Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com, give their reasons for the Rangers recent success...- The Rangers scored nine goals this weekend. No, seriously. They did. Nine goals. From seven different players.
- The Blueshirts got 16 assists on their nine goals over the weekend. The assists came from 10 different players.
We thought it somewhat ironic that the Rangers won by the same 5-0 score yesterday that haunted them in Montreal. But, let's not think about that for too long, eh? Instead, how about that they finished as strong as they started yesterday. Or the fact that the team has scored 14 goals in its last three games. Or that the team committed just five penalties resulting in power plays in the weekend's games. Or that there have been fights in the last two games, demonstrating that these Blueshirts aren't going down without -- you guessed it -- a fight.
We were never very good at Algebra, but it's not a difficult equation at work here: smarter hockey + fewer penalties + energetic play + diverse offensive threats + protecting your goaltender = wins. Okay, maybe that's a tougher equation than we thought, but the Rangers are doing all of it and winning because of that.
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