Game 20.
Baby Buffaloes at Rangers.
Ya boys have won one in a row as they play the third of a four-game homestand and hit the 20-game mark
in this 48-game Bettmaned season.
By the time this homestand is done, the Rangers will have played 14 of their 24 home games, meaning they will play 17 of their final 27 on the road.
Looks like the same lineup that won on Thursday, which means Steve Eminger on defense, Stu Bickel up front, Henrik Lundqvist in goal, Arron Asham still out injured, and Matt Gilroy prucha’d.
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Looks like a rough schedule for me this upcoming stuff, with more hoops, a few hockey games and a couple of days of corporate, ahem, stuff. So could be another week without a Live Chat. Dammit.
Also, got the rest of the season wide open for volunteers to do the Three Rangers Stars for my next-day game reviews. So if anybody wants to volunteer to do a game, or a whole bunch of games, please email me at rcarpini@lohud.com … and know that I will be very disappointed if some of our regulars don’t sign up.
631 Comments
LGR!!!!!
Watching with you! Let’s do this, boys!
LMGO @”one in a row”
Most excited ive been about a rangers game since ecf last year. Lets build on last win.
KatieStrangESPN#NYR Lines: Hagelin-Richards-Nash, Pyatt-Stepan-Callahan, Miller-Boyle-Gaborik, Powe-Halpern-BickelAGrossRecordSame #NYR lines, Gaborik still on third line, Staal-Girardi, McDonagh-Stralman, Del Zotto-Eminger on defense.****************************
Not the same lines. Pyatt was on the first line the other night….But no big deal. Similar idea.
the first of a very important week. we need a string of wins. sick of seeing us 9th and 10th in conf. buff phil at isles ottawa. its time to roll lets go
Vanek out. Excellent news.
Atta boy, Tiki! Glad to see the mood swings are on the UP SWING!
I’m with you.
#Truce.
IT
IS
TIME!!!!!
Three periods of Sabre bashing hackey!!!!!
Lets go boys lets make some NOISE!!!!!
LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO!!!!!!!!
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGERS!!!!!
lets gog gog gog gog gog goggoo!!!!
lets go Rangers lets go Rangers!!!!!!!
GO TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!\
Lets go lets go lets go lets go lets go lets go lets go!!!!!!
and given that Tim Kennedy, a 60 goal scorer if there ever was one, plays LW with Pavelski on the RW…easy to see how pavelski pads those stats….
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!
LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!
RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS!!!!!!!!
Good job, Manny.
Good evening, Sally!
Greg, you pumped?
GO TIME GO TIME GO TIMR LETS GO LETS GO LES GO!!!!!!!!!!
I dont have mood swings, Im not pregnant… or am I? My baby’s name shall be NY Pizza.
Just to clarify, I’m not being critical of Pavelski, e3, just pointing out some parallels to Captain Clutch (who also couldn’t really be criticised for lack of effort).
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGERS
YOU
CAN
DO
THIS!!!!!!!!
LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO …BIGTIME CARPster!!!!
RANGERS!!!! RANGERSS!!!!
I agree Carp. I loved your Pats comment earlier, Manny.
actually, I had Pyatt on the Stepan-Callahan line last game, with Hagelin-Richards-Nash most of the night (and Gaborik-Richards-Nash for the GA).
ilb, back in the country?
That one was for you, Tiki. I know 18-1 is a special thing (for both of us).
Sorry, Carp. I guess Pyatt was just up there when they dropped the puck.
My Bad
lw – i always thought Drury was a clutch scorer….i never fancied him as a blue collar lunch pail kind of player…..never much of a skater….drury had great hands…......pavelski is a much different player…...
Incidentally, the basketball game I did this afternoon had the weirdest, wackiest ending I have ever seen, and it has already gone nation-wide viral, will be on ESPN and Deadspin and everywhere in between.
Suffice it to say the QB from the state football championship made a buzzer beater, but that both teams thought they had won, and both celebrated the championship in simultaneous dogpiles.
http://varsityinsider.lohudblogs.com/2013/03/03/video-edneys-buzzer-beater-and-postgame-reaction-to-the-shot/
Gets go Rangers!
LGR!
Yup, back in NY, Carp.
Just to be contrary, I could point out that Pavelski has two points in the last eight games in which Kennedy has been in the Sharks line-up and that 37% of his career points have come on the PP, which presumably does feature more Thornton, Marleau et al…
first game with gomez and drury, i think was panthers, msg crowd chanted We want the Cup. lol joke was on them (and me, i chanted along at home)
carp – did it go to a shootout?
LW – all well and good….i see a guy busting his hump in all three zones….
That is nuts, Carp. I like how the crowd knows the ball is going in before it actually goes in.
LW – he plays the point on their PP…something the rangers obviously dont need
PUMPED!
SOUP FOR EVERYONE!!
LGR!!!!
No VANEK? Did J Scott take his place?
what is the population of pominville?
eee said busting hump
Evening gang.
I get to watch on tv and hence hang with you all tonight. Have to deal wth Jeanneart, but whateverrssss.
So, Vanek out=Miller shutout, correct?
Again, Eddie, not suggesting Pavelski isn’t or wouldn’t be a good player. Merely floating the theory that he could be hump-busting for 10 goals, 35 points three years into his lucrative seven-year UFA deal.
Put on your Pie-hat and Step out with the Capt
17 of their final 27 on the road….and I was so happy there for a while Carp….:)
LGR!!!
...well, he could sign a contract and have a meteor land on his head too….what can you do?
You kiddin me !!!!??? Blacked out on MSG on Directv !!!!!! What the hell is this ?
farging gate
RANGERS Gametime is …NOW!!!!!
Heritage Jerseys??
Greg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think a meteor landing on his head puts him on IR with “soreness” and the meteor escapes a hearing with Shanahan because it wasn’t a repeat offender and it was the head wasn’t the principal point of contact.
Mickey!!!!!!!
Sean… same here watching sd on 776. What’s going on?
Who’ll get a goal first, Gaborik or Boyle?
Hags….
Yes, no HD….dont recall this happening before. Thanks
Hey, it looks like someone taped a lot of cash on the glass.
Liked what I saw from Gabby on his first shift. Feeling a good game from him tonight…
Grebe is too low for Nash’s hip
Can see why the Sabres have struggled if they giveaway the puck like that.
Ugh gotta get a shot there
if either one of u want to watch game on msg in hd, ill let u access my computer. i have it streaming on there.
oh blunder boyle!
Unselfish = Should have shot
Rookie question…is it necessary to hit refresh constantly, thn scroll down to comments?
What is this “unselfish” nonsense Joe Micheletti is always going on about?
unselfish? how about unsmart.
Boyle still unleading all scorers e3
Carp, I just saw the video of NR/MV. Wild!! Did you think the NR shot should have counted? Looked like the back board lit up before the shot left his hands. Very close though.
C’mon, Stu
Hi Mama!!
Was nice seeing you for the night Bickel
>>Unselfish = Should have shot
I call it bad decision making.
theres unselfish and theres stupidity. that was stupidity
Yes, Sean.
After time you will realize its a better system because you never get behind on the g(j)ibberish.
Thanks, Tiki, I am good. On way to work in a bit, anyway
don’t mind that penalty there. Just a tad late.
2 good shifts by Gabby so far. He clearly has his legs tonight…
Yes sean- refresh
Won’t see Bickel any more tonite
Torts: Bicks, c’mere.
Bickel: Yeah coach?
Torts: You know that was byfuglien stupid right? (as Rammer is applying superglue to Bickels pants)
Bickel: Uhh, yeah.
Torts: Good, Now sit down (shoves Bickel onto the bench)
I’m pretty sure they always wear the heritage jerseys on Sunday at home Mickey.
Bad pass by Boyle
No commercials again? Do I have to arrange my own sleazy party, fuelled by weak beer to shout “Dale!” at?
Every team Rangers play seems to have someone with a “tremendous shot from the point”. Who’s the Rangers’ guy?
Shortie coming up
Buffaloes have stolen the Rangers PP book
Hey Stephen Weiss!
Sean, if you post, you’ll get refreshed (in the computer sense) but if you don’t, yes, refresh then go to bottom…
but as an old bonehead always says, refresh, refresh, refresh…..!
Rob, Ahh, good to know, Thanks!
Yes iManny?
Pretty sure they use the gorilla glue for Bickel
How bout dem Black Hawks!
My favorite moment involving the Sabres came in the double overtime game at MSG. A particularly unruly Buffalo Baby Buffaloes fan was causing trouble and ended up getting tossed by security. On the way out, some equally plastered Rangers fan told him to “go home on your tractor.”
Classic. And they won, so that was great also.
Not sure if it is PC to ask on here, and forgive me if it isn;t….been trying like heck to get 4 seats for my kids. Next to impossible, absent a third mortgage. If anyone has them, and can’t go I’d be interested. It is criminal to have to pay $500 to take the kids. Though I am sure that isn’t news to anyone here. Thanks.
effort by cally gets pp
PP!
Richards or No Richards?
Wow that’s a generous call
I don’t get that penalty at all
Devils have that interference thing down to a science; they rarely get called for it.
I’m guessing Adam Pardy wasn’t the centrepiece of that trade.
Horseteeth on the point…of course
Gotta take advantage of the fallen man
not bad on that PP…
they were moving!!!!!
That was 80% good.
That was stupid, Richards.
Way for Richards to waste the end of that PP with a terrible shot.
Richards, Richards, Richards!!! Oy!
they had a guy down and didnt even attack him. richards = shot blocked
Right. 80% good. The guys not named Richards were good.
I know they didn’t score but that last ranger power play looked good.
Ennis the menace!
Most of you probably haven’t noticed this but Brad Richards sure hasn’t looked very good recently.
This period has 1-0 Sabres written all over it.
Yea, Tiki. Nash should have driven the net there in my opinion. But he’s a great player and I’m an idiot, so…..
I prefer a power play that looked bad but scored.
lazy, poor decision making.. richards
I hope Jim Corsi is putting up more of a fight in the press box.
He’s off his feed Jeff…needs some pizza from Drury’s place in his feedbag
Dan G…..avg 25:00 TOI, and only 6 PIM ! What a rock.
Has Stepan tried the feigned dump-in slapshot since his near miss against the Habs?
Somebody at the Garden tonight is really good at the Potvin Sucks whistle
Sean, totally ok to ask here….if I had, I’d help….
Thanks, Blog. Don’t want to sound like a whiner, but I tried the day the went onsale, and as appealing as the $650 seats available were…..and as far as Stubhub, etc….aint no bargains there.
Girardi only had 20 PIMS all of last year, which is pretty ridiculous given his minutes and match-ups.
Bickel right back out there….wow
Cally brought his ” A ” game as usual- hope he gets the goal he deserves
“Looks like a rough schedule for me this upcoming stuff” Carp, i think you confused your stuffs. I’m guessing this is supposed to be “upcoming week”?
Similar to the first period of the last game, but a little sleepier, and no goals, of course. Sabres are still actually bad.
ZZZzzZZZzzZZZ
well that first period was a snoozefest
borrriiinng
Getting two for a decent price is somewhat easy…four, I don’t know about that….and call me mama, Sean…nobody calls me Blog :)
btw, you have my fave Rangers name (sorry all!)....Sweet 16!!
wow, been a while for that eh….
He brought his “C” game as usual, as in captaincy.
sam and joe pp was great minus a goal.
Olga, are you cloning Greg?
i dont know what some people on here see in bickel.
I knew I saw that somewhere….
need a lot more pressure on the sabres d. if pressured they are not that good.
sabres did exactly what they wanted to do on the road. keep it close and count on miller.
rangers need t opick up the intensity in the 2nd big time.
bickell contributed his usual stupidity. again really why is that dope in the lineup??? meanignless futile late hit, accomplished absolutely nothing….
What’s worse the a boring Ranger game?????
Sam and Joe calling a boring Ranger game.
Did the goalies break a sweat?
Please pass some smelling salts under Carp’s nose.
Poor Bickel…everyone busts his bickels
Sean, just call Blogmama BM…
oooh…Olga…..I stick salute you :)
all bickels, no brains.
Yay….Pee dough is next
:)
Sunday night snooze fest
Helllooo Momma!!!
RAAAAAAAAAAANGERSS!!!
LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO!!!!!
Those Mayhem adverts are quite funny.
Richards on pp point and Rangers don’t score…hmmm…go figure
favorite play of the 1st period was Brian Gretzky Boyle trying a impossible pass to Gaborik instead of taking a shot from maybe 20 feet away.
boyle continues to show me how friggin bad and stupid he is….
really…like he is going to make a great pass!!shoot the puck, look for a rebound deflection er something good.
boyle totally useless but not as bad as bickell…
Go Montreal!!!!!
LOL Tiki….EmmaLee would disagree….
Empty hattie!
Olga yeah yeah your in love with Chupcago winning season …well you wanna see a streak?
My hometown Saskatoon Blades have won 18 straight…thats something to talk about!!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2013/03/02/sk-saskatoon-blades-0313.html
Next period is time for some Steak N NASH potatoes!!!!
good news – sabres pp is worse than ours
when asked what his name is, he probably doesnt know if it’s stu or stuart.
Phew, they’re playing Pitbull during a stoppage in the Oilers-Wild game that I’m forced to watch during intermission.
I don’t want to see ANY streaks of yours, Greg.
hahahaha…radio says Marty “won’t be available” for next two Debbies games….what, he has a dentist appointment?
Habs up 2-1 over the Bruins.
Olga, that made me laugh and boudreau at the same time
lets go dont feel like being cranky all night
......and away we go. Hope this 2nd period is better than the usual 2nd period.
liposuction, mama. dont worry, manny, that lead wont last long
Habs play unwatchable hockey…
Sean…MSG feed back up in HD here on 634
Hags w boil n miller
I’m waiting for Hagelin to duck under Myers’ legs to get to a puck
can we play withe puck more geez
nice shot by Em
Wow a Bickel sighting
Stafford = Buffaloes Dubi
Who’s Buffalo’s new coach? You sure it’s not Jacques Lemaire? Geez…
I think Richards needs glasses.
lipowha???
the way this game is going we will be the one who will crack with a bad turnover. happens a lot in games this year
Richards needs one of Hank’s sticks
My dinner was more exciting thatn this game has been.
Of course
why no timeout there u jackass
Hahahaahahaha..
eric called it, i believe!
i wish we could get a japanese guy on our team. maybe then we’d score with japan-ease.
fug
WTB?
i blame eric
kept thinking stafford always scores at msg and he was due
come on, lets answer back quickly
Nash have the 2nd game back blues??
someone want to tell gabby we pay him 7.5 mil shoot the damn puck from the slot no look to make an extra pass. this team makes me sick.
goal on stralman for a totally unnecessary icing. he did not need to shoot the puck down the ice. could have lofteed it, held onto it, etc.
this team cannot win unless they play there asses of because else they cannotscore.
as i stated after the 1st perfect road period for the sabres.
i have bad feeling about this game, for a change. hope I am wrong.
At the same Devils-Sabres game I puked at a couple of years ago, there was a Sabres “fan” sat behind me who was ripping on Drew Stafford every time he touched the puck. Only problem was that he wasn’t in the line-up, so it was the older, differently-numbered, significantly more left-shooting Rob Niedermayer that was touching the puck.
don’t pick on gabby you will hurt his feelings…...
you know those big time talents are very finicky….
he looks good during warmups….
Not for nothing but we are being buffaloed here!! Can someone please show up other than the captain ?
another poor effort..
thsi team things are better then they are. our 4th line almost got a shot on goal…
powe and halpern continuing in a long line of 4th line junk for the rangers…....
LW, you mean your boudreau’d :)
OK, I see the ledge is getting crowded here….
Bickel needs to fight Ott. Stat.
#30 just kept us in the game.
Bickel needs to serve his only purpose on Ott
Bickel could double his purpose on Kaleta too.
Vibin’ CT
Sooo.. where is the amazing team I heard about in the first period on Thursday night? Cause this team sure looks like the crappy team its been all season long.
McD must be hanging with Richie
this is just painful to watch. no consistency one game to next.
Yes the 4th line and all of its 4+ mins are what’s ruining this game.
This game is like watching a monkey playing with a football
Need to take chances. Buffalo isn’t going to open up.
Last time I make any sort of McDonagh/Malik comparison on here…
Have you ever seen a team make scoring goals look so hard?
Worse than pänsification.
Pansification
Wow…are you allowed to do anything anymore with your stick?
o’boyle
Geez Boyle take your skate guards off!!
Biting my tongue about what I want to say right now..
best chances have come short handed this game
on the bright side, the bruins expectedly gained the lead.
So farI’d have beenhappier watching reruns on the weather channel
Meh.
the struggles just continue.. i must have shook my head in disgust 100 times tonight
lucic and prust fighting
Buffalo is like a totally different team defensively. Their collapse is really tight.
Good news: The Sabres look like a pretty bad team
Bad news: The Sabres look like a pretty bad team
Prust and Lucic Round 2
I was against the Richards = Drury idea, until the last couple games.
Lucic split decision
Wow I miss Prust
Emelin vs.Chara….
Gotta give Montreal credit – they are MUCH tougher than last few seasons….
If we had Prust then Steve Ott would have a black eye.
Buffalo vs rangers = boring
montreal has some sneaky dirty players. I’m enjoying watching Lucic and chara beaten the crap out of the canadiens. Oh yea, prust fought Lucic, mistake.
Montreal is toe-to-toe with Boston in toughness in this game. Wow. I miss these types of games from the rangers this season.
Did Chara just get a match penatly?
I don’t see the rangers matching up well in a long, physical playoff series with their current lineup.
the rangers have no JAM. if you hoping for bickel to be that guy complete waste of time.
go get matt hendricks in washington.
Can we arrange for Pidto to face some pitches from Jeff Weaver?
I dont see the Rangers making the playoffs this season with their current soft lineup.
admiral
how bout we get to playoffs maybe win 2 in a row
Sorry, late to the (Habs/Bruins) game. Guess Chara got 5 + 2 and Thornton serves the Instigator.
Good for Chara. Emelin is a guy I would love to see roughed up (in that OLD TIME HOCKEY sense).
I’d rather be at home watching.. .this place is dead. Beyond boring. ..
The Hair Club commercial ranks pretty high on my list already.
the difference between the bruin canadien game and this game is night and day…
i am starting to think I am wrong about this team and they are not going to turn it around…
boyle as good as ever tonight, ditto with mary jean gaborik.
btw no need for the rangers to trade a 5th rounder for loktionov they have a ton of scoring fro mthe center postition already.
whining about our defense is a joke. the rangers defense is not the problem and has not been the problem all year.
stralman del zaster gaborik out for 1.36 on the shift that led to icing then faceoff loss goal
torts: how bout a timeout there. STOP COACHING ERIC
so help liven the atmosphere, nyr.
The Caps now have a real glove dropper in Aaron Volpatti. He was on waivers. Could have grabbed Tostitoes and ruined our locker room chemistry even more.
If the Rangers were going to fight they would. Bickel is plenty of glove dropping thunder storm fury.
Absolutely correct Eric. I have been saying this since the Boston game and Carp has been saying it since this summer. They are not hard to play against at all. Pyatt has some offensive upside but he is not nasty at all. Asham is another in a long line of goon retreads who is as old and broken down as Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler. We are 20 games in and Boyle, Asham, Powe, and Halpern have 2 points between the four of them.
They are back to exactly where they were 2 games ago.
main prust is so much better then boyle it is unreal…
i never knew a guy 6 ft 7 could me so innefective and such a pile of manure…
hagelin not having his usual great game and gabby having is usual head scratching game.
do all teams miss the net from 40 feet away as much as the rangers???
Chara got the Bettman package…2,5,10
they do not have any jam and jam and thuggery are 2 different things…
asham does not have jam he is just a middleweight…
Joe said Richards won that faceoff Eric
Sorry, Stuart. I grew up around a bunch of dairy farms. Manure, after a day or two, is much harder than Boyle.
Prust > Boyle.
But get off Boyle’s back. At his best he’s a 3rd line Center/LW. That’s what we pay him to do. That and kill Penalties.
stuart, please dont insult a pile of manure like that
is gabby playing?
is richards playing?
Jam shouldn’t cost 10mil
is boyle out there?
Yeah – I’m not so sure rangers make playoffs either.
But if they do, they will not match up well in a long physical series.
we can still win this game, guys.
wooohooo, Boyle!!!
A shot is like a goal (even if it was from the perimeter)
Another pansy hook
Here Weego…Richard’s time
BB 1st shot in 4 games omg
Rangers are becoming the Smurfs again. No jam whatsoever.
DZ wanting to fight?! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA???
uh oh
alright. 5 on 3 ?
Well. Looks like the Richards issue is solved.
Bickel better BEAT SOME FACE>
Lets see how our boys respond here
I don’t mean that in a funny way. That sucks for Richards.
What would Brandon Prust do now??
Ouch
gotta capitalize here
OK, ouchies for Richards.
Bickel not enough of a deterrent there.
good. down ya go richards. we must score here!!
Bickel needs to beat the crap out of someone. Come on.
Suspension?
Wow, that was nasty. I wish they would not sit Richards up. That could be a spine injury.
Kaleta 6 games if zoleniercick gets 4
That’s a bush play. CEOs check from behind while the plying is reaching to the boards for the puck
This sucks. As much as we say negative about Richards. That sucks. That looked really bad on his wrist/back/head/forearm. Good luck Brad.
no one likes to see that.
maybe thatll wake him up
Gosh, why do we have these types of players in the league?
Suspendable
Stepan!!!
lets gooooooooooooooo
Stepan!!!
This game is starting to make me sick!
Wow….on phone for work…missed that…hartnell you Kaleta!!! Prust would blow the building apart!!! Way to respond Steppers!!!!!!!
yesssssssxxsssssssdddddddxxxx scoreeeeeeeeereeee
That a boy derek!!! Get angry boys!!!
that was quick!
need more on major one not enough
That’s one part of avenging that awful crap. That hit better be a turning point for these boys.
Make them pay! 1-1.
Yup. Make this jackwagon pay. One more.
Look at Stepan after he scored – he stared down Miller!
MAKE THEM PAY!!!!!!!
Question is: will Shanahan even review that play? It was a hit on a Ranger. Not sure. THen again, it wasn’t by a favored team, so maybe he will.
PP goal??? (checks to see if the sky is falling)
lets get more!!!
Way to respond. Stepan scores that same goal in two consecutive games. Now do it again
Nash!!!!
Nash!!!
nashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Kaleta = major bush league….wtb???
NASH!!!!!!!!!!
Eat it Buffalo
HELL YEAH!!!!
The good news, and sorry…..no Richards on the point here. (sorry)
Oh baby!
YES!!!!!!!!
That is how you avenge Richards broken back.
Take a break Richards
That’s how you do it. 2-1.
scoreeeeeee b fug u u pieces of carcillo. nasher… get more!!!! nomercy!!!!!
come on one more need some breathing room
No RIchards, PP looks awesome!!!!
Another one??? Ok, locusts now????
Keep ‘em coming, boys!
No richards= 2 PP goals…..just sayin
Lets get more – bury these chumps!
Have I mentioned tonight the power play looks good.
Sure hope this Nash clown works out. . .
Cmon, this joke writes itself- Richards off the PP, instant goal.
Let’s score a few more. The major is rare. OLD TIME HOCKEY. Let’s be like the Habs of old and net 6.
Lol – ilb!! You are right!
Good to see Richards on bench now tho!
get richy off pp
why is richards on ice? we score 2 without him, so put him back in?
3would be beautiful
Is it too late to sign Paul Mara for the next Sabres game?
Screw you Buffalew!!!! (Sorry Sally)
Oh, man, no Richards on the point, please? Like pouring water on a fire.
Richards is back out there? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????
I mean its a good thing, but get him off the PP!
Anyone remember when I was talking about that one moment last year where something happened and it caused the team to wake up and get hot? (against SJ?) I’m praying this was the incident that sparks them the rest of the way.
All kidding aside, they are crazy to put Richards back on the ice so soon after taking a hit like that.
stomp on their jugulars!!!
Perhaps Richards needs to rest for the next few minutes
Cone in gaborik
SHOOT GABBY!!!!
agreed james g
And back to your normal PP
Crap
soooooooooooo not surprised
Aw fudge
good freaking dammit this pp sucks all for nothing
its all richy fault
We suck
Ray Charles could see that coming
dont say it Carp
That is ridiculous!!! Come on!! Put d-men on the points Torts! Geez!
poor coaching. u succeed without richards on pp so u put him back on immediately following success.
I knew it as soon as the Dmen went penguin sliding that the puck would go in.
Fugs
Well, it’s a game now…
Gaborik = innefective
Two things: how does a guy as great as Hank suck so bad when he’s gotta use the stick when he’s out of the net; and can someone whose played or coached or even sat on really good seat please explain what torts sees that makes him keep putting richie on the pp?
I think Bickel was the only Ranger that didn’t screw up on that goal.
LMAO Hed…..too bad I’m also not laughing
We need Hank to be big as hell n get 2 points no matter what
gaborik = impotent
GO RANGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Educator, that last question is the 64 million one
Thus far little or no physical response from the rangers on the Richards boarding
J.T. Miller has a lot of confidence lugging the puck.
Admiral, the 2 goals hasn’t been enough for you? Do we need to drop the gloves on a 5 minute PP? lol..
Nash is the man
>>gaborik = impotent
The MSG Spin: Gaborik needs to be more selfish.
A little too loose for my liking?...no?
Nash doing the Ranger dance the right way…..wow
Hank – it was McDonagh and Del Zotto who couldn’t stop the puck or Gerbe getting past them at the blueline. Forwards on the point not really the problem there.
4gens –
I was waiting for someone to remark about the 2 goals. No it’s not enough once you give up a shortie. The ranger power play, which is usually impotent, cannot be counted on to make opposing teams pay for dirty play.
Here comes a penalty
Once again, my watching the game affects the outcome. I went and walked the dog after Richards was felled (although I continued to listen to the radio broadcast on my phone). Boom! two goals. Got back inside just in time to see replays of the Gerbe shorthander (my phone was about two minutes behind the actual action, so I hadn’t heard it yet).
We need a goal so we can unleash The Bickel
Nasharama
If only Hagelin could have gaborik’s hands, we’d have a near perfect player
only question is do we lose in reg on late goal by stafford or in ot
Sabre rattling!
get the damn point which 1 tonight i wont be happy with we need 2
Are you kidding me?
Yep, I saw that hook.
Told ya about the penalty
Ub-Sir-D
Baloney call
you could see this coming
thats not a penalty
Also told ya we are going to need Hank
If Nash let the puck go, the penalty doesn’t get called.
at least henrik anticipated that pass and deflection
Hank needs to be big here
Ridiculous call. I wish someone would hit Bettman into the boards like they hit Richards.
I blame Eric and Doodie
Good kill!
Will the Sabres score before or after Sam remembers the Foxwoods plug?
Nash is beast
Sam did Foxwoods at the 7:00 mark
Have to find a way to get 2 points out of this
JT played well tonight
Impressed to see JT Miller on ice at this late stage in tie game…
Aw Byfuglien
girardi what the hell u doing
hahahahaahahahaahahah
Shades of the Detroit game…
what a play to save the game by dan g
dont say it, Carp.
He had time to skate it out
Tough way to lose a game…
JT Miller Time has been FANTASTIC tonight.
watch us lose in next 33 sec i know it
Maybe we’ll get to see Horseteeth in the shootout?
Go for the shortie
33 seconds in regulation tie game and loser fans do potvin sucks. clowns
Lotsa flying lumber
PK = 1 pt.
I think we need a new shipment of sticks.
Good solid point.
Byfuglien short handed goal.
OT
This “season” is driving me insane
not going to bed happy with one tonight
well at least the rangers get a point but Nash with the penalties at the worse time of the game.
Nash will get game winning breakaway out of the penalty box….......
admiral
solid point we let up a shorthanded goal on a major penalty. now we are just satisfied with getting a point. if thats the case we wont climb in standings
del zotto w the winner
This is just how Detroit ended…
Girardi.
There is NO way that’s a penalty.
Oh brother
Ok. Maybe it’s a penalty. But that is NOT a square hit to the back. Come on. Pansification.
need a miracle at this rate
yea he turned into that hit, but hard for them to see that at full speed.
It’s over! No Bettman point for Rangers tonight.
Nash looks like a beast in that penalty box – if he gets out, look out for him in this game
Last time I praise Girardi for not taking many penalties on here…
Hank!
Crowd sounds good right now. Snoozed through most of the game but are alive now.
This has just turned into a bizarre game
time for a short handed goal.
lol LW. u jinxed him
Buff should stop clock
Um…...........
back to a 4 on 3 now
Boyler on. Game over.
Yea. That’s NOT a penalty. (The Girardi play)
Holy mother of pearl…..
Buffalo very deliberate on this pp
This team is not making the playoffs. Just not happening.
Stepan is flying
Fug I thought that was good!
When is the next Charp?
Girardi
Doodie…..shhhhhhhhhhhhhh
thats a penalty
Random cross checking allowed now, i see.
These freaking OT rules are so nuts.
How is sliding directly into a guy legal?
This game will be ruined by a Bettman skillz competition
Lundqvist gonna get smoked in the shootout and none of our shooters will score, and that’s if we are even lucky enough not to get scored on in last 10, or on ourselves.
that wouldve been disgusting
thats what happens when you play a bball game in the afternoon and hockey at night.
That would have been bad…
Shootout
Nash getting paid by a buffalo bookie?
It’s carcillo time
Oh man. I thought the Circus was moving to Barclay’s center.
god i hate our chances
Pitbull!
FOCUS
The Bettman Skillz Competition!!
Focus
Doodie, are you channeling Eric?
Mama, was that “favorite name” line about me?
HEY GABBY IF YOU SHOOT DONT SLOW DOWN.
COME WITH SPEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Miller v. Lundqvist
Who brought their A game tonight?
I think we got this!
We should just let Hank take all 3 shots for us.
This game really should end in a tie.
Where is Christenson, Zuccareloo, Prucha?
blogmama
i try to be optimistic i just CANT be. this is the RANGERS. something always seems to go wrong
Bickel
Eminger
Birin for the SO
Sean….hahahaha! Yes…..:)
Pit bull!
Aside from Nash, I’d like to see JT get a chance at the Bettman skills competition. He had a great move last time out. Just couldn’t finish. Let him go.
If Pitbull can’t inspire a SO win, nothing can.
I don’t know, eric. Did you watch that Patrick Kane slowdance annoyance earlier today?
only chance we win shootout is 1-0. hank will have to be perfect
gabby is no kane manny
Just prior to the 2 PPGs I was going to make a joke about Sather needing to fire Tony Sparano as OC….and when Nash went down in the crease, all I could think of was Sanchez running into Moore’s butt and fumbling. It aint easy being green, I tell ya.
5-hole for Gaborik?
I don’t like our chances.
Pitbull. Bud Light. Pizswill.
Yes!!!!!!
Nashty
Nash!!!!!!!!!!
The Nash Monster continues….
Nash has some skills baby!!
Monster Nash!
yes. dont blow this lead henrik
Paging Hobbit Wizard
Rob Ray: Nash has a long body, long stick.
Me: (snorts endlessly)
Hank!!!!
Yes!!!!
Pominville is the captain? Did he collect the most box tops?
Calmly!!!!!!!!
WHAT???
Sick move by the captain.
yesssss
Cally!
SICK
Yesssssssssssssasaaaa!
Miller gets pantsed!!!!
Cally! With a new move!
Faked right out of his pants.
Hanky Panky
Callahan with patented move, lol
winner!!!!!!!!
Hank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Win!
That was another really good move. Lundqvist did really well there.
Find a way. Find a way.
Yessssssssasassssssassaaaaaaasss!
Here we go Olga!!!!!!
We won a skills competition! we’re good again!
Wow. Rangers tie game and prevail in the Bettman Skillz Competition!
OH BABY!
2 points. That 5 on 3 PK was tremendous.
Too bad Rangers had to gift them a point.
Shocked! Shocked I say
Hank thanks
....This may have been the game. Bring on Philthy!
Yep. And Hank helped some tonight. He is needed.
Hank was good in the 3rd, OT & SO!
Is there Brad Richards’ lower back as a star option?
Bickel got Jipped. He didn’t get his fistacuffs.
Stick salute!!!!!!!!!!
at the end of the day, one thing and one thing only matters, get the 2 points, the rangers got the two points.
Eric…uh…Eric…..you off the ceiling, yet??
Gotta beat the teams below you in the standings. :)
Nash is the Man.
This team has a lot of players. When they gel, they could be pretty good. It’s coming slowly.
Mrs. Manny just said something very similar, CT.
Now Nash gets a star! Bahaha! These writers are like a ball in high grass, lost!
Powe and Halpern and even Boyle on the PK did quite well. Staal, too.
Staal totally deserves a star of his own.
rangers win, bruins lose in regulation
Wendy’s!!!
Ennis almost Daugavinsed that one in.
RANGERS WIN RANGERS WIN RANGERS WIN!!!!
#1 Nash
who cares ‘bout the rest!!!
Well, our PP looked great for the 30 seconds Richards wasn’t on the point!!!! There’s hope.
Watch the tapes, Torts!!!!!
yessssssssssssssssss
Let me get this straight. We go down 2 men- can’t be a 4 on 2 in OT, so Sabres get to put extra (5th) man on ice, to make it a 5 on 3. So, that being said, their man advantage can end up being significantly longer than the original length of the penalty, should there be a long time before a whistle. Interesting, don’t recall seeing this before. Kind of unfair, no? At least with the coincidental penalties, neither team is at a disadvantage (manpower-wise), when waiting for a whistle after initial penalty time expires.
JT Miller did fine tonight, but Staal deserved a star for his PK play at the end of the game.
Tiki – Montreal comes back down 3-2 in Boston.
Prust fights Lucic….
Any coincidence???
damn wife comes in to talk during shootout almost threw out front door lol
Flyers next. You gotta beat the teams ahead of you in the standings. :)
Hank 2 goals against or less = victory
Thought Staal was pretty good even before the OT PK. McDonagh played like the 15th best US D-man.
Admiral, cool point!! Yet, Nasher wasn’t on the team then. Interesting, though.
Stupid and dangerous…., Sam & Joe??
Yea, LW, his demotion could be weighing on him. He had a rough game, agreed.
Trautwig calling Kaleta “stupid and dangerous”....
i said before winnipeg game we need 9 0f 12 pts 4-1-1
we have 4 of 6. need 5 of 6 next three
stepan played really well tonight.
Staal Wart! did you hear that shoutout from Giannone!
exhausting night and early morning….niters all…Yay!!! I’ll take it!
They just play 5-on-5 if there’s no stoppage before both penalties expire, Sean. No disadvantage.
No Duguay tonite? Is he out shooting some couches and drapes to make some new shirts?
Is that sarcasm, Mama? Or am I paranoid?
Which Ranger did Kaleta hit/hurt a few seasons back?
Staal saying Rangers were “pissed off” over Kaleta’s “cheap hit.”
Kaleta was stupid and dangerous long before anything he did tonight.
duguay only there road games
LW3H….You are obviously correct. Lack of sleep is a terrible thing. Good call.
Looking at the replay, looks like Ritchie had the wind knocked out of him.
I wonder if Sather had been able to look into the future and see what losing Prust/gaining Prust has done for the Rangers and Monteal, if he would have ponied up more money and retained Prust?
Paul Mara was most famously hurt by Kaleta. Doubt he’s the only one though.
Stepan strong tonight
Admiral, you saying Sather has crystal balls?
Somebody left the gate opennnnnnnnn
Sather can’t even see the present, with his head so far up his…
RICHARDS = star of the game
Funny that with him OFF the PP they score 2 goals right away, he trots back on the ice and zero….
Mrs. Manny reports that the Hit on Richards was as bad, and unwatchable, as the “Somebody left the gate open” commercial.
Suspendable? Probably. But watch Girardi get suspended instead…
Life is irony Dept.
richards goes out, we score 2 on pp, richards comes back on same pp, we cannot generate chances and they score SHG
Nash is a friggin Monster
the Gabby Ghost had a beautiful pass to him on both pp goals – that Step-on goals was a beat – tape to tape to tape
thought Boyle was more effective and Staal played best game of year
is that team tiny or what?
Kaleta will get the fine – Shana-ban will note that the player was NOT seriously injured on the play and returned to action, no suspension.
Kaleta is not a repeat offender and one of the cleanest players in the game next to Cooke.
a beauty, not beat
Papa – does Sather have any second thoughts about not retaining Prust? Is he worth Montreal’s money?
Sather doesn’t have crystal balls. He’s lucky he still has a job.
Dave Maloney get lumped up recently??!
Kaleta left the gate open
No vanes tonight kids. We got this!!
Wow vanek!
Is that a cut on Maloney’s head?
Is the Iron Sheik in the building?
Patrick Kaleta…..............a credit to NHL players everywhere.
A few observations from a game that wasn’t very exciting until the third period:
1) I left after OT. I really had no desire to watch another Human Puck Race…er…I mean BCATHE…
2) Steve Ott got thrown out of the faceoff circle twice consecutively in the first period. He’s probably the most aggressive guy in the faceoff circles in all of the NHL. If you don’t believe me, you could check out the game stats on NHL.com…
3) Nash’s 1st penalty wasn’t really a penalty.
4) When Richards went down, my fanship flashed before my eyes. Imagine if that was a career ending concussion? And, we were stuck with the cap hit for the next decade? This is why it is very important that the Rangers just cut ties with Richards this summer. You aren’t getting enough out of him to warrant that risk.
5) Anybody else notice that the Rangers had too many men on the ice in OT because Nash came out of the box when his penalty ended. It was a good 30 seconds and I’m sure the refs hadn’t noticed… The guy that opened the penalty box is a dope and should have realized it was OT…
Did Girardi get suspended yet?
I was a period behind on the DVR.
1) Nash is still a monster
2) Staal is way back
3) McD not looking so good
4) Richards hurt, PP comes through. Richards back, PP looks like Carcillo again. Glad he’s not hurt.
5) Thought Nash was gonna bash his face into the ice on the sliding block
6) Loved Cally faking the patented shoulder dip and then the deke
7) Kaleta is a Cooke…another guy that probably should be out of the league by now
Maloney cut himself shaving
I think Joe is going to cry talking about King Richard getting hurt
NYR, it wasn’t too many men in OT. They have to let it be a 5 on 4.
is Torts standing on the Manhattan phone book?
LMGerbeO @ #2 there, NYR.
NHL.COM
Carp – Ask Torts what it’s like living upstairs from Mr. & Mrs.Cunnigham. From the coolest Milwaukee bike mechanic to the coach of the NY Rangers
The OT rules are seriously insanity. How do they ever expect to get new fans? 4-on-4 unless a penalty then 4-on-3 and if the PK team takes another penalty then 5-on-3 and then the first guy leaves the box then 5-on-4 until the first whistle then 4-on-3 until the end of the penalty at which point 4-on-4.
I mean….really NHL? We can’t just have OLD TIME HOCKEY and ties?
you think Joe Micheletti has ever laughed in his entire life?
Nice to see the team get a bit pissed off, a little swagger, after Richie Rich got plastered. They need to check more. Get some swagger.
Agree Gravy. Kaleta is another complete moron that is being phased out of hockey, supposedly.
Manny – I was actually looking forward to seeing the 4 on 2
Don’t be surprised if Richards missed time. His last season with Dallas he missed time w a concussion that seemed to have people weary of him and his recovery. His head definitely took a nice shot when he went into the boards
OK, so Nash should have waited for a whistle to come out though, right?
I don’t thin they need pissed off swagger – we already know they can;t beat MOntreal at that game
They just need to score more and stop giving up so many odd man rushes
jshim – you forget that in the following video, when Shanaban suspends Girardi for his hit, he will note that injury is not always taken into account when determining a penalty.
given what a joke this league is, I fully expect Girardi to get suspended and Kaletta to avoid punishment
Wait, no….I’m so confused and I don’t care…
Bring back ties and 5-5 OT and enough with the Europansy stuff…
how was the ice after the KNick’s afternoon game?
SO, a quick look at the standings, and we are in 9th place with 3 games at hand on Philly, in 8th. We have games at hand on all but one team above us. We are fine. I am telling ya, we are fine.
Nash looks straight out of Crown Heights in the Broadway Hat…
Pit bull!!
NYR_“Fan”
You saw a guy go head/neck first into the low boards and your first thought was about the team’s payroll? Time for a reality check
Nash, the quintessential politician. nice things to say about everyone. And, all his goals are ‘lucky’.
Manny! Hilarious comment…. True – he is meshuggah!
VIBIN NYR. Bring back 5-on-5 OT and Ties. Amen.
Real Whalers Hockey!
He didn’t miss a shift, Llloyd…
yes, the big cover up is that NAsh was actually born Nosh
Nosher!
That’s funny, Fat Guy. Mrs. Manny actually made the comment and I told her your retort and she loved it.
Night guys. Vibe on, NYR.
OLD TIME HOCKEY
On a percentage basis, are the Islanders the best home run derby team in hockey history?
Our top 4 d-men have more points than Boyle. Ben Ferriero, in 4 games is tied with Boyle. Asham has the same amount of points as Boyle.
Think he wishes Prust was signed by Slather?
and you knew he was perfectly fine when he was flat on his back making sure he could still move his fingers and so your thoughts immediately went to the salary cap. well done.
wish that MSG showed more of the Prust / Lou Cheech fight.
I know these things don’t matter but Staal was pretty clearly the best player on the ice tonight. He didn’t get a star but J.T. Miller was the 2nd star. What?
JT deserved second star tonight. And, Cally deserved first star last game.
I think we all wish Sather resigned Prust…
I think Boyle wishes he never was concussed in the playoffs last year. He has not been the same player as before the injury.
JT MIller buried his face in poison ivy
No, actually. I was the one of few people in my section standing up to see if he was OK…
When he got up and skated off on his own power, I thought it could have have been way worse…so maybe my choice of words was wrong, OK…
And, he didn’t miss a shift…
If there is a bright side, it doesn’t seem to be Richards’ head that was causing him problems…just everything else. Of course, concussions don’t always have an immediate impact, as we’ve seen already.
JT Miller deserved 2nd star if Callahan, Lundqvist, Staal and Girardi weren’t actually playing tonight
Shanny’s brainstorm will be to mandate that players start wearing the airplane neck pillows during games
miller played good tonight but #2 star, get real.
staal was the best ranger on the ice by a ton.
mcbulldozer has been fairly average the last few games.
they did score 2 PP goals but they gave up a shorty when mcdonagh and mdz were knuckleheads.
great win…still need more scoring depth..boyle still 1 point on the season.. gabby can’t score with any of the other forwards, at some point it is him not his linemates…..
let’s be fair: McDonagh had a disastrous game
could be the worst game I’ve ever seen him have
Powe = Matthew Barnaby?
good report from Giannone on Ott and Richards
new post.
love that old post-goal siren that MSG stole from the old Cap Center