Courtesy of the NYR:
NEW YORK RANGERS POST-GAME NOTES
February 14, 2013 (Game 13, Home Game 8)
Madison Square Garden – New York, NY
Islanders 4, Rangers 3 (shootout)
Team Notes:
- The Rangers were defeated by the New York Islanders, 4-3, in the shootout tonight at Madison Square Garden to end their winning streak at three games. New York has now registered at least one point in eight of their last 11 contests (7-3-1) after dropping their first two games of the season.
- The Blueshirts are now 7-5-1 (15 pts) overall, including a 5-2-1 mark at home this season.
- The Rangers have registered at least one point in 15 of their last 18 games against the Islanders, posting a record of 12-3-3 over the span, dating back to a 5-2 win on Dec. 17, 2009, at Long Island.
- The Blueshirts’ penalty kill was 1-1 (2:00) in the contest, and have now held their opponents scoreless on the power play in each of the last four games (12 times shorthanded). The Rangers have posted a record of 3-1-1 when holding opponents scoreless on the power play.
- The Rangers won 44-76 faceoffs (58%), led by Jeff Halpern’s team-high, 11 faceoff wins (11-14, 79%).
Player Notes:
- Carl Hagelin tallied a power play goal, added an assist and registered a game-high, seven shots on goal in 21:56 of ice time. He extended his point streak to three games (four goals, two assists over the span), including a career-high, three-game goal streak.
- Marian Gaborik registered one goal and added a power play assist in 20:16 of ice time. He is now tied for the team lead in scoring with 11 points (seven goals, four assists) on the season. Gaborik has tallied 10 points (seven goals, three assists) in eight home games.
- Dan Girardi notched the game’s opening goal at 3:36 of the first period, was credited with two hits and two blocked shots, and logged a team-high, 26:42 of ice time. He extended his point streak to three games (one goal, three assists over the span), which ties his career-high.
- Rick Nash recorded an assist, was credited with three blocked shots and led all forwards with a season-high, 25:04 of ice time. He extended his point streak to three games (one goal, three assists over the span), including a three-game assist streak.
- Marc Staal tallied a power play assist, registered three shots on goal and was credited with three hits in 24:18 of ice time. He has now recorded four assists in the last four games, and leads all team defensemen with seven assists and eight points on the season.
- Ryan Callahan tallied an assist and was credited with six hits in a season-high, 23:40 of ice time. He has registered two points (one goal, one assist) in the last three games.
- Brad Richards recorded one assist, was credited with three blocked shots and won 9-17 faceoffs (53%) in the contest. He has now tallied four assists in the last six games, and is tied for the team lead with eight assists on the season.
- Martin Biron made 28 saves through regulation and overtime, and was 0-2 in the shootout. Biron has now posted a record of 1-0-1 overall, including an 0-0-1 mark at home this season.
- Brian Boyle was credited with a team-high, eight hits, registered five shots on goal and won 9-16 faceoffs (56%) in 17:39 of ice time, while making his return to the lineup after not dressing in the last three games.
Post-Game Quotes:
- John Tortorella on the power play… “We had a couple of looks on the five-on-three; again, it’s certainly not where it needs to be. We had a couple of looks where we had opportunities but it just doesn’t happen.”
- Ryan Callahan on tonight’s game… “I don’t think we were mentally taking them lightly at all. We know they’re a good team. If our foot did come off the gas, for whatever reason that may be, that has to be corrected. We can’t have that, any night.”
- Marc Staal on losing the lead… “I don’t think it’s a concern, I think it’s just a mental focus and making sure that you can’t take shifts off. You take one or two off and they get the momentum. It’s tough to get it back, so staying sharp and making sure we play a much tougher game for a full 60 minutes is something we need to learn to do and do consistently.”
Team Schedule:
- Please note the Blueshirts do not have practice scheduled for tomorrow, Feb. 15. The Rangers’ next practice is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, at MSG Training Center.
- The Rangers will return to action when they face-off against the Washington Capitals on Sunday, Feb. 17, at Madison Square Garden (6:00 p.m. – TV: NBC Sports Network; Radio: ESPN 98.7), in the second game of their three-game homestand.
136 Comments
It’s a trap!
I’ll add Cally to the list of guys who never take a night off.
“Brian Boyle was credited with a team-high, eight hits, registered five shots on goal and won 9-16 faceoffs (56%) in 17:39 of ice time, while making his return to the lineup after not dressing in the last three games.”
He needs to keep it up…he had a good game…
Dewey Wang
Yes. sir.
If Boyle had scored when he crashed the net, he’d deserve the first or second star.
Do a barrel roll!
coos, that’s certainly true, but isn’t it disheartening and even pathetic that you have to form a list of players who give 100%? The whole team should night in and night out. The Devils always come to play..
Boy, are you ever correct, Latona. I just can’t imagine how anyone takes a night off when you have a Broadway job.
Richards is ill me thinks. Something is wrong
have to say that through 13 games Del Zotto has been pretty plainly the worse defenseman on the team (not counting the Bickels, Gilroys and Emingers of the world who don’t really matter).
U. Pat Wang
And Staal seemed absent tonight. Girardi
hotwarm and cold.MDZ isn’t the brightest star in the sky – for sure
I told you, he stayed up all night studying for his blood test.
The team is consistently inconsistent.
....and his eye test
1000 posts today…. I don’t know how I am going to spend all this cash.
For some reason, the zerbras don’t seem to give us much help, but so what, we can’t score 5 on 4 anyway.
zerbras?
That’s a zero bra.
1400+ today – looks like a big pay day
Kooz – I get a dollar per… What u gettin?
I’m going to buy a new Hungry Hungry Hippos if my check ever arrives. All my Hippos are toothless and their heads won’t move.
Gilroy had a golden opportunity to score tonight…
He could be such a difference maker if he brought some more offense…I feel like if he just got a little more confidence he could be a very good player and could even help the PP…
But, it’s hard to defend him unless he actually scores…
Rangers are befuddling.
I just typed the name of a famous British author and I got an “awaiting moderation.” LOL
Their troubles start and finish with # 19
I get 10 cents a word, like Dic….s
Longfellow?
Eddie x3… We lost the game but the Wang tree was hilarious. I was LoL all night long.
That’s a 12 million dollar roster spot!!!!
Pap bear – me 2 – I was blue in the face
Wang me! Wang me! Ought to take a rope and hang me!
“Blue in the Face” was an interesting comedy. And get this,—-directed by Wayne Wang. No joke,
Wanging with the hendersons
Incredible how you stumbled on that, E3. Almost as good as quantum theory or strings!
Watched post game and B Rich said the problem is he is trying too hard. not sure whether to laugh or cry at that statement.
Torts is going to run this team ragged. he said so on his show that his ‘gut’ feel during games leads him to play only the guys eho can help win that game. like a jockey using the whip half the race…
Tonight was hysterics galore
String theory is very loose mathematically – pun intended
Wang also did another interesting comedy, “Smoke.” Ever hear of it? It’s about a smoke shop in Brooklyn.
Stringy thing walks into a bar and orders a drink. Bartender says, “You’re just an ordinary piece of string.” String says: I’m a frayed not.”
knot
S.Nation – not good to have the early whip unless your atop secretariat or Seattle slew…. Leading at the first turn at the Belmont isn’t always a good thing. Torts needs to be on your neck – urging them slowly.
Seriously, look up those 2 movies and you’ll see Mr. Wang front and center.
No – dont know it
urging them slowly…killing them softly
Richards had some clutch goals last year, but IMO, he was a disappointment last year as well. Lets face it, this team is weak down the middle and lacks a high caliber #1 center. Can’t win a Stanley Cup without one.
Some amazingly funny wangs tonight – as good as out christie jokes
BOYLE GET OFF MY TEAM!!!!!!!!! This idiot brings ZERO to the game
Lotta mistakes in their own end too… D men playing soft.
I can plainly see that you have no interest in Wangs other than for your own amusement. This man is a person! A living human bean.
Charliesheen – I would have kept the same lineup that was “winning” too but Boyle played a good game
Rupper scored for Minnesota.
Torts is stuck with the 12 million dollar man for now. He can only use psychology, if that could work and it’s unlikely to work because Richard’s game is relatively one dimensional, and if he can’t one dimension, well…
Rupper scored?
Well, you should have noticed my posts – spanky wang and Holden harry wang
Good for the rupper
Those people are fig mints of your imagination.
The Pop is leaving on the 28th. Rupper has to get busy between now and then, because he’ll get no more help.
Actually, Pop isn’t leaving. The Pope is.
I think there is something physically wrong with Richards… Maybe he stepped on a rusty nail during sandy relief and never got a Tet-nis shot
Kate Upton….... HOLY WANG!!!!
centers got to support down low – B Rich is not a two way center, should play wing…with the whalers
PP was beyond disgusting – did mdelzaster play tonite?
as bad as it was, could have won in reg, Ice Mets are not good
beer-on should have stopped 3rd goal
No they B. real
Kate Upton is almost on social security, unless they raise the age. Duguay needs a tiny dancer.
HEY WANG, Its only a parking lot!
Papa bear – catwalk video???
Spanky Wang and our Gang?
Biron has it rough – cant play once every never and expect great results
Ellen Burstyn Wang
Ray Charles: “I can’t see this team winning.”
Wang dang doodle?
5 on 3 is pathetic
Just saw it E 3x. I’ll say it again. Kate Upton…. HOLY WANG!!!!
Stevie wonder ” me either”
I had Ray Charles sign my cocktail napkin. Problem is it reads Ray Char——-
the rest of it went on the table.
Boing boing boing boing boing
Ray was great movie
here ya re Beer-on, tough spot
Nasher looked gassed during 3rd
Craps on a roll, next game no gimme
Luckily, Sammy Davis Jr. and Moshe Dayan are now seeing eye to eye.
SI SWIMSUIT SHOOT.
Some men see things as they are and ask why? I look at Kate upton on the catwalk and I say “strike me dead lord”
Papa – check out the bikini video – lil older
The woman is 52 years old! Next you’ll bring up Brigitte Bardot. Seen her lately?
How about Mae West?
Kooze she is 21
Oh, that Kate Upton.
Thought you were talking about Kim Alexis. Now I am mortified and am going back to the bottle.
A very healthy 21. What a bodola!!!!!
She’s probably dating some nerd like Henry Kissinger or Derek Stepan.
I see it’s a Rangers loss therefore it must be the Head Coach’s fault. Everyone is complaining about the PP which is fine but no one has the solution and here’s why. If you do not have the players, I don’t care who coaches the Power Play. You don’t want Richards on the point. I agree 100%. He’s been a disaster there. Who should replace him? Del Zotto flat out can’t shoot the puck. Strahlman? I tend to agree but he’s nothing special. Until this team decides to stop worrying abt. overpriced overrated forwards and worry about defense they could hire Scotty Bowman and it won’t help.
We were talking Kim Alexis earlier… Kate Upton is a young thang
HW – how bout Danny and McD at the point – or stall?
I have yet to see from our D, except now and again from O’McD any serious aggressiveness in front of the net. Every team we play has a chip on their shoulder in front on D and there is always body leaning, cross checking, and at least pushing and intimidation after the whistle. We ain’t got some.
I don’t want Richards on the ice much less the point
Now what should worry every Rangers fan from Torts is how positive he’s been after these two games. They blew back to back multiple goal leads and he talking abt. getting 3 out of 4. 365 days ago he’d livid abt. the big picture. Needing to learn to win these games and hold leads etc. This year, he’s pumping their tires after bad blown leads. That’s not a good sign.
To me, it’s a sign he knows he has a very soft, fragile, even “cute” hockey team. Last year they finished 3rd in GAA this year they’ve dropped to 12th. This is a game they never lose last year because they almost never allowed 3 goals.
Too late for explanations re Upton, E3, I’ve already started drinking to drown my …whatever drowns.
They are “cute’ though, hwirth. That’s good in San Francisco but, agreed, it don’t cut it on 7th Avenue and Broadway.
Chico Resch: “I left my part in San Francisco.” I think it’s in a dresser on the fourteenth floor of the Hyatt.
Eddie –
The one that boggles the mind. If they are not going to use Matt Gilroy on the PP why is even dressing. He’s not exactly reliable 5 on 5. If he’s not good enough for the PP than it’s time to go and it’s pretty clear the Stu Bickel experiment is thankfully over with. There’s a reason they found playing below the AHL. They must go out and upgrade on defense. Just look at the Devils. Zubrus goes down they pick two solid guys to replace him in Ponikarovsky and Lakintanov.
The guy that’s probably available and on the cheap is Ryan Whitney from EDM. Upcoming UFA, been a healthy scratch. Would cost like a 4th rounder and hes better than all of Bickel Gilroy and Eminger.
I think slats wont be static. Something big is in the works
Or maybe he’s being realistic that every other team in the east is getting fat on Bettman Bonus Points for losses and that practice time is limited so you grab any point & run & just get into the top 8.
They’re an ugly 6-2-1 in 9 and that’s a good clip. And the next month is a lot softer than the first 12 games were.
Kooz – don’t be so hard on yourself
Carp – Richards isn’t healthy… Thoughts?
Charlie showing his complete lack of understanding of the game. Again.
Richie is evaporating enamel even as he skates.
Who is Charlie?
Carp – I get that part of it. I did say that myself going to the train. “At least with the stupid 3 pt games and OT loss is like stealing a pt”
But it just seems he’s been a lot softer on the guys this year and certainly no longer talks about the big picture which he all of last year. Last yr he would negative after wins and talk about process and learning after losses. This year even after bad games, short of the scared line, he’s been easy going for Torts.
Charlie is CharlieSheen, E3. He wants Boyle sent back to BC for post grad work.
two blown leads in a row… fire someone?
3C! Pass the popcorn, and you’re standing in front of the TV!
I’ve had more fun watching this team at other times than I did tonight.
on the bright side, Hagelin is really improving. He is not just a speedy kid easily knocked off the puck.
Our defense was supposed to be our strong point. I think it has been our weakness.
Boyle? i guess you can’t expect much more than he gave tonight. I remember seeing him out there for a goal against. so he is a minus 1. he deserves the fifth star. I kid.
we need to trade for a defenseman
coos
thats not popcorn! :D
Hagelin is amazingly speedy, agile, elusive, and surprisingly strong in the corners and behind the net. It is a pleasure to see him developing.
Oh. Then, someone turn on the lamp.
Cccp said blown
As Tiki would say, “Twixt now and the 28th, Rupp must put some numbers on the board, because the Pope will lose his power. And if you care to look it up, twixt is the precise word in this context.”
Hags and Nash are great together
I just learnt twixt.
Read McTeague yet?
I learned the Twixt at the Peppermint Lounge.
That author is VERY esoteric. I will, however find this work. I will not be dismayed, distracted, or diverted.
Nash:Hags::Mutt:Jeff
Greatest American descriptive novel ever written… Trust me
Didn’t that Russian director of ‘Greed’ on which the novel is based, play the butler in Hollywood Boulevard?
No, not Rhett Butler.
“Trust Me” was a collection of Updike stories about the disillusion of a marriage.
I asked 3C to pass me the popcorn and he said that what I thought was popcorn wasn’t popcorn, then he booked. No wonder we can’t deal with the Russians.
Here I am, talking to myself again. I’m a veteran. I can get disability.
Don’t worry about ME. I can move into an abandoned bus in a field and live off my disability checks. And struggle to read old novels by the dashboard lights. And eat roaches and dead fireflies. I’ll be just fine, thank you very much. Yiz can live with it on your conscience.
I don’t know…. Saw greed long time ago….. The book is brilliant – bet I have bought it for 20 people….
I don’t have a con science…. I be a socioplath
My agent used to say to me, as he pinched my cheek: “Trust me, bubeleh.”
And so it goes, and so it goes…
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