OPPONENT: Washington Capitals

2010-2011 RECORD: 27-14-8

2010-2011 LEADING SCORER: Alex Ovechkin (19-32-51)

GOALIE: Brandon Holtby (2.79 GAA, .900 SV%)

RANGERS LINES:

Sean Avery-Artem Anisimov-Marian Gaborik
Wojtek Wolski-Derek Stepan-Mats Zuccarello
Chad Kolarik-Brian Boyle-Brandon Prust
Chris Drury-Kris Newbury-Evgeny Grachev

Marc Staal-Michael Del Zotto
Ryan McDonagh-Mike Sauer
Steve Eminger-Matt Gilroy

Martin Biron
Henrik Lundqvist

Scratched tonight: Vinny Prospal (knee), Ryan Callahan (hand), Derek Boogaard (concussion symptoms), Erik Christensen (knee), Alex Frolov (knee), Brandon Dubinsky (leg), Ruslan Fedotenko (shoulder), Brodie Dupont (healthy), and Dan Girardi (ribcage).

STATE OF THE BLUESHIRTS: Beat up. Bruised. Hurting. On a stretcher. I think that pretty much sums up the Rangers right now. MDZ and Grachev make their Rangers “returns” as call ups for the newly injured Brandon Prust and Dan Girardi. Prust is a game time decision, but will likely play, but Girardi won’t. This means Grachev will still sit, and MDZ will be playing tonight.

CRAZY THOUGHT: Avery gets a Gordie Howe hat trick

OPPONENT’S BLOG: Jaspers’ Rink

PREDICTION: Caps 4, Rangers 2

The game is at 7pm tonight on Versus. The game will also be on 970AM on your radio. Discussion here is always recommended too!

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