in Boyle’s nuts
Wow Flavah.
Ohhhhhhh … there’s our quick whistle.
Flavah got it in the jewels….ouch!!!
did that him in the cup?
He is on ice, CCCP. For a few more months at least…
I cannot believe how this ended.
dammit times infinity
Fugging
Piece
Of
SHYTE
ahhhh….CARCILLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On a stupid giveaway.
Damn it all!!!!!
Carcillo!
And there it is…Drury factor
Couldn’t clear the puck with inches from blue line
God dammit.
Staal is not the one I would have expected to make a mistake like that
Poop.
Horrible play by Staal.
wha a stinker
Should have won this 1-0 god damn it.
No excuses for that.
Goodnight….
neither Girardi nor Staal gets puck outta
the zone.
great job guys!!
byfuglien!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bs
Great to see Drury back….couldn’t clear the zone…gliding all night
Tough tough loss! After such an outstanding defensive game! Where oh where were our forwards going??????
Torts surely thought we could get this one…
Where was Dubinsky on that Staal clearing attempt? Oh, I know: Invisible, as he was all freakin’ game.
Drury was awful on that one.he lost the puck then left the zone too early, giving Staal no outlet, and giving them a 3-on-1
Staal should have sent the puck around the other side, you know, where our players were!!
OK, OK, OK….remember what Carp said. Game 1 loss doesn’t equal series loss. Momentum schemtum. I believe I believe I believe. It will all be fine. Yes yes yes it will.
How disappointing…
i mean what are you supposed to do there. Thats why you need that big time goal scorer in order to win a stanley cup.
Glad Gabby showed up tonight!!
wow staal…....just wow; such a stupid play. Why>?! Why?! Why?! go up the boards through 2 Caps when the middle of the ice is WIDE OPEN. such a dumb play.
can’t really fault Staal though, he and OPG played a hell of a game.
Drury was the culprit
Ovechtrick’s goal was bull-carcillo…the ref didn’t even make a call until after the net was off….
It’s ok…we still got this series…the Craps suck…
Noy-Vair is not that good…we’ll make him pay Friday…
Dan Girardi and Marc Staal, the most overrated defensive pair in the NHL. Both goals were on them!
Gaborik again proves how useless he is when it matters most!
Let’s hope Friday is better…
That’s why we signed Gabby, oleo.
Plenty of positives to take away from this game…..They’ll be back on Friday.
its nice to have a guy who can shoot like that eh?
That was all Staal. Sure, he had a great game. Doesn’t matter.
get some freaking skill. cant play all ot in your own end
They honestly played a HELL of a defensive game. And Henrik played tremendously tremendous. If we have any semblance of offense in Game 2, we’ll have a good chance to split.
Gabby def needs to start burying the biscuit, otherwise he’s just as useless as EC
Gotta agree with Jim. Dubinsky was terrible. Did anyone on the Rangers win a faceoff tonight?
Tough loss , we probally could have shut ‘em out but we lost. We played hard and deserve to be here …nice to get the first loss outta the way then maybe we can come out next game with a little more Athority. Great game by our troops and im looking forward to the next game. Would have been nice to bury a few of those chance but atleast we came up playing hard and set the tone that we wont go down easy to these chumps. We won the season series so we know what to do to win…game one Caps.
Hank bailed us out all night long, we should have won it.
garbage
what do you mean giving Staal no outlet?
it was just a matter of the Rangers back
to just shooting the puck out of their
zone and giving it back for the next wave by
the opposition until the
Inevitable.
Staal had no options, because the forwards all left the defensive zone. Why oh why did they do that?
disappointed, but only one game… just gotta win Friday night
Anyone have stats on faceoffs? I don’t think I saw the Rangers win more than 5.
First goal was on Hank. It was a softy.
I have no idea what happened on the game winning goal. I shut my TV off and broke the control once the puck was in the net.
So pissed!
saw that coming a mile away
Chicago is getting SLAUGHTERED by Vancouver …sweet.
Gaborik had 2 point blank chances and did squat, shot it right into the goalie’
s chest. what a waste of $37.5 mill
The game was the Rangers for the taking… No moral victory in defeat… a real confidence killer.
Unfortunately, this loss is partially on Stepan on the Ovechkin goal, had an opportunity to swipe the puck with purpose, he didn’t and the rest is history.
As soon as Drury didn’t clear the puck, I knew the game was over.
first goal was not on hank…the rangers had 5 guys watching semin and ovi wack at it.
On the bright side, we get an ornery Avery back on Friday. After that stupid first period penalty, Zucc was hardly on the ice.
Greg, mama love to you!
Krisy and Anne, go niters….but have Anne wear her shirt Friday, and tomorrow in fact. The wegian luck apparently takes time to get here….
Sigh. It’s OK…....keep repeating that. Trade nobody!
Great to see Gaborik step up, another of many sather bad signings, just another wasted cap space.
It was a great shot by Semin…
people blaming Drury need a reality check…
Did you see where Semin took that shot from?
this game was simply a matter of Washington being a better team. They were better in every facet of the game and were a couple of bad bounces and posts away from being blown out.
we can’t win a game in OT if the pucks in our zone 80% of the time and we desparetly need someone to finish
You can heap all the praise you want on Staal and Girardi for their awesome game, but the two bad plays they made all night ended up in the back of their net. Sauer and McDonagh made no plays that ended up in the back of their net.
All Staal had to do was sky the puck to the neutral zone; everyone D man in the league does that; he didn’t have to go up the boards through 2 Caps…... I love Staal, thought he had a great game but it was a dumb play.
Avery in, Gilroy still in.
Yeah a foal scorer would sure be nice
Preds up 1-0
Semin took the shot from the top of the circles with Hank moving right to left, he shot top shelf, nothing Hank could do. It’s on Drury and Staal.
sorry, left to right…
Hey Greg pay off those Boogaard bets yet?
They named a drink after you.
Welches Grape Juice
Heartbreaking
Nobody is accusing Staal of being an intelligent hockey player, to go with his utter lack of offensive instincts and skills. Can we get Gomez back for him? Also starting to really despise “Mr. Invisible,” Zza Zza Gabor-ik.
would have been huge to steal the first game on their home ice, but oh well, without hank score couldv’e been at least 4-1
We blew it – how does a guy get to shoot from that place in the slot with nobody within ten feet of him…? Bad coverage….
oleo said it perfectly. we were beaten badly. not on teh scoreboard, but we had nothing on offense.
Sit Gaborik and play Avery.
>>Gabby def needs to start burying the biscuit…
The guy was invisible during the regular season-
when checking isn’t as tight as in the playoffs-and you expect him to step up now when you have to fight for every inch of ice?Drury could be blamed for not clearing the puck but I’m more shocked staal gave up the puck
‘Staal should have sent the puck around the other side, you know, where our players were!!’
Really? Really?
i’m not a huge fan of Avery’s, but i think he should get in the line up for next game as long as he can control himself and not hurt us with penalties
At least Drury had a guy on him. Staal had plenty of time. I don’t think we deserved to win this game at all, but it just bothers me when a non-goal and a horrible giveaway ruin it for us.
blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame blame
i was being sarcastic
and serious (i’m complex)
the Rangers were back to just flipping the puck
out of the zone and just chasing it
which usually ends up with them giving it
away and the opponent coming back at ‘em
in waves.
do NOT understand this plan
a couple shifts. sure, necessary.
but on a constant basis
especially when your guys rarely if ever
seem to get to the puck before
the opponent.
would be different if it was a set play and
we get to the puck.
sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gonna have a fun time
sleeping tonight.
Boom Boom Bathtub: Are you serious? If you are, you’re an idiot.
forwards all left zone because the all star had plenty of time to move it and make a play, instead he waited let the forecheck get him and there in lies the loss…......yep with 3 red shirts in front of him and on that half of ice…....the play is to reverse it….....basic hockey…....
Need Callahan…need a sparkplug…think the closest to that maybe was Stepan…
I promised Dolan we’d get to 8th place and I DELIVERED! That’s two more sellouts than last year! Now where is that 5 year extension?
Got your bets down everyone? I got a sure thing going with one Bonehead. I took Rangers over Washington in 5. Greg took Rangers in 2. His tiebreaker is Boogaard for the GWG. I think I got him…
Riiiiiiiing!!!!!!!! (We’re in the money, We’re in the money,....) Oh, That’s Jimmy Dolan’s ringtone, I gotta get this… Hey, Big Guy! How about that! Rangers AND Knicks in the playoffs for the first time for you. And they said you would never do it… Ummm Muckler was the one that said it. I heard him. Yep. Plain as day.
No. Not me! I didn’t even like repeating it… Gotta Go! (click)
Captain Clutch is back on the ice! I know because the Clutchmobile is parked in my reserved spot again. Let’s see him play like one of his pizzas- big, hot and with everything on it. He’s got 8 million reasons to…
Wow. I see that Edmonton is last in the league again. You know, I’ve been gone from there for 10 years, and they STILL haven’t recovered… Oh well, can’t happen twice, can it?
Playoff Overtime. This is how it should be. Next goal wins, no matter how long it takes. Dolan doesn’t have to pay for overtime. These guys are working for FREE! Messier! Why in God’s name did we build a shootout team!!!
OK- Raise your hands- who out there thought the Rangers were going to go 16-0?
I thought so….
Forever Yours
Uncle Glennie
plus did they have a faceoff win in ot???? tough when youre chasing the puck all the time
Guys, guys, guys.. calm the byfuglien down. It’s only ONE game. I’m just as upset as you about this, but i never thought this would be easy. Mistakes were made, the refs blew a call, and they didn’t score enough.. is any of this shocking? More like the story of the season. They didn’t play awful or horrible, and they’ll get better in game two.
I’m going to retire from this blog for some time.
Clearly this isn’t the place to be after that game.
I bid you adieublowsky….
Hank just needs to keep it up. He didn;t give up much. You need great goaltending to beat these guys. Jaro Halak was able to do it last year for MTL. I know Hank can do it too. We need to bury a few.
Yeah, if/when Avery is back in, he’s going to take dumb penalties…I see it already…and we can’t afford anymore giveaways…
the Zuccarello penalty was stupid too…no denying that…
No Orr. Don’t do it!!
That Ducks uniform is quite ugly.
i thought Gilroy and our young players all played a pretty decent game, can’t beleive McD and Sauer are just rookies the way they handle themselves.
NYR
first off,
if Zuc was called for crosschecking
that’s one thing
but the guy wasn’t facing the boards
so it was not a boarding penalty
besides
it was the first. we didn’t play well overall in that period
yet it was 0-0.
a good team kills penalties for whatever reason
and
a good team scores on a power play.
we did the pk
but not the pp
as usual
Caps are much better on defense then they used to be. They are collapsing and protecting the net. Its going to be a tough series for the Rangers if they can’t score.
It’s only one game…
A couple of things:
1. The Rangers are the Rangers. No scoring punch but they can certainly grind it out.
2. I’m not terribly impressed with this Capitals team. There are some pretty obvious holes and their one regulation goal was garbage.
3. Neuvirth is a disaster waiting to happen. The first credible shot he faced was the Gilroy goal. I think the only reason he can look even passable is because the Devils…err..Capitals don’t allow any decent shots.
4. Can someone explain why Erik Christiansen is in the lineup? Rangers need a little bit more grit. You’re going to get absolutely nothing out of Erik Christiansen in a game without a shootout. Bite the bullet, Torts, and play you know who. Don’t worry, you can still limit him to 6 minutes a game in the playoffs.
5. If Gaborik manages to wake up, the Rangers will be a bonafide contender. If he doesn’t, they’ll be luck to see Game 5 of this series.
Nice to see you Uncle! Go light one up now….
Would love to be here all night, but alas, must fade to black….Friday is another day, so says Scarlett :) LGR! Ta…....
:(
Semin’s been invisible for Caps in PO’s… last thing we need is Semin playing with confidence
I hear you, jpg…even though it’s a dumb rule, Zucca should know better…you can’t hit a guy from behind…but not a big deal…
I want Zucca to play! He looked ok in his limited minutes…I thought he should have been on the PP….
We need the Voice here!
tough loss. rangers easily could have won. on th efirst cap goal, if it was the rangers that whistle is blown.
turnover by staal, done…
maybe add 44 to the roster and go with 7 d men if you are not using zucc basically at all.
just not enough offense the same old story but I liked the ffort….
Lloyld, argh, you made me wicky…..like #4…:)
btw all, did you know there really is a real Lloyd Braun? I know this for a fact….Niters…...TA!
right on, MickeyM, need to stay positive only 1 game and we gave them a run for their money tonight, this is not gonna be a walk in the park for either team.
Rangers in 6!!!! :)
n country- yea i loved the young guys games tonight. thought artie played well too. but duby, gabby and droopy. they were bad. that pp is somethin else. they dont generate anything. mccabe is a turd too. he should stand there and rip one timer after one timer at this kid. neuvirth who made a few nice saves i give him credit. but the gabby shot was right into his chest. hey, all these extra games are experience for teh young guys, but imo, they played with more poise than most of the vets. i dont think avery is the answer either. torts shouldve played zucc more. that call was weak i think. maybe try avery for friday, but u know he isnt gonna score, and hes good for at least 1 bad penalty.
since it’s going to be ‘the sky is falling, the team blows, yada, yada, yada’ for the rest of the night, I’m out. Time to hit bed fefore 11 for once.
Again, gang, just remember.. IT WAS ONE GAME. THIS IS A SERIES, NOT THE NFL PLAYOFFS OR THE NCCA TOURNAMENT.
stu- yea the effort wasnt that great really. we had much more energy and hitting in the devs game. i know they didnt wanna trade chances with the caps, but they have to score more, and keep the puck in the other end for more than a few seconds. and when we did, we barely got any chances. just chasing around teh net. alot of guys played good, but certainly not good enough for teh playoffs. kids looked fine and on d, they should play mcdonagh and sauer even more. u could see staal n girardi were lookin pretty ragged at the end. i think now the first game is over, the nerves will go away and we shoudl at least make a long series out of it.
for a superstar sniper Gabby sure does suck. he has absolutly no moves to get around dmen, he needs to learn to use his speed better and learn to stick handle around people, not just skate down the side boards stop and shoot a weak assen shot that either goes harmlessly into the dman skates or the goalies chest.
Where did the Gabby of 2009-2010 go, who is this imposter we have???
Kovalev scored for Pitt tonight
Gaborik has been really, really bad for quite some time. I think it’s a combination of him not being the same since the concussion and Tortorella’s regrettable decisions to bench him. The guy frequently looks like he’s playing with practically zero confidence.
Gaborik is like every other overpaid UFA that comes to NY. Once they get the big long contract, they start to slip irrevocably down the scoring ranks.
It’s the Sather Way.
Rangers in 5
win on friday,and seize home ice advantage!
gabby has been bad most of the season but tonight I thought he played well.
the rangers almost every game this year puts maximum effort. sure the islander game, the duck game, and a few others they had poor efforts but this team plays hard. they are without there best forward (or 2nd best) on a team with scoring deficiencies and therefore they have trouble scoring. every mistake is magnified.
they need 3 or 4 new forwards next year with speed and skill, no need for a superstar(but that would not be a bad thing) and this team can compete big time…
they are close.. stepan, aa, dubi, cally, etc these guys can play and are growing…......
they have 2 big time d pairs, they need to improve the PP for a change and get some more skill.. maybe hagelin and his speed can make the team next year, maybe grachev will take the next step, maybe kreider ends the stay in school stupid idea….........
when they play bad I post to that affect, tonight they just came up short….......
Sather will do the same with Richards if he signs him this summer. And Richards will have peaked as a player and we will all be saying “What happened to THIS guy?”
Sather couldn’t ever draft anyone elite, and signs players past their prime for mega bucks.
take this team as is… eliminate the frolov $, the Mccabe $, either gilroy or emminger, and they can add a piece there alone….
yep dubi and a few others will get raises but they can definitely add to this team…........
im with ya on that stu. hope these prospects continue to develop. hope one or 2 really becomes a star for this team, cuz the free agent thing hasnt worked for a long time.
what about dru? hes done in a year or 2 right? do u think slats will buy him out? i just cant see that happening. but pretty soon were gonna have 15 mill tied into 2 guys that dont produce anymore.
1. Capt Pizza non-cluch clear and then left the zone w/o supporting Staal
2. Dubi rough game
3. Butt-chin one quality chance
4. Torts limits the guy who scored ice time to 7 mins.
Plenty of blame to go around.
There’s one reason the Rangers probably can’t win this series. The Capitals have a few pure goal scorers and the Rangers don’t even have one. Goaltending and defensive prowess help your team go far in the playoffs, but the utter lack of offensive proficiency exhibited by this Ranger team is why they finished 8th in the conference. This club simply isn’t going to generate more than a handful of decent scoring chances and the majority of the ones they do generate will result in nothing. It’s impossible to win in this league without scoring. The Ranger power play is bad because it’s usually a bunch of grinders skating around hoping for a mistake. It’s damn near impossible to win at this level playing that way.
Again, a lot of this can change if Gaborik starts to come around but right now he looks about as offensively sound as Eminger.
glad to see most are back to jumping off the bandwagon again.. very good to see… something goes wrong and everybody bails.. not good
actually, we do already.
I thinnk Gaborik should join the circus … that overpaid, no-talent clown wouldn’t be able to put the puck in the ocean if he was standing on a pier.
I’ve felt this way for the entire season. There are very obvious deficiencies on this club that didn’t correct themselves the moment the Rangers made the playoffs. It’s why I doubted they’d even get in and why I doubt they’ll get past Washington. I’m still going to watch every game and cheer hard for them but I can’t kid myself and pretend that what they’re putting on the ice now is good enough to win.
the rangers signed no FA last offseason and I hope they do the same this offseason.
they are moving in the right direction.. mcdonagh is 21, sauer is 23, staal 24, and girardi just turned 27…
every team can use a 50 goal scorer and of course the rangers can but that is not reasonable, they simply need 2 more 20 to 25 goal scorers….that is doable….
sure staal should have cleared the puck, he is human and also played 36 minutes…....
whos bailing? we come back here every single night. what the hell are some of u people talkin about jumpin off the bandwagon.? and sky is falling crap. just stop.
i meant no big contract long term FA.. frolov got 1 year… prospal the same etc…......
Higgins with a goal for Nucks
I’m bailing … this team is not even good enough to win the 4th-division Guatemalan league
I heard a whistle…
Carp has it right. there is no momentum from game to game, especially a close game. The Rangers will be back in game 2. this series will be a long one.
Yes, 4 long games … all OT losses
Don’t worry guys, we’ll get them in Game 8!
I thought you’d popped, Pimple?
yea torts has to give staal and girardi a break here and use mcdonagh and sauer more. theyve shown they can handle big minutes and also, theyre using ovie for extended shifts and keeping him on when staal and girardi change. all we need is some big goals by our top players. our d is good and hank is outstanding most of the time.
Am I late to the game?
900?
lmfao!!
I still don’t understand how the ref could have seen that puck before it got through Hank. Hank was there, and so was Prust and Ovechkin…..he must have X-ray eyes….
JIMmy – It’s called a facetious remark. You need to be told that?
I picked the Caps in 4
Stuart:
If you look back at just about all the recent Stanley Cup winners (and I went back about 25 years before I got bored), each one of them has at least one pure goal scorer on the roster, and in some cases, more than one. The only exception to that would be the 2002-2003 Devils, who are probably the worst team to ever win the Stanley Cup. Anyway, history dictates that it’s extremely unlikely to win a championship when you don’t have a guy who can crack 25 goals.
The ref never made any call. So it went upstairs to the boys in the booth. And that killed any “intent to whistle” argument. After that, Rangers were screwed. Nothing left to do but call it a goal.
I usually crack open a beer or two between periods … does that count?
Must be a blind pimple. I can’t see him, but it feels like he’s still here…
new post.
New Post Carp?
I thought so…
so I never figured we would sweep the caps and I really don’t care if they win the last four in a row as long as they win four. RELAX folks!!
I think the first pair are pretty much to blame on the winner (semin was OPG’s guy and well he scored) and staal should have went back the other direction behind the gaol with the puck.
On the second goal, I blame every ranger but hank for the goal. 5 guys watching 2 caps jam at the puck and goalie (actually OPG was on his assen after getting trucked by Ovi…why can’t boyle truck people like that going into the offencive zone). Another goal scored by the other team while we have no one that clears the crease!!!!!
Although I honestly thought the refs should have blown the whistle on the tying goal, I thought the officials called a great game and let alot of stuff go!!
FWIW, I thought stuart had a good point about if torts is going to jerk around the 12th forward and basically give him 6 or 7 minutes a game, dress eminger/7 d men. If staal and OPG are going to get 30 minutes a night, they will not last this series, let alone a few more rounds….the d men need their ice time more evenly distributed or we need to add a 7th d man to eat some minutes!!
Either way, calm folks calm..never get too high, never get too low…even keel! A lot of hockey left in this series!!
LGR!!
I’m just posting this because I didn’t like seeing 911 comments.
Call me superstitious or whatever. Don’t need that kind of aura in the playoffs.