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The Rangers are facing a steep climb to get back into this series, but it all starts with one game. As Kevin said yesterday, one shift at a time. If you win each shift, you’ll win the game, and that should be the priority for the Rangers. The biggest news is that Brad Richards is a healthy scratch and Anton Stralman is out tonight with an undisclosed injury. Chris Kreider is also out. Replacing them are Kris Newbury, Micheal Haley, and Roman Hamrlik. If you thought the fourth line wasn’t playing before, just wait til it has Haley and Newbury in the playoffs.
Series Previews:
Game 3 goal breakdown
Game 2 goal breakdown
Positives/negatives of Game 1
5 keys for success for the Rangers
Rangers/Bruins second round preview
Five keys for success against the Bruins
Scouting Tuukka Rask and his goaltending style
Previewing the Bruins and their systems/styles of play
Series: Bruins lead 3-0
NYR Playoff Leading Scorer: Derick Brassard (2-8-10)
BOS Playoff Leading Scorer: David Krejci (5-11-16)
NYR Playoff Goaltender: Henrik Lundqvist (10 GP, 2.10 GAA, .935 SV%)
BOS Playoff Goaltender: Tuukka Rask (10 GP, 2.19 GAA, .930 SV%)
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Rangers Lines (unconfirmed until Torts releases the lineup):
Carl Hagelin-Derek Stepan-Ryan Callahan
Chris Kreider-Derick Brassard-Rick Nash
Mats Zuccarello-Brian Boyle-Taylor Pyatt
Derek Dorsett-Kris Newbury-Micheal Haley
Ryan McDonagh-Michael Del Zotto
Dan Girardi-John Moore
Roman Hamrlik-Steve Eminger
Henrik Lundqvist
Scratches/Injuries: Darroll Powe (concussion), Anton Stralman (undisclosed), Ryane Clowe (undisclosed), Brad Richards (healthy), Matt Gilroy (healthy), Arron Asham (healthy)
Broadcast Info: NBCSN 7:30pm
About to walk to the Garden (unless the sky opens up again, yeesh). I’ll be there, as always until the clock reads 0:00 in the third (or later). Hope it’s not the last time this season! Hoping against the sane odds to be there on Monday!
Let’s go Rangers. True Blue for life.
Good luck.
Whelp I’ve been to 12 or so playoffs game before this, none of them OT. So this was something! Granted I hated every second of OT. There is nothing as great or as terrible as watching your own team in playoff OT.
I’ve been to 4 myself and saw loses in all until I saw game six of the last series. There is truly nothing like playoff hockey.
I’ve been to almost every home playoff game since the original lockout. This one was up there.
May the force be with you Vince and you see one heck of a game tonight.
10 minutes in, it doesn’t appear that it will be an exciting one.
Hah. Rask fell down. Honestly, in this series, we needed that laugh.
Why didn’t they give J.T. Miller some playoff experience today? He couldn’t have been worse than Haley, Dorsett or Newberry…
He’s hurt. Wrist injury.
Yup. Been hurt for over 2 months now.
I thought they called him up to the taxi squad?
Was sent home during the Washington series.
Torts hurt him right?
Yup. He slashed him like Iceland did to Adam Banks.
Are you referring to the Dentist?
Went home to recover.
I’m out of scotch…
single malt I hope!!
I can die happy. A PP goal.
I’ll die happy with a Cup.
Baby steps.
Dying happy feels like a big step. A big step requires a lofty goal.
I can’t deal with an overtime.
More hockey!
KREIDER.TRUST GOES A LONG WAY.
Not done yet folks.
Let’s just give a quick shout out to Tuukka Rask for this one.