Game 23.
Senators at Rangers.
Ya boys on a four-game winning streak and can jump over the Devils and Senators and into the top six in the East with a regulation win tonight. 
They then begin a four-game road trip, and will play 16 of their final 25 on the road. (Can you believe there will be only 25 games left).
Brad Richards returns after missing two games with back/neck injuries from that assault by Buffalo’s Patrick Kaleta. He is on a 15-game goal drought.
Marc Staal (eye) remains sidelined indefinitely. Looks as if Brian Boyle might be scratched to keep Micheal Haley and Stu Bickel in the lineup.
Henrik Lundqvist starts in goal against Robin Lehner.
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506 Comments
LGR!!!! Let’s make it 5 in a row, boys!
Boyle is scratched? Healthy?
So a minimum of 3 worse forwards in while Boyle sits. Cool.
Boyles got the Neil flu?
IT
IS
TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, everybody skated in warmups (other than Staal and Asham).
Saw Manny and Mrs. Manny again. How awesome.
Manny got a deal on the seats. $18 roast beefs for everyone!
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT!!!!
Three periods of non stop Ranger hackey comming your way folks!!!!
LETS GO BOYS , lets make some NOISE!!!!
Lets gog gog gog og gog gog ggogogo!!!
LETS GO RANGERS LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!
not a trade, hedberg. He was in warmups.
LETS GO RANGERS!!!! LETS GO RANGERS!!!!!!
LETS do this AGAIN!!!!!
and again and again….
lets go lets go let s go lets go lets go lets go lest go!!!!!!!!
Boyler on snow duty tonight.
Was it just me, or did Duguay look like he had finally taken a shower last night?
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGERS!!!!
TIME TO SHINE!!!!
Richards is back!!!!! AWSOME!!!!
Big game !!!!
RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS RANGERS!!!!!!!!
Hairs bright and fluffy. Soave?
All this supposed blind favouritism towards Boyle by the coach manifests itself in strange ways this season.
Haley’s Comet. Get Chris and make him neil.
could of been seeing me Carp…
Don’t light a match near Polyester Ron tonight
yes manny got a deal on seats tonight. thank my brother in law who is stuck in detroit for work due to weather.
boyle odd man out tonight. thought bickel would be the guy little surprised
Stuck in Detroit…uuuuugghhhh.
It wasn’t just you, coos…I think he also forgot to take off his bathroom robe…
OMG! Becky’s not even hot!
torts probably didnt want to announce boyle scratch earlier to avoid media circus before game
I could of seen you Lev, for all intensive purposes.
I do wonder if they’re after Neil tonight.
WOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Gametime!!!!! Im superdeduper PUMPEDED!!!!!!
Love The Rangers !!!! Love ‘em!!!
LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO!!!!!!
Haley’s been on his best behaviour so far.
ilb’s MASH unit: In tents of care.
Kick neil’s assen all over the ice
Hasn’t realised how much Boyle’s faceoff winning % had increased so far this year. He’s running at 57.2%.
Stepan’s numbers are much improved too, plus Halpern is still above 56%.
Will Neil drop them with Haley?
Yes, Carp, I think they’ve had enough of him.
He won’t with Bickel, so it has to be Haley.
Did Joe Mich just say Ottawa’s players were injured with a terrible rash? Got too close to Asham last time?
Boyle will not score tonight.
But seriously, kudos to Torts for sratching the worst of the forwards last night.
Nash is some kinda player , sure glad we had a GM who could close the deal .
He may have to drop ‘em with both Haley and Bickel if this game becomes one-sided one way or another
The Senators have awful goaltending, don’t forget.
Just praying for Neil to receive his just desserts tonight!! Glad to see Hank back in there too…
very odd move scratching Boyle.
I do want but think as well, that Neil is a target tonight… Hopefully more than MDZ he really gets under Neil skin
Haley’s thinking if he kicks Neil’s arse he’ll get at least 5 more games. It’s gonna happen.
Micheletti tonight dressed courtesy of the Lord and Taylor Frank Nitti collection.
QUATTRO!!!!!
This games gonna be great!!!!
GO RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANGERS!!!!
lets gog gog og goggoo!!!!!
If Boyle doesn’t improve his play really soon, the next place he is going is on the waiver wire to clear cap space.
Papa bear winning formula… 2 or less Hank
No reason to move Stepan away from Nash
Methot also injured MDZ last game and was very physical
Ottawa’s coach looks like captain kangaroo
The Senators have awful goaltending, don’t forget.
Does 2 games from Lehner lead you to believe otherwise?
Neil is a power forward, Sam? Stu Bickel is a finesse defenseman than
If Boyle doesn’t improve his play really soon, the next place he is going is on the waiver wire to clear cap space.
Do you believe Boyle is capable of improving his play?
Alfie looks fast
You could see it coming. Very little energy. I dont understand breaking up the first line. Torts should bench himself for that one.
Hammer having problems early…. He fell n couldn’t get up before
No, Thom94…inside joke (again).
Thom94
No i really dont but i hope he does because he seems like a decent guy who really loves playing here.
Know we struggle with the ottawas at the garden but had no idea it’s 11-1-1
Need a staged or not staged tilt. Wake em up
coos:
“Where’s Nitti?”
“He’s in the car.”
love that line.
9 minutes, 1 shot on goal. Time to change the lines back, torts?
Enough padding on that backup goalie?
do you think the lack of traffic here tonight is affecting the Rangers?
wow terrible penalty
Dumb play followed by a dumb penalty.
Calling all Gabby haters
Torts won’t like that penalty
Perry wouldn’t of tripped him.
I guarantee it would have been 1-0 NY had Boyle dressed.
Carp it sad on the boards tonight. Let’s have a staged one
I am sorry! That was a great play followed by a smart penalty. Better?
What’s that, his third penalty this year? Killin’ us.
Im going to go and say that Gaborik will be benched.
Season over
Weak goal.
Lol… SUPERSTAR!!!
Looks like all the traffic is in front of our net tonight..
That was fast!
His first goal in the first period!
Goalie fanned on that one.
And there you have it. The star of he team said it is time to wake them the f up
7-6 tonite
Lucky bounces even.
And it was the first perod, not the third. Good going Nasher!
3 bad goals???
What radio station is kenny on?? My son is about to smash my tv listening to Joe and sam
Del Zotto with a good pass on the goal, then takes out Neil along the wall on next shift.
Trade Nash
The coaching was really bad on the Ottawa goals but it was better coaching on the Nash goal.
not a chance you could blame that first goal on Lundqvist.
Fighting it tonight
Linesmen are a joke for letting that go.
There’s your energy
Nice job by Haley
Instigating with a shield?
Neil feeling relieved.
Big hit then eat some knuckles love it
Did he leave his feet?
You don’t think he should’ve anticipated the deflection and three foot bounce, Carp?
should be instigator for Haley
Philips should be the instigator, no?
Why is that Carp?
Waking up?
Nice warmup bout for Haley
I’ll take Phillips for Haley, eh
I’d do a horrible haiku if it weren’t so horrible
Shield says Torts
Should be instigator for Phillips not Haley, Carp. And it is. yay.
wow. I don’t agree with that call at all.
Good calls I guess
Charging? What a joke!! And Phillips instigated that .
The ref in the corner never called the charge
Just caught the replay of the 2nd Ottawa goal and saw just-as-good-or-better Halpern was on the PK. That’s cool.
Don’t you have to drop your gloves and, you know, fight, to be the instigator?
Only thing wrong with that call is giving Phillips 10 extra minutes. Either give both 10 or neither. Id give neither.
What’s not to like we deserved a PP and Ottawa got another 10 come on Carp… Let’s drop em
It looks like a stampede in the seats.
Phillips didn’t even drop his gloves, Czech. There’s not a chance he should have been the instigator, and they weren’t going to call charging until the fight broke out, probably because htey didn’t want a four-minute PP to come out of that.
Yeah, Haley had his gloves off before Phillips there, even if Phillips was the one who confronted him first.
Fourth line draws another penalty…
the 10 is automatic for the instigator.
>>should be instigator for Haley
Really? He didn’t start the fight. I don’t know why he’s even getting two minutes for charging; the referee never called a penalty before the fight.
He’s got a shield on after a big hit? What was he going to do kiss him with his gloves on? Good calls
Fight doesnt happen without Phillips going after Haley.
Phillips didn’t fight.
Actually, Phillips was coming right at Haley to fight him, it was obvious.
And Haley might’ve left his feet a bit, but it wasn’t high or dangerous at all, so good calls all round there.
Was the baby up at hank’s house last night?
Philips jumped Haley because of Haley’s hit on the other Senator. Instigator.
Neil feeling braver with Haley off
but he didn’t fight him, Czech.
Carp right about the 4 min they didn’t want. Wrong on the instigating he made a bee line to Haley after a big hit and engaged….. Badly
You can’t call instigator for confronting somebody. That’s a horrible call. Also a bad job by the linesmen to let a minor-league goon beat up a non-fighter.
Lundqvist musta been told hes going tonight although biron was scheduled. He’s fighting it
didn’t fight, Hedberg. Can’t be an instigator.
Carp good calls all around it’s unanimous ..move on.
Uhh I think Tetris blocks are falling at Madison Square Garden
Sidenote: everyone is suggesting that everyone wear a visor but when something like this happens (player coming to defense of teammate) and you get an instigator you can get thrown out of a game or at least a huge part of it.
You can’t call instigator for confronting somebody.
Occurs all the time
bad calls all around. You move on.
I knew it… It’s always about Dislike for Haley.
Well then..
King Richard !!!!!
Carp
So Haley is supposed to wait until Phillips hits him in the face before he defends himself? It was obvious what phillips was going to do.
This wouldn’t have anything to do with your dislike towards Haley, would it?
Oh and great goal!
Absolute gift from the refs—can Rangers capitalize?
And guess who’s baaaaack?
Welcome back Mr Richards !!!
Perhaps that injury gave him New Life? 2-2.
Philips did not fight Haley? Were you watching the same game?
Richards is back.
Horse Teeth!
YES YES YES!!! HAGS TO RICHIE!!!
I want more of that!!!
Stinger!!!
Zac Smith with an ineffective back check on that one, eh?
Just screwing with you Carp! 7-6 tonite
I think Gonchar is still skating trying to catch Hagelin
Yes Sam that timeout sure helped. Went down 2-0 after it.
What a snipe! Guy’s wearing Richards’ number—who he?
Thom, how simple is it. Phillips didn’t drop his gloves. Haley attacked him. Ridiculous.
Also, I don’t know why Torts broke up Stepan and Hagelin.
Why did Phillips get in Haley’s face if he didn’t intend to fight? He got what he deserved.
Czech, don’t be like that. I’m done with this topic because you guys are blinded by your emotions.
Say what u want but Haley gave them a lift
The instigator was obviously the right call. Didn’t fighting with a visor used to be a game misconduct? When did that change?
lmao at that guy mugging behind al
He got in Haley’s face because he’s a good teammate and that’s what you want a teammate to do in that situation, get in somebody’s grill. But if he intended to fight, he would have dropped his gloves. And if he didn’t drop his gloves until Haley threw about dozen punches, then he can’t be the instigator. Bad call.
Still think it was weak, but as Dave Lozo just tweeted, the instigator rule doesn’t just cover gloves dropping first. Rather comically, it includes criteria such as distance travelled, menacing attitude or posture and conduct in retaliation to a prior game (or season) incident.
Can’t believe that last one has ever been used as justification for an instigator call.
No fighting with a visor was never ever a misconduct of any kind. instigating with a shield is a four-minute minor. Has been for a long time.
Carp hates Haley? Since when? I remember him saying he hopes Haley gets a few more games to prove himself and being impressed with his skating.
Ye I 100% disagree Carp. If Bickel and whoever he was trying to get to fight would have fought during the Haley-Phillips thing then Bickel would have deserved the instigator there. Dont know what you were watching there. Im assuming this will be point number 1 tomorrow morning though.
Carp
Please don’t be offended. I didn’t mean the question that way. Honestly. Phillips was clearly coming over to Haley to fight him. The thing hats bad about hat is that it was a clean hit Haley delivered and that charging call was bogus. Bottom line though is Haley did his job there.
Was that Gaborik in full flight in last 30 seconds? Man, if he gets back to flying like he used to, add that to his good shooting… bring on the streak!
Maybe impressed was the wrong word…..happily enticed? Surprisingly ambivalent?
the rangers got there legs last 10 mins of first. should have known be flat at beginning after last night
Woken up
BOyle sitting wow. As much as i dislike his play, he is better then Torts buddy Bickell. Not even close…
Not sure on that but that is a minor issue.
nice shot by richards, shockingly good shot.
rangers forecheck well they win this game if they don’t who knows….
Justification. Haley is justified to take the necessary steps to prevent an Assault. He had reasonable cause to believe he was about to be Assaulted.
WTB? Seriously Al?
It’s all about this fairly new phenomena after every hard NHL hit somebody thinks they have to run to a teammates defense. Imagine this going on when Barry Beck was bouncing guys into the 4th row at MSG. He went after Haley WITH a visor and Haley was ready and willing first. Good calls not emotions from me.
Carp, I don’t get emotional over these sorts of things; I’m only speaking from experience. I’ve had players charge me on the football pitch after a hard tackle. I usually stop them in their tracks with a chop to the throat; I can’t afford to wait to find out their intent.
I’m sure everybody in the building, including the officials and Haley, thought Phillips intent was to fight him. But he didn’t fight until after Haley dropped his gloves and started throwing them. That’s all I’m saying.
And the officials should never have let a legitimate non-fighter take a Dale Rolfing from a goon like Haley.
I still think Haley left his feet on the original hit. But that was 100% instigating on Phillips. Stupid rule in this case that that gets him an extra 10 though.
Manny
Maybe the numerous times Carp referred to Haley as a clown in our discussions about him gave some of us a clue? But Carp can like or dislike whoever he wants, its his opinion and thats that.
the rule is automatic. 2+5+10. Instigator call has to have some teeth to it.
That Richards shot was amazing by the way.
And the officials should never have let a legitimate non-fighter take a Dale Rolfing from a goon like Haley.
So basically if Girardi stepped in for Gaborik against Carcillo when he had the chance the officials shouldnt have let that continue?
well, I would have been OK with it, and I’m sure Haley would have been OK with it, if they called five each for fighting, no instigator, no charging (which was ridiculous).
Can’t hold it against Haley because he beat Phillips to the punch.
The officials should never ever have allowed Carcillo to do that to Gaborik, either.
Beninati!
I get that it’s automatic, just dont agree with it. Anyways….didnt really notice Neil that period.
that’s fine, Papa. But Phillips shouldn’t get the instigator.
Officials also shouldn’t let guys antagonize other guys after clean hits. In fact, they should make use of rules in the official NHL rule book to penalize people who… what’s the word… start? begin? initiate?... a fight.
I noticed Neil a lot. But I’m in attendance and a lot of his stuff goes on away from the puck. And of course, they’re not allowed to call anything on him.
Carp
Phillips is not a goon but he can certainly fight. He has done so enough times and very well I might add. Carcillo on the other hand started punching a player who may not have a single fight in his life in Gabby. I dont think you can compare.
Carp, I agree, no instigator.
I didn’t bring that up, somebody else did. And Phillips hasn’t had a fight in years, and still hasn’t.
If Neil had hit Hagelin like that, you’d want somebody to get in his face, right?
Philips was sticking up for his teammate yes Carp he was…did he drop his gloves to fight first..no but the refs have seen this a million times and everyone in the rink knew what was on philips mind. Haley being a pro wrongfully dropped his gloves first but in his defense Philips didn’t go after Haley to play patty cake. He was going there to fight Haley and even the Ottawa announcers on my TV said Philips say the hit and came to the aid of his teamate. He didnt drop his gloves because he waited for haley( smart move by Philips) but the ref saw through Philips move and got him anyways.
Anybody interested in the hockey? It’s like teenagers here—he started it, no, he started it… Who the hell cares? I mean, good luck that Phillips is out, but more goals than them, please.
(Apologies to any actual teenagers)
The guy in Skechers chasing the cheater must be Grabner
saw* not say
Ok boys let’s get another two here and put Mr Neil to bed
Norm, do you want to see my I.D.? :)
Did GregZzZz just correct a spelling mistake? I’ve seen it all now.
Yeah neil you moron, thats a goal.
Just because you’re sticking up for your teammate doesn’t mean you suddenly become immune to the rules. I’d hope the Rangers would stick up for each other in situations like that, but if one of them changed directions and charged head on to start a fight I’d hardly be surprised that they got called for it.
Nice veteran penalty there by Hammerlik
Roman n Gonchar grumpy old men
I’m blacked out on the game but I know it was a great call. Go refs!
The coaching has tailed off a bit to start this period.
We interrupt the “he said, she said” posts with some hockey chatter. LGR
If Neil had hit Hagelin like that, you’d want somebody to get in his face, right?
Yes….. and that would be an instigator penalty for the Gers if it turned into a fight.
And I am admitting I am wrong about the instigator given what Lozo tweeted. It did meet those criteria.
Completely different team than the one that played the first half of the first period.
Remember boards were dead until Haley
NOW that’s what I like!!!! Nash take a line change while we have the puck deep in THERE zone!!! Gaborik come over the boards and is in the attack zone right away!!!! Great unselfish SMART line change WTG BIG GUY!!!
Carp, ur a good man n ur right about Torts, MDZ, Gabby, Haley, Muckler, Cally, Hank n most stuff on most nights! Sucking up but true. Maybe off on BB but I don’t want to start tonight on that one.
Mikalyck the Rockette.
3 minute discussion about how Spezza will help Turris when he returns. Anyone know when the Rangers announcers are back on?
I’m not defending Boyle until/if he starts playing way, way better than he has. But I still think he’s better than Pyatt, Halpern, Powe and Bickel/Asham/Haley. He’s just played like crap this year.
What a shift by Miller.
fun game
Richards is skating well. Any chance Duguay attributes it to him hitting his head against the boards the other day?
Neil just slashed Haley behind the play. No penalty. Of course.
Duguay thinks it was the best thing that ever happened to him. Same with Staal and Sauer.
AGAIN , another line change by Nash while were in the offensive zone!!!
Thats how the great Russians did it Makarov Krutov and Larionov!!! WTG NASH!!
Great two-way game right now—Torts must be hating it… Yep, there’s Bickel!
LGRs
Nash has been rather quite tonight, no?
What the hell is with them playing the NYR Victory Song before we win? This is about the third time I’ve heard it this season.
I say Haley’s better than Boyler, unless he doesn’t kick the tar out of Neil. In that case, I’ll say Boyler is better.
Boyle will be back , Carp is just punishing him for playing like an idiot and a pansy. Boyle on some nights can be the best Ranger untill Nash showed up. Boyle lately has taken his spot for granted , Torts will make him pay and he will be back. Boyles a 3rd line center.
Boyle must be sick, mouthed off… something, please, to explain. He’s not going well, but he can win a face-off, make the occasional play. So hard watching the goons play with him out.
Torts* not Carp hahaa oops.
they play that song when they show the old-time Rangers. It was Stemmer tonight.
Carp not sure about BB over Powe am I nuts? Close
again, not talking about this Boyle. Talking about the player he’s supposed to be.
Nice tackle there right in front of the ref, no call
they play that song when they show the old-time Rangers.
Do they play it on every Hamrlik shift too now?
Carp glad to see you survived the meetings marathon . Perhaps you could leave a real estate pamphlet by Miller’s locker after the game? He’s gonna need a place with the way he’s playing
Anyone else think Hagelin is overhandling the puck tonight?
No hook on Hags behind the net?
Dick Vitale is almost as annoying as Doc Emrick
Thanks, Carp. Just think it’s a portend of doom.
will do. thanks dc.
Who gives a crap about Chris Phillips?
My eyes hurt watching Bickel try to play wing.
Pyatt is so slow he couldn’t catch a cold
Carp got a ticket for you in a box Sunday if you want?
Latona, they did it for the last couple of home games and won those. ... so …
I think Hagelin overhandling the puck to Latona . He probally upset Nash isn’t passing to him much. I saw Nash look by him a few times.
Turris=Ricky Middleton
Nice move by Turris ..wow
GO RAAAAAAAAANGERS!!!!
LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO!!!!
in D.C., Hedberg?
Stralman needs some D 101 there. Terrible gap.
Stralman will play remaining period minus his shorts
That could’ve been 3 hooking calls against Ottawa
Fair to say 1-on-1 defending isn’t the strongest part of Strawlman’s game. Gets beaten like that quite a bit.
Should be a fun 3rd period.
>>That could’ve been 3 hooking calls against Ottawa
Thank you! Also, Hagelin is being hooked and held all night long, but no calls.
Always liked Alfie.
first mistake in 3rd who makes it. final will be 3-2 has that feel
Don’t worry, Carp. They’re simply summands which will eventually be summed in triple OT of the Stanley Cup Finals when Rozsival has the puck on his stick.
Pit bull!
Calling Mr.Nash for the 3rd
the Sens D has been playing one glove off all night behind goal esp on Hags w/ no calls – make up on Philip’s obvious penalty ;-)
Carp, yes
Where’s Miller staying, the Second Avenue Homeless Shelter?
What time is it boys and girls!!????
Who listens to Dick Vatale? Cuckoo’s Nest Inmates?
Who listens to Dick Vitale? Ken Kesey Oregon State Psychiatric patients?
Jaysus! What’s the bad word, ‘Who’?
naa naa naa
NASH TIME!!!!!
No pressure on the big guy BUT it is HIS TIMEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
LETS GO NASH LETS GO CALLY LETS GO STEPAN!!!!!!
LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO!!!! Big time period comming up folks !! Grab your hat put the kids to bed , kiss the wifey and put out the cat!!! CUZ its NASH TIMEEE!!!!!
Duguay sometimes thinks he can be a hockey analyst too…but nah.
2 innocuous comments awaiting moderation. Faggettt about it.
no pressure on Nash now..
Did he say Yashin?
Doogie looking extra wrinkly tonight
Duguay just said Yashim was brought in to fill the role of Brandon Prust. Who is Yashim? Anyone know?
There it is Carp, the Trautwig/Duguay confirmation that the rest did Richards some good.
I have to say that Yashim guy at RW has played well tonight. Really good on the PK.
Duguay should’ve worn helmet back in his days. Could’ve had less hair perhaps, but certainly more gyri left
Yes, everyone should get hurt.
Coos you on the watch list?
He didn’t have much to scramble.
Great pass by Gabby
Out of the darkness, stood one man. A man of heroic actions. A Greek god.
His name? Rick Nash. And he will win this game
who is he talking about? any idea?
Sauer should be a Hall of Fame candidate when he comes back.
Sam is going to start chanting at the 11 minute mark.
did MSG catch that incident with Nash and Neil?
Have they done the Alfie Sucks chant tonight? He does seem like a true professional, but I liked it.
We are goin to score on this fish
They just showed the replay Carp.
Where’s. the Haley Comet?
Counting flowers on the wall
That don’t bother me at all
Playing solitaire till dawn with a deck of 51
Smoking cigarettes and watching
The senators coach
Now don’t tell me
I’ve nothing to do
Yes on neil
I wonder what Hagelin’s lung capacity is?
Duguay is pretty
Good shift
Nash will score in the 3rd
Highway robbery!
Great save.
Nice pick off by the Capt.
how many chances are step an unable to bury? cmon…
I see a lot of dead people
- E3 :)
There it was for Stepan.
No Alfie chants.
When Stepan starts burying those types of chances, we can really start talking about him being a 1A C
Will he score before or after The Foxwoods Final 5….E3
Not really sure what else Stepan could have done there…sometimes you have to credit the goalie.
Hi dc
Gravy, Gaborik nets 10 out of 10 from there
Hawks 1-0 over Avs
Neil’s really after Hagelin the last few shifts. Where’s Haley now? Well, I know where he is.
Yeah, but he elevated it and didn’t shoot it back into the goalie. It was a great save.
I like Haley – he has been very physical and hasn’t hurt the team at all.
Torts wouldn’t play him if he was going to goon it up all night.
Would love to see Neil challenge Bockel like that
What is an Alfie chant?
Neil can bite my islander’s owner
they just did the Alfie sucks chant. Not very loudly.
Chicago 1 Col 0
Toews.
He said islander’s owner
Tays scored for the hawks
Lets go rangers
The same fans that chanted We Want Avery i assume.
Chicago would lose against the Rangers …easy game for Hank , Nash and Co.
Can Cally stop grabbing guys with the right arm?
Slash
We are going to win this… I feel it
as long as it’s in regulation, E3.
Great job. Two hander across Gabby’s arms in front of the ref. yeah great job.
We want Avery!!!
Do you look as stupid as you sound?
Hank no glove love – saved by Xbar
I do, Olga.
Ricardo – yes prefer the sens to get no points – rangers 2 pts
Hamrlik being run out of town by the coach already.
Oh, I think you sound MUCH better, Carp…
I am devilishly handsome
This game is getting nice and nasty. Too bad these Rangers aren’t last year’s Rangers.
You giving Chicago UPDATES is very stupid.
Hagelin wasn’t that type of player either, but, you know, three games.
Carp, think they responding much better as a team in this one.
Greg – hawks still lead 1-0
Where is Girardi?
Neil just hammered Hagelin again, then speared him on the way to the bench.
Peter Penguin aka Dan Girardi looking tired this period
I can tell when you’re stupid, greg. You start to type.
Hi glove side with no cover in front…
wow…crap.
Wonder is the back to backs is catching up to them.
well, Happy Birthday Manny…
Chasing
Bad play by Stepan there. Didn’t get the puck deep and didn’t change when he was tired.
Looks like last years playoffs, Rangers collapsing in d zone
Del Zotto forgot where he was there.
It was coming—Senators are a GOOD team.
Last 10 minutes ALL Ottawa.
You knew that was coming.
some team looks tired…
ps…its not the sens
Looking a little gassed
Mdz with a little wave there.
Fatigue
It looks like the 2nd of back-to-back games has the rangers tired here in the third period.
Two tough games.
Dam , Rangers look tired.
Gotta dig deep.
Don’t see it tonight hope I’m wrong. Empty net piss me off night
Rangers had a chance to win this game when Gaborik made that beautiful pass to Stepan. Simple as that. If that was Gaborik or Nash or even Callahan receiving that pass the puck goes in.
Marc Anthony apparently does a lot of stuff with his hands when he’s singing.
this freaking team was on fumes the last half of 3rd period.
got to bear down there and force ot.
christ a freaking goal with under 5 mins left hurts
god dammit
Sens a good team minus top center and Norris DMan
Doesn’t happen often, but out-goalied tonight, so far.
Second game of back to back. Gers looking tired towards the end.
PP Goal. Chi-Col tied up.
So Torts wanted to grind this period because he didnt want to trade chances against an inferior opponent with a vastly inferior goalie and defense. Keep grinding Torts, soon you will grind your way out of a job.
we played least amount of games this year. but we cant win them all. especially against the all might senators at home
I sense a game tying goal.
No legs.
At least get some shots on Ottawa.
This stinks
agree czech
Also, great job Torts putting the first line back together with two minutes left.
what a goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m going to be controversial and say this last 10 minutes has not been very good by the Rangers.
just practicing
Fight fight fight.
lw- very brave my man
Ugh.
oh Olga , sure sure I mayyy sound stupid when I type thats because im not a fake. I’m real . I don’t try to be someone im not. I don’t come on here like you do and starts stuff with a fake name. You seem scared of you own identiy , sad .Very sad . Your too scared to talk behind your own name . Anyone can be all yappy when there hiding behind a name that should be banned.
Rangers too tired to finish BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Going wide anyway
12-9-2. domination baby
im sorry this stings when you lose a game late like this
They better go straight home to sleep and rest up for early Sunday game…
I’m going to be controversial and say this last 10 minutes has not been very good by the Rangers.
Is this sarcasm?
bear down and get a freaking point
rather have been blown out
I never said you were a fake, greg. I know you’re genuinely stupid. Be proud of it.
Send Haley down. No payoff on the Neil bounty
Is this sarcasm?
these non points may be the difference between a playoff spot and … hold on, (bites into a slice of papa dru’s pizza)
Oh poop – well on to Washington and let’s win there
Inferior team? Inferior goalie? The Senators are fast, young, have had good goaltending all year and are, uh, ahead in the standings. They were better than the Rangers tonight, and better on the season so far. Rangers were good but not as good as the other team.
lol olga, cmon dont kick an injured animal
What the update in the Chicago game??????? COME ON OLGA do your job!!!!!!
COME ON OLGA , WHATS THE SCORE!!!????
IVE been dying to hear the score of the Blackhawk game!!!!!
OOOHHH please OLGA I DONT HAVE CABLEEEEE , plzz plzzz tel me the score every 5 minutes.
Is this sarcasm?
I will take that as a yes.
no excuse norm. no spezza, no karlsson, no anderson, no philips for half a game. its just not acceptable for a team with our caliber of talent
WBM©
1) Boyle
2) Bickel
3) Haley
4) Stepan
5) Gaborik
ilb – you’re right – no legs left at the end.
The score is Greg = zero
i dont give a crap that we played last night. have to beat them and win against an injury depleted team at home.
Last night’s game showed up in the 3rd period. Forwards were gassed the last 12 minutes.
have had good goaltending all year
They have played less than 30 games. Their goaltending should not be lauded for less than 30 games. Consider also much of their good goaltending came from Craig Andersen.
More like swatting a fly, Grabby
ohh god. the worst part of this loss is now were gonna see al the boyle lovers lobbying his return for sunday.
3 Stars
#1 OLGA ( for telling us the score on the blackhawks game every 5 min)
#2 OLGA ( For always saying to fire the GM whom got Nash..dumb)
#3 OLGA ( For getting away with swearing in its name)
Greg – is ZzZz GL your real name? Is that Irish?
Norm
Your coach jumbled the lines, especially the first line causing a disruption in the offensive flow and momentum that was built up the last several games. Part of the reason they are ahead is because they played two more games than us and that Torts continues to grind with a team that has few grinders. Do you doubt that we have better goaltending, defense and offense than Ottawa? We should have traded chances with them tonight, we would have won going away.
when eminger is getting shifts with under 10 min in tie game in 3rd per we desperrately miss staal tonight especiallly with hamilik not in shape
well, you can’t win them all, especially after last night.
btu for a team with as many offensively talented guys, the Rangers convert the lowest % of their scoring opportunities (I know, hard to quantify) of any team in NHL history. Stepan’s agent should work a clause into his next contract that he gets paid by the number of times he is set-up beautifully and DOESN’T score…he’d be a rich man..all day long he’d bee dee bee dee dum
Little Alfie looked 22 out there tonight.
Carp and other beat writers adjusting visors before tortorella interview .
Doesn’t excuse that third period, but the Senators have still been a good team even with all the injuries. It’s not like every other team has been pounding them.
Torts shortened the bench last night – played 2 lines – caught up to them tonight / they were gassed in the 3rd
I don’t know if anyone has said this yet, but I guess Lenner is good advertisement for Lundqvist’s goalie camp
Grabby
Not for nothing,but I would rather have Boyle in the lineup over Bickel any day of the week. And I think Boyle has sucked big time this year.
Carp, read the blog all the time but I usually don’t comment, but rangers lack of grit forces me to. Hank got sprayed and bumped all night and the rangers do nothing. A couple of pushes to silferberg after his spray but that’s it. Serves them right that he scores the game winning goal. He should have gotten dumped or dropped. A team that can’t stand up for themselves will go nowhere and I haven’t seen any of that type of grit all year
Eminger wasn’t on for the 3rd goal. Girardi and MDZ
Think we might be a little oversold on our caliber of talent. Our caliber of salary, perhaps, and pedigree, but the Senators played better hockey when it counted, and their goalie has been waiting in the wings a while now, showed his stuff. Our caliber of talent includes Stu Bickel, remember, who tries like hell but has no business being in the NHL.
But I predict a big win Sunday
Mike, more jam required???
Czech, are the Rangers both not a team of grinders and one with seven fourth line forwards?
I love Stepan, and I know it takes talent just just get into good position to score, but he’s really got to start hammering some of those hime if he, and the team, wants to go to the next level. Every game alone in front and shoots it into the pads or puck dribbles off his stick or something. He should bend down and ask the puck why it doesn;t want to just go home
Actually eddie eddie eddie it’s Saskamoosinian french style. weird huh?
WHATS THE SCORE OLGA!!!!!!!!?????
COME ON !!!
TELL US PLEASE!!!!!
NO CABLE OVER HERE and we just got our internet cut off!!!!!!!!
Pyatt so slow he make no vowels dman look like Grabner
Steps got the dribbles.
boyle over bickel any day of the week bottom line both suck and boyle wouldnt have mad difference either.
i have a much diff outlook on this game if we lose in ot. late goal cant happen like that. its deflating
Sens controlled neutral zone, were a Step behind all game
seemed like they were in our mug all night
how did pp do with bucky back?
even the goals were one timers –
little offensive push in 3rd
Again, not excusing tonight, but the bench wasn’t really shortened much last night, until the last 10 minutes and Eminger and Hamrlik played 15 minutes each, which is way above what the bottom pair has been getting all season.
And I’d love to have seen the comments if the coach had been sending Bickel and Haley out for regular shifts in the third period when 1-0 down.
especailly with 4 game roadtrip coming up. you needed pts tonight
Oh come on boys grit shmit. The Rangers came out in the third and threw everything they had at them and after that, second game in 2 nights and 3rd in 4 and they were totally gassed and Ottawa took it to them. They missed Staal, and they still need more depth at forward. I actually thought Haley was pretty good, better than Bickel.
Duguay with the dual shirt /pajama top working tonight for a quick change when he hits the hay.
I agree that Torts is married to the grind when he doesn’t need to be. He’s got the best breakaway goalie in the league, or one of them anyway, and our best forwards are our fast forwards. Del Zotto can fly as well, as he did tonight. I would love to see him trade chances, but it’s not in his coaching DNA, and he sees grinders where I see flyers. He was successful with it with last year’s overachieving group, but that’s not this year’s group. That two-way hockey in the second was great, and the Rangers looked more dangerous I thought.
oh, I almost forgot – we lost because of the 4th line, NOT
a line which drew another penalty tonite…
LW, why do you think they ran out of gas?
Would the defense please stop backing up? And Sam and Joe, after Gaborik takes wicked, obvious,nasty slash, “Officials doing a fine job tonight, Joe.” “Yes, they are, Sam” Gimme a break, por favor.
Geico Pig, you’re such a pig.
Lw3h
Hags – Stepan-Nash
Cally- Miller- Gabby
Kreider-Richards-Pyatt
Powe-Boyle-Haley/Asham etc..
Those should be your forwards. Lines of course will be different every night with the Torts changing wheel of fortune.
Couldn’t agree with Eric more. Bickel is a waste. He’s like a pylon with skates that gets a penalty every third shift. Also, not necessarily jam. Just a bunch of guys willing to stand up for each other. You trade for bash always but rangers miss guys like Proust and Dubi who would drop the gloves, fire up the team and create that tough identity
It looked like to me that the boys were beat after the playing last night and the mad rush start of the third I think they were wooped. They basicly did nothing after the heavy presure start of the third. Were OK yet, come end if the season you got to win that one. GO RANGERS
Lw – do you ever agree with anybody? Are you always so contrarian?
*nash
Not getting enough minutes out of the fourth line and bottom pair generally is still an issue, PB. Just pointing out that the allocation of TOI last night wasn’t indicative of the bench being shortened any more than normal.
And 1-0 down in the last 10 minutes is precisely when you have to shorten the bench.
Eddie eddie eddie eeddie do you always start things? Are you the 3rd of your kind?
Colorado scores. Col up by 1.
Proust never dropped the gloves. He was too busy dipping madeleines into his tea.
Senators own MSG. Do land should change the arena name to Roman Coliseum. That night fire up Hamr too
The 2nd period today and the 2nd game we played against Tampa (in Tampa i believe) were probably the most exciting 4 periods of hockey of the year. They were unique in the sense that the game was wide open. Back and forth chances. Breakaways and odd-man rushes. We have one of the best goalies in the league. A top 10 at the very least defense. I think the system can be changed a bit. Havent seen much of safe is death.
We win this game if Stepan scores on that pass.
3-1 Lanche. Time for the Hawks to get going…
Lw – do you ever agree with anybody? Are you always so contrarian?
That is how it appears.
WOW …seriously?
Spent tonight’s game with a Hawks fan(no, not Atlanta, dumasses). He said biggest difference between last year and this is their pk. I told him us too
Last night they won – great effort – but the bench was shortened. The rangers gave a good effort tonight – but obviously were tired in the third.. Win on Sunday and all is good!
Anuther update!!!???? Thanks alot OLGA!!!!!
Thanks very much!!! I appreashhhh!!! Werd up!!! That amazing how you think people care.
Er, I agree most of the third period sucked, Eddie, if that helps.
Not really anything to do with disagreement. Referring to factual information about TOI isn’t opinion.
Is that a bong over his right shoulder?
Hawks don’t bang, play fancy like old Russian Army teams. In playoffs, should catch up to them.
Norm
Totally agree. In the second, we dominated because we played an up tempo attacking style. In fact, we dominated from the second half of the first through the second playing that way. At the beginning of the third, John G said that Torts wanted to grind the rest of the game because we were trading chances with them and that we cant do that against them. Total nonsense.
Lw3h
Those forwards dont grind, they can play puck possesion and can be tough when needed but they dont grind.
Top 2 lines couldn’t get out of our d zone for most of the last 10-12 minutes. They were gassed. Jelly leg and burning lung. It happens.
Greg – what am I starting? You said Olga hides behind his name and that your screen name is your real name. I merely asked if ZzZz was Irish.
_@AGrossRecord: Torts not happy with how Rangers defended under the hashmarks. “We weren’t hard enough.”_
Team hits leader, despite missing 3 games, in the press box.
Said it at the start, don’t understand moving Stepan away from Nash & Hagelin.
Why Irish trips e?
boyle lovers hasnt had a goal since concussed by neil
Eddie thinks ZzZz is Gaelic spelling for Smith.
Maloney on radio said the rangers shortened their bench with about 12 minutes left last night. It had to have some impact on their legs tonight. Not looking to make excuses. Seems like a reasonable statement to me.
ZzZz. That’s got to be the last name in the phone book. Or in Saskatchewan… third.
Col 4 Chi 1
Boyle in the press box is not why we lost tonight. His absence had as much impact tonight as Duguay’s absence. He simply cannot play right now for whatever reason, so he belongs in the press box.
By the way, every team has a bunch of back to back games. They had enough rest when they were half the reason for a ridiculous lockout.
Bring up Kreider just for third periods of second back to backs.
Plenty of time for the Black Hawks.
Maybe ZzZz is Tanzanian
Tried it earlier, daytime crew didn’t agree. Top 2 lines had 15 of 19 shifts in 3rd pd last night. Sounds real reasonable.
Ooh, just watched the replay of the last goal—you know, so I can get some sleep. Nobody is going to be happy with what they did when they see it: Stepan late to his point, ‘qvist coughing up a bad rebound and not following it to his near post, and worst of all Del Zotto discarding Silfver, having stuck with him for the whole play. At least Girardi didn’t try to help by diving at the puck face-first this time. Need him.
Eddiee eddiee eddieee edddiee I knew ya were joking and I thought it was funny .
I was just jokin with ya about what I said . I wasn’t being sarcastic to you just to OLGA ,
WHATS THE SCORE OLGA!!??? 4 – 1 !!?? That can’t be right!!! wow I hate that . Thanks . I really love it.ty.
We got some Irish in Saskatchewan.
boyle lovers hasnt had a goal since concussed by neil
When’s Halpern’s last?
Stepan been dribbling too much.
I will tell you whose had a lot of rest – romney/Ryan.
Colorado 5 Chicago 1
That makes it a little tougher….
eddie dips his big toe into lake of political vitriol
Werd up Greg
Papa – you must be getting your facts from a different source than LW
romney/ryan… any relation to nudget/hopkins?
Hank’s glove hand – high side has been his on doing recently – the 3rd goal was a nice shot from in tight, but prior blast in period he had cross bar to thank – high glove side, no screen.
this home game, the jets home game and probably some others we will want back (though these teams are good) Just have to counter on this trip and win some on road that are toss ups (including jets)
Neil again gets away with usual chippy belligerence.
Know what I’m sayin?
Bickel, Halpern, Powe, Haley, Hamrlik, Eminger, Pyatt crackin’ the Blackhawks’ line-up any time soon? Just a reminder that we’re closer to last place than to first place. Maybe the road will help, fan pressures off, some better ice, Kreider back…
new post.
bellicose neanderthal.
O’Reilly’s first game back tonite for Avs – guess he is worth the money…
As you slide down the banisters of life may the splinters never point the wrong way.
new post
Neil is a crock-o-cock
yip Irish in Sask ….and alotta other types too.